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In this newsletter we offer elements that, from films and cultural productions, can help us to understand South Korea in the process of globalization.
The changes in the fields of culture and art from the pivotal moments in the history of Korea, gave place, in recent decades, to contemporary changes that were reflected in the policy of openness to the world through film, TV, animation and online games in general.
Korea relates to the world, from a cultural system which projects itself...
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Korean Cinema In Ten Notes
Enrique Garcelán and Gloria Fernández (CineAsia)
Although most of Korean films arrived in our country at the beginning of the eighties, when kung fu films or martial arts films flooded double features in neighborhood cinemas, and Bruce Lee was present in hundreds of screens (some movies came from South Korea but with a Hong Kong wrapping), it is only very recently, less than a decade ago, that most of the Spanish-speaking audience heard about Korean movies, thanks to directors like Kim Ki-duk View + info |
Poetry – Lee Chang-Dong's return to literature
Yael Tujsnaider
Premiered at Cannes Film Festival in 2010 and presented in our country during BAFICI (Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema), Poetry is Korean filmmaker Lee Chang-Dong's last masterpiece. As in his previous films, Lee Chang-Dong sets forth, in a harsh manner, the senselessness of life; he illustrates tragedy naturally, without dramatic effects or disagreeable surprises. Lee is interested in the stereotype of heroic characters; his film is one... View + info |
Research compendium. Aims, approach and results achieved based on the analysis of territories and feminine nature in South Korean film fiction
By Paula Iadevito (IIGG-UBA-CONICET)
The starting point, the origin of the research¹ was the formulation of a general goal that established an intention and a direction for the work process: to interpret and comprehend the historical mutations and changes in the experiences of 'Korean women', and the way these changes intervened in shaping the subject, the identity and the idea of gender within the peninsular context... View + info |
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