Im Kwon-Taek: The Making of a Korean National Cinema (Contemporary Film and Television)
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Book Description
A collection of ten essays written by leading Koreanists and scholars of Korean film.
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Korean cinema was virtually unavailable to the West during the Japanese colonial period (1910-1945), and no film made before 1943 has been recovered even though Korea had an active filmmaking industry that produced at least 240 films. "Im Kwon-Taek: The Making of a Korean National Cinema" is a collection of essays written about Im Kwon-Taek, better known as the father of New Korean Cinema, that takes a critical look at the situations of filmmakers in South Korea. It establishes Im Kwon-Taek as the only major Korean director whose life's work covers the entire history of South Korea's military rule (1961-1992). It demonstrates Im's struggles with Korean cinema's historical contradictions and also shows how Im rose above political discord. The book includes an interview with Im, a chronology of Korean cinema and Korean history showing major dynastic periods and historical and political events, and and a complete filmography.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
Im Kwon-Taek: The Making of a Korean National Cinema (Contemporary Film and Television),David E. James,Kyung Hyun Kim,Wayne State University Press,0814328695,Cinema/Film: Book,Criticism and interpretation,Film & Video - Direction & Production,Film & Video - History & Criticism,Im, Kwon-taek,Im, Kwæon-t°aek,Performing Arts,Pop Arts / Pop Culture
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