Jeong Cho-sin (정초신)

The Incredible Self-Duplicating Film Fest

2005/06/23 | Source | Permalink |

Korea will see two competing fantasy film festivals next month, each presumably more fantastic than the other, after a spat with management drove the original organizer of one of them away. The Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) will last for 10 days from July 14 to July 23, but the Real Fantastic Film Festival will threaten its supremacy from Seoul.

The story goes back to the end of December last year, when Kim hong-joon, then executive director of PiFan who had more than two years remaining in his contract, was fired because the mayor of Puchon (also spelled as Bucheon) city felt Kim could not concentrate on the festival while keeping his job as dean of the School of Film, TV, and Multimedia at the Korean National University of Arts.

But movie circles were unconvinced by the mayor's reasoning, since Kim had played a key role in taking PiFan to where it is now, working as program director since its birth in 1997. Numerous movie organizations such as KAFAI, th...| More

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'Wet Dreams 2' delivers false teenage fantasy

2005/01/13 | Source | Permalink |

It is an unwritten rule that sequels rarely outperform their originals in the movie industry. Higher expectations - and a slightly skeptical attitude - may explain why sequels are often synonymous with flops (I've seen it all in the original, so what else can you do with this sequel?).
"Wet Dreams 2", which opens today nationwide, falls into the sorry category. But before brushing it aside quickly, it is worth pondering what this supposedly "provocative sex comedy" is about and what issues, if any, it puts forward.

Directed by Jeong Cho-sin, the film revolves around sexual fantasy and episodes played out by 17-year-old high school girls. The background is set in 1991, Chung said in a post-premier news conference, suggesting that girls might sport a whiff of innocence.

Our "innocent" heroine Oh Sung-eun (Kang Eun-bi) and her close friends Bang Sue-yeon (Jeon Hye-bin) and Kim Mi-sook (Park Seul-gi) are hanging around together, dreaming about their Prince Charmings.

The dr...| More

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