08.02 - 08.13 - Korean Cinema 101 - free movies in NYC!
08.02 - Posted by Editor
From the official release:
Korean Cinema 101: If Orson Welles Were Korean…
Korean Cultural Service in New York
August 2-6, 6:30 pm
Korean Cinema 101: Fright Nights in Korean Film
Korean Cultural Service in New York
August 9-13, 6:30 pm
Attention Korean movie fans: for two weeks only, every weeknight will bring a different, free film presentation at the Korean Cultural Service in New York, as we present Korean Cinema 101: Classic & Horror!
From August 2 – 6, the Cultural Service presents “If Orson Welles Were Korean…” a series of five classic Korean films from Korea’s Golden Age of Cinema, the 1960s. These five movies represent a primer for every Korean film fan and are must-see movies for every aficionado. Movies to be screened are: A Seaside Village (Gaenmaeul), School Excursion (Suhak-yeohaeng), Jang Hee-Bin, The Aimless Bullet (Obaltan), and The Coachman (Mabu).
Chills and thrills await those are brave enough to attend the second week of our festival, “Fright Nights in Korean Film!” Our staff worked hard to find the scariest, goriest, creepiest Korean horror movies around! Movies to be screened are: The Horror Game Movie (Gawi), Phone, Wishing Stairs (Yeogo goedam 3: Yeowoo gyedan), Into the Mirror (Geoul sokeuro), and Acacia.
All films except The Coachman have English subtitles; for The Coachman, a detailed English synopsis will be available. The Korean Cultural Service in New York is located on the sixth floor of 460 Park Avenue (at 57th Street), New York, NY. For more information, including schedules and detailed movie information, visit www.koreanculture.org or call (212) 759-9550.
Korean Cinema 101 full schedule
August 2-6: If Orson Welles Were Korean…
A Seaside Village ???
(Gaenmaeul) 1965, color, 94 min.
Monday, August 2, 6:30 pm
Director: Su-yong Kim
Starring: Young-gyun Shin, Eun-ah Goh, Jung-soon Hwang
A growing number of women from a fishing community become widows, as their husband’s boats do not return. One widow, Hae-sun, decides to remarry. However, her new husband, who is from the mainland, is drafted into the military, so she is forced to return to her hometown. She begins to climb the mountains, all the way to the peaks, in order to watch the sea, and vainly hopes for her husband’s return.
Awards:
5th Daejong Awards: Best Supporting Actress, Best Photography, Best Editing
9th Buil Film Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, Best Photography, Best Music, Best New Actors (Eun-ah Goh, Nak-hun Lee)
2nd Korean Drama and Film Art Awards: Best Film, Best Performance (Young-gyun Shin)
School Excursion ? ???
(Suhak-yeohaeng) 1969, color, 115 min.
Tuesday, August 3, 6:30 pm
Director: Hyun-mok Yu
Starring: Bong-seo Koo, Hee Moon
From a remote island off mainland Korea, a devoted teacher takes his class of children to Seoul for the first time. Once in Seoul, the children are shocked by both the fast-paced metropolitan life and the wastefulness of it. The film can be seen as a mixed commentary on the industrialization of Korea.
Awards:
4th Baek Ma Award: Best Director, Best Popular Actress (Moon Hee)
6th Chung Ryong Award: Best Scenario, Special Prize for Childrens’ Group Acting
4th Teheran International Kids Film Festival: Best Film
Presented at 5th Chicago Film Festival
Jang Hee-Bin???
1961, black & white, 128 min.
Wednesday, August 4, 6:30 pm
Director: Chang-hwa Jung
Starring: Jin-gyu Kim, Jee-mi Kim, Dong-won Kim
Jang Hee-bin is a tale of treachery and murder in the highest levels of Korean royalty. The film stars Jee-mi Kim, one of the most popular Korean actresses of the ‘60s. It is also notable as the last film on which Im Kwon-Taek, considered by many the greatest Korean director, worked as an assistant director.
The Aimless Bullet ???
(Obaltan) 1961, color, 105 min.
Thursday, August 5, 6:30 pm
Director: Hyun-mok Yu
Starring: Jin-gyu Kim, Mu-ryong Choi
Banned in Korea at its original release, The Aimless Bullet chronicles the hopeless life of a North Korean family living in Seoul in the years following the Korean War. A public accountant struggles to support his troubled family, even he watches depression and despair slowly destroy his family’s lives.
Awards:
Voted “Best Korean Film of All Time” by Korean film critics in 1999
Presented to the 7th San Francisco International Film Festival
The Coachman (a.k.a. Stableman) ??
(Mabu) 1961, black & white, 128 min.
Friday, August 6, 6:30 pm
Director: Dae-jin Kang
Starring: Seung-ho Kim, Young-kyun Shin, Jung-soon Hwang
After the Korean War, few trucks were available in Korea. As a result, horse-drawn wagons were a major source of transportation for heavy goods. The men who drove the horses were usually very poor and badly paid; the rich horse owners took most of the earnings of the wagons, leaving only a pittance for the drivers. This film tells the story of one such driver, Choonsam, and how, after many troubles and suffering, he and his family finally came to find happiness.
Awards:
11th Berlin Film Festival – Silver Bear Award for Special Jury Prize
August 9-13: Fright Nights in Korean Film
The Horror Game Movie (a.k.a. Nightmare) ??
(Gawi) 2000, color, 97 min.
Monday, August 9, 6:30 pm
Director: Byeong-ki Ahn
Starring: Ji-tae Yoo, Kyu-ri Kim, Joon Chung
The Horror Game Movie is an artfully executed remake of a familiar Hollywood plot previously seen in I Know What You Did Last Summer and Prom Night. The story turns on an accidental death, in this case the death of a fellow school club member. Two years later, heroine Hye-jin must figure out the secret of her classmate’s death before Hye-jin joins the increasing body count…
Awards:
Presented at the San Francisco Dark Wave Horror Festival
Presented at the 11th International FebioFest 2004 in the Czech Republic
Presented at the 2001 Festival International de Film Fantastique in Brussels
Phone?
2002, color, 104 min.
Tuesday, August 10, 6:30 pm
Director: Byeong-ki Ahn
Starring: Ji-won Ha, Wu-je Choi
A young journalist starts receiving troubling messages on her cellular phone. When a young girl answers the phone by accident, she seems to become possessed by a malicious spirit. Phone was one of the top box-office hits of summer 2002, from the director of The Horror Game Movie. The rights to Phone have been purchased by Focus Features’ Rogue Division here in the United States; Americans may see a U.S. remake in the next few years.
Awards:
Presented at the 2003 New York Asian Film Festival in Manhattan
Presented at the United Kingdom’s Raindance Film Festival 2003
Wishing Stairs ????
(Yeogo goedam 3: Yeowoo gyedan) 2003, color, 97 min.
Wednesday, August 11, 6:30 pm
Director: Jae-yeon Yun
Starring: Ji-hyo Song, Han-byeol Park
This movie is the third installment of the Whispering Corridors series. A staircase leading to the dormitory of a remote boarding school usually has 28 stairs, but every so often there appears to be 29. When someone steps on the mysterious extra stair, the horror begins… (from www.imdb.com)
Awards:
Presented as the closing film at the 2003 Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival
Into the Mirror?????
(Geoul sokeuro) 2003, color, 113 min.
Thursday, August 12, 6:30 pm
Director: Seong-ho Kim
Starring: Ji-tae Yoo, Hye-na Kim, Myeong-min Kim
Woo Yeong-min retired from the police force after inadvertently causing the death of his partner. He becomes head of security in a shopping mall. A series of bizarre deaths makes him realize that only by facing his inner demons can he begin to solve the mysteries around him. Into the Mirror is director Seong-ho Kim’s first feature film.
Awards:
Presented at the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal
Presented at the 2003 Sitges Film Festival
Presented at the 2001 Pusan International Film Festival
Acacia ????
2003, color, 104 min.
Friday, August 13, 6:30 pm
Director: Gi-hyeong Park
Starring: Hye-jin Shim, Jin-geun Kim, Wu-bin Mun
In this psychological thriller, a childless couple adopts a young boy from an orphanage. The boy becomes obsessed with an old acacia tree growing in their yard; he believes it is the reincarnation of his dead birth mother. When the child disappears, the couples’ marriage begins to unravel.
Awards:
Presented at the 8th Pusan International Film Festival
Presented at the 13th Philadelphia Film Festival
