Brown Is the New Green

Korean movies

0. History

1) under Japanese rule (1910-1945)

-1903: first public film screening in Korea (title exact time is unclear)

-1919: first Korean film Uirjok kut'u (의적구투) at Dansongsa theatre

-1926: Na Un Gyu (1902-37)'s Legendary Arirang

-not a single film produced before 1940 is preserved in a complete film

2) US occupation of south Korea and the Korean war (1945-1855)

-only five films are available now

-1946: Hooray! Freedom (Chayu manse) by Choi Un Gyu

3) First golden age of Korean cinema (1955-1960s)

-talented directors such ass Kim Kiyoung (the housemaid 1962: sign escape from Confucian ethics), Yu Hyunmok, and Shin sangli

-no other means for entertaining public

-military dictator Park Chunghee institut the highly oppressive Motion Pcture laws in 1962

4) drk era in 1970s popularization of TV

-government intervention and strict censorship

-some movies ad outcry against the totalitarian society: The hometown of stars; Marchcof the fools, Road to Sampo port (abandoned by the mainstream of Korean society so when to Sampo which is not an industrialized city)

5) Renaissance of Korean film (late 1980s to early 1990s)

-mitigration of censorship in 1988 following thencivil protest against the military dictatorship in 1987

-recognition from the global society

-influx of capital to movie industry

-remodeling of Korean traditional culture by Im Kwontaek

-end of Cold war era: post modernism

씨받이: best actress award at the 1987 Venice film festival

(recognized by the global society)

2. Glorious present of Korean film

1) youthful energy, new directors (Hong sangsu, Kim Giduk, Lee Changdon, Bong Junho, Lee Junik etc)

2) commercial success in the movie industry, influx of production capital and the emergence of Korean blockbuster.

3) Screen quota system: theaters are obliged to screen Korean films at least 73 days a year (146 days before 2006)

4) thriving film culture

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