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kobvindex_ZLB15420820
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Bildformat: 4:3 full screen
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Korean documentaries have garnered greater attention in recent years with the success of films like Our School and Old Partner, but it's not possible to talk about Korean documentaries without mentioning Kim Dong Won. The pioneering filmmaker's 1988 film Sang-kye-dong Olympics is often cited as the beginning of Korea's indie documentary movement, and his 2003 film Repatriation remains one of Korea's most watched and most acclaimed documentaries. Though not that well known outside film circles, Kim Dong Won's legacy of socially conscious filmmaking about local events and issues has made him one of Korea's most influential and respected directors. The films of Kim Dong Won were recently covered in a retrospective at the 11th Jeonju International Film Festival, and now they're finally making it to home video for the first time. The four-disc Kim Dong Won Collection boxset contains 14 short films and features, around 90 minutes of extras, and a booklet. (Yesasia)
Content:
Disc 1 # James' May (1986, 13min), short film reflecting on the meaning of belief and baptism through the experiences of a teenage student # Sang-kye-dong Olympics (1988, 27min), documentary about the forced relocation of slum residents during construction for the 1988 Olympics # Standing on the Edge of Death (1990, 29min), short film about the urban poor who can't afford housing # God Saw That It Was Good (1991, 53min), film about environmental pollution # People In the Forest of Media (1993, 37min), film about the role of television and mass media in daily live # Haengdang-dong People (1994, 30min), documentary about people turned out of their homes by urban redevelopment # Special Feature: The Power of Short Films to Move People Disc 2 # We'll Be One (1995, 41min), documentary about pastor Moon Ik Hwan and his crusade for Korean unification # The 6 Days Struggle at the Myong Dong Cathedral (1997, 74min), documentary about the 1987 democracy sit-in at Myong Dong Cathedral # Another World We Are Making (1999, 41min), follow-up to Haengdang-dong People documenting the residents' three-year protest # Special Feature: Recording the Passage of Time Disc 3 # One Man (2001, 49min), documentary about foreign missionary Roberto Seo who dedicated his life to the Korean democracy movement # Tekken Family (2001, 11min), short about how the game Tekken brings the director's family together # Jongno, Winter (2005, 18min), documentary about the death of a Korean-Chinese migrant worker on the streets of Seoul in the winter of 2003 # 63 Years On (2008, 59min), documentary about WWII comfort women # Special Feature: Camera on the Poor Disc 4 # Repatriation (2003, 148min), award-winning documentary about the repatriation of North Korean spies # Special Features: Audio Commentary by Kim Dong Won, Kim Tae Il & Jung Chang Young; Audience
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Ländercode: 0
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Orig.: Korea, 1986 - 2005
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Korean. mit 2 Untertiteln
Language:
Korean
