1st Edition
Sovereign Violence Ethics and South Korean Cinema in the New Millennium
By Steve Choe
Copyright 2016
320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
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South Korea is home to one of the most vibrant film industries in the world today, producing movies for a strong domestic market that are also drawing the attention of audiences worldwide. This book presents a comprehensive analysis of some of the most well-known and incendiary South Korean films of the millennial decade from nine major directors. Building his analysis on contemporary film theory... Read more
Introduction, Peppermint Candy (1999), Lee Chang-dong, Chapter One: Unredeemable Images Bad Guy (2001), Kim Ki-duk; Address Unknown (2001), Kim Ki-duk; Capitalist Manifesto (2003), Gok Kim and Sun Kim, Chapter Two: Love Your Enemies JSA (2000), Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), and Oldboy (2003), Park Chan-wook, Chapter Three: Male Repetitions Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors (2000), Woman is the Future of Man (2004), and The Day He Arrives (2011), Hong Sang-soo, Chapter Four: The Face and Hospitality N.E.P.A.L.: Never Ending Peace and Love (2003), Park Chan-wook; Time (2006) and 3-Iron (2004), Kim Ki-duk, Chapter Five: Aporias of Forgiveness Secret Sunshine (2007), Lee Chang-dong; Lady Vengeance (2005), Park Chan-wook, Chapter Six: Compromises of Cinema Memories of Murder (2003), Bong Joon-ho; Thirst (2009) and I'm a Cyborg, But That's Ok (2006), Park Chan-wook, Chapter Seven: Aftershocks of the Korean Wave Poetry (2010), Lee Chang-dong; I Saw the Devil (2010), Kim Ji-woon; The Housemaid (2010), Im Sang-soo.
Biography
Steve Choe is an Associate Professor in the School of Cinema at San Francisco State University.
