NEW KOREAN CINEMA

New Korean Cinema charts the dramatic transformation of South Korea’s film industry from the democratisation movement of the late 1980s to the ascent of a new generation of directors in the 2000s.  The volume considers such issues as government censorship, the market’s opening to Hollywood films and the social changes which led to the diversification and surprising commercial strength of contemporary Korean films.  Directors such as Hong Sang-soo, Kim Ki-duk, Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon-ho are studied within their historical context, together with a range of films including Sopyonje (1993), Peppermint Candy (1999), Oldboy (2003) and The Host (2006).

Volume 48

December 2009
144 pages

978-1-906660-25-3 (pbk)

£12.99

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Darcy Paquet is the founder of Koreanfilm.org and visiting professor in the Department of Film and Theatre at Kyunghee University. A former reporter for Screen International and Variety, he has been living in Seoul since 1997.

'Overall, this is a really helpful volume. I would recommend Korean films both for their pleasure value and because they offer distinctive takes on stories, genre and film styles. Pacquet's book provides the sort of substance needed to deal with Industry and the International context.' - Keith Withall, Media Education Journal