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Mother reveals Bong’s perversity

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by Philip Gowman on 24 November, 2009

in Autumn K-film 2009, Bong Joon-ho, Film reviews and comment, Won Bin

LKL reports from the screening of Mother at the Bong Joon-ho retrospective at the British Film Institute on 14 November, with Q&A chaired by Tony Rayns.

In a world obsessed with celebrity, youth and beauty, only a director of the stature of Bong Joon-ho could have got away with it. The big name star, Won Bin, [...]

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Breathless: can there be any escape from the cycle of violence?

17 November 2009 Autumn K-film 2009
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Breathless (똥파리) is Yang Ik-june’s debut feature, in which he is also lead actor, and the film has deservedly won numerous awards. As the film opens, a man is beating up his girlfriend in the street. To the rescue comes Sang-hoon, played by Yang, who subdues the offender only to turn to the woman and [...]

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Park Chan-wook: uncut (almost)

11 October 2009 Autumn K-film 2009
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Saharial provides a warts and all direct transcript of the Park Chan-wook Q&A at the Curzon Soho preview of Thirst. At least, up until the point when an officious usherette told her to switch her recorder off…
The Q&A was only a half hour long, a real shame, and the staff at the Curzon were quick [...]

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Cute kisses and extreme marriages – different perspectives on Park Chan-wook

8 October 2009 Autumn K-film 2009
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After Monday’s focus on Thirst, Tuesday’s Mr Vengeance screening, together with a generous hour of Q&A with Director Park, offered the opportunity to focus on his earlier work. In fact, the first question at the Q&A asked about Park’s very first films (pre JSA). Did Park have any tips or lessons learned for a rookie [...]

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Lead us not into temptation – Q&A with Director Park at UK “Thirst” premiere

7 October 2009 Autumn K-film 2009
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Appropriately enough, Director Park cast a sombre red shadow on the screen as he walked onto the stage to answer questions following the London premiere of Thirst. The film delivered all the blood you have come to expect from a Park Chan-wook movie, this time with some justification, given the vampire theme. But as always [...]

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Kim Ji-woon in London: bigger, faster

12 November 2008 Autumn K-Film 2008
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A report from the London Korean Film Festival, including the interview with Kim Ji-woon

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Lee Byung-hun on being the bad guy

11 November 2008 Autumn K-Film 2008
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A report on Lee Byung-hun’s visit to London, including the Q and A session with Tony Rayns.

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Im Sang Soo: Uncut

4 June 2008 Conference reports
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As part of the Tiger Asian film festival Im Sang Soo, director of socio-political films ‘The President’s Last Bang’, ‘A Good Lawyer’s Wife’ and ‘The Old Garden’, held a Q&A session on 30th May 2008 at the Korean Cultural Centre in London. There was a small but select feel to the gathering that took place [...]

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Han Sang-hee and the Art of Happiness

29 February 2008 Event reports and reviews
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Matthew Jackson reviews “Virgin Snow” – the first film to be screened at the KCC, Tuesday 26 February

The screening of Virgin Snow at the new Korean Cultural Centre was the inaugural session in its programme of monthly film nights, and I felt it would be well worth attending for that reason alone. From the little [...]

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Kwak’s next film a lower-budget romance

28 September 2006 Film

At last night’s Q&A following a packed showing of Typhoon (queue above), director Kwak Kyung-taek confirmed that his next film will have a slightly smaller budget than his last, which had disappointing box office result despite its large budget. It will be a romance, and Kwak is talking to Lee Jung-jae, the hero of Typhoon, [...]

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