Jeon Chang-geun (전창근)

Classic Korean film enters the DVD era

2005/03/05 | Source | Permalink |

March 05, 2005 ㅡ Cineastes the world over have been increasingly grateful to the DVD, which has done more to restore historically important films, to make them look (and sound) better and to make them widely available than any technological change in recent memory.
Lately, vintage Korean films have begun to receive the DVD treatment. And non-Korean-speakers are among the prime beneficiaries.
On Jan. 4, the state-funded Korean Film Archive released DVDs of two classic Korean films ― 1946's "Jayu Manse" (Viva Freedom) and 1955's "Yangsando" (Yangsan Province) ― subtitled in English for the first time. What's more, the special features on both of these DVD releases, such as interviews and biographical information, also have English subtitles, which is rarely the case with Korean DVDs.
Even before the film archive, a division of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, began these releases, a company called Bitwin had begun resurrecting vintage Korean cinema on its own....| More

Local and Foreign Film With English Subtitles

2005/03/03 | Source | Permalink |

■ Hurrah! For Freedom (Chaumanse) (1946)

At noon on March 5

Seoul Selection

Set during the Japanese colonial period (1910-1945), Jeon Chang-geun is chased by colonial police and shot. He is saved by Hwang Yeo-hui, a nurse, who helps him hide. They fall in love, but Jeon refrains from devoting himself as he has to fight against the Japanese colonialists. Although they resist the Japanese, they die just before the nation is liberated from Japan in August 1945. This DVD contains the director's cut, an interview with film critic Kim Jong-won, and an introduction to the cast and crew. Tickets: 3,000 won. Located near Anguk Station, subway line 3. Details: (02) 734-9539 or http://www.seoulselection.com


■ Charity Movie Coffee Mornings

At 9:30 a.m. on March 17

Seoul Club

This session will screen "If You Were Me (Yosotgaewi Sison)," a collection of six short films examining human rights violations in Korea. The entrance fee is 16,000 won, which will be dona...| More