CONTEMPORARY KOREAN CINEMA

Special Screening:

Oldboy (올드보이)

Dir. Park Chan-Wook, 2003, 120 min.

Date/Time/Venue: June 17^th Monday, 4:30pm, Rm 127

WEEK 9*JUNE 21^ST LECTURE

NOTE: there is a change of references.

Required Readings:

Bordwell, David. & Thompson, Kristin. (2010). Film History: An Introduction, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, CLICK HERE

Yong Jin, Dal. 2010. “Critical Interpretation of Hybridisation in Korean Cinema.” Javnost - The Public 17 (1): 55–71. https://doi.org/10.1080/13183222.2010.11009026.

Reference Readings:

Kim, Kyung Hyun. (2011). “Park Chan-Wook’s ‘Unknowable’ Old Boy”. Virtual Hallyu: Korean Cinema of the Global Era. Duke University. pp.178-199

NOTE: a good reading if you want to discuss Old Boy for your journal, or your Final Paper.

Lee, Sangjoon. 2018. “Hawaii, Cannes, and Los Angeles: Projecting South Korean Cinema to the World.” Int J Korean Hist 23 (1): 123–40. https://doi.org/10.22372/ijkh.2018.23.1.123.

Note: a good summary of how national cinema engages global film festival sphere.