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[HanCinema's Digest] Cinema Snippets

Read all about "Old Days" from the Hollywood Reporter, KOBIZ has an timely infographic, Variety reviews Woo Min-ho's "Inside Men", and see how Korean 'gisaengs' have been depicted in South Korean cinema over the years.

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"'Old Days' ('Ol-deu De-i-jeu'): Film Review"

Clarence Tsui reviews "Old Days" for the Hollywood Reporter, a must-see if you enjoyed Park Chan-wook's iconic thriller, "Oldboy", or you're simply curious as to how the film helped drive the cinematic arm of the K-wave: "Clocking in at nearly two hours, "Old Days" is an expansive if not exactly sufficiently extensive account of how director Park Chan-wook and his team produced a film which would eventually propel South Korean cinema to unprecedented prominence on the film festival circuit and also among international audiences".

...READ ON THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

"If I Could Go Back to the Day"

KOBIZ has another infographic up and this time it's on time leaps in various Korean films. "Time Renegades" has recently been doing the rounds on Korea's cinema circuit, and in this post you'll discover other films from that have also dabbled in time travel. "Director Kwak Jae-yong's new film "Time Renegades" is a story about two men who live in 1983 and 2015 respectively and try to save women whom they love. Would our lives be better if we could go back to the past or foreknow our future? The film runs on this pitiful desire..."

...READ ON KOBIZ

"Film Review: "Inside Men""

Variety's Maggie Lee, their Chief Asia Film Critic, takes a look at the popular South Korean film, "Inside Men" by Woo Min-ho: "Adapted from a web toon by leading manhwa (comic) artist Yoon Tae-ho ("Moss"), the story features such unconventional leads as a newspaperman with ambitions of being a political kingmaker". Also check out "Inside Men: The Original".

...READ ON VARIETY

"[MOVIE POP] Gisaeng in Korean Cinema"

The figure of the Korean gisaeng has infiltrated many Korean films, particularly over the last decade or so with the rise in successfull period films. What is a gisaeng, exactly? "A woman trained as a professional singer, dancer and companion for men at a feast or bar to add to the amusement", but even with this definition in mind, the manner in which they've been represented has varied with interesting results...

...READ ON KOBIZ

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