| 'Fortune' Shows Crude Depiction of Love/Fate (Source) |
2009/10/29 |
By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter
Funnyman Im Chang-jeong returns opposite yet another screen beauty, Park Ye-jin, in the slapstick "Fortune Salon". It appears difficult for the "Sex Is Zero" star to shed his typecast character in this half-way sex (rather than romantic) comedy, which rather strenuously tries to show that love (or lust) can prevail in the face of cruel destiny.
But more often than not, fate laughs at chance.
It's a shame because the movie could have done so much more with the classic premise of fate versus free will set against the exotic shamanist subculture that exists in modern Korea. Instead, it makes a disgrace out of one of the oldest traditions/religions here.
South Korea has long been rooted in shamanist beliefs. The fortune-telling market here amasses up to 3 trillion won annually. "Saju" (reading one's fate using one's birth date), physiognomy and, most recently, Western tarot-card reading booths and parlors can be easily spotted around town.
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| In the movie industry, does digital film making prevail? (Source) |
2009/07/28 |
Hosted by the Producers Guild of Korea (PGK) and Kodak Korea a forum on film making will be held at Cinematheque of the Korea Film Archive (KOFA), Sangam-dong in Seoul on Aug. 5 at 3 p.m.
With the theme of 'Film vs. Digital, which one should be adopted for Korean film making?', the forum will cover strengths and weaknesses of existing ways of film production and those of digital production and room for improvement as well as forecasting production format of Korean films.
With the theme of 'Suggestion of a Format for Efficient Film Making and Film Story' Oh Sang-min, Chairman of the Education Department at PGK will deliver speech on merits of films and characteristics of alternative films and Super 16 mm films at the first section of the forum at 3 p.m.
The second section at 4: 10 p.m. will be participated by PD Lim Chung-guen ("Seven Days"), PD Yang Jong-gon ("Baby and I"), and PD Shin Chang-hwan ("Marathon") as panelists with the theme of 'Where should the format of Korean film ... |More
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| [ChanMi's star news] Moon Mason so adorable! (Source) |
2009/05/04 |
 Mason from "Baby and I" costarring with Jang Geun-seok is growing up so adorable!
His large twinkling eyes and round face is so cute!
Mason's little brother is just as cute as he is!
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| [ChanMi's movie news] Kim Beom in a new teen film! (Source) |
2009/02/24 |
 Kim Beom and Kim Byeol are in a new teen action film, "Emergency" as main characters.
Kim Beom will be Si-beom, an aspiring actor who must be the best actor for the love of his life. And Kim Byeol is Soo-kyeong, who is sent to a psychiatric asylum after wandering the streets.
| [ChanMi's star news] Mason Moon, crying! (Source) |
2009/02/14 |
 He was the child actor in the film, "Baby and I" with Jang Geun-seok.
There was a press conference for many films which child actors were starred.
Moon Mason attended this event, and ended up crying!
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