Hye Seung Chung

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Kim Ki-DukPaperback, 27 January 2012

Kim Ki-Duk
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Part of Series
Contemporary Film Directors
Part of Series
Contemporary Film Directors (Paperback)
Print Length
176 pages
Language
English
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Date Published
27 Jan 2012
ISBN-10
0252078411
ISBN-13
9780252078415

Description

This study investigates the controversial motion pictures written and directed by the independent filmmaker Kim Ki-duk, one of the most acclaimed Korean auteurs in the English-speaking world. Propelled by underdog protagonists who can only communicate through shared corporeal pain and extreme violence, Kim's graphic films have been classified by Western audiences as belonging to sensationalist East Asian "extreme" cinema, and Kim has been labeled a "psychopath" and "misogynist" in South Korea. Drawing upon both Korean-language and English-language sources, Hye Seung Chung challenges these misunderstandings, recuperating Kim's oeuvre as a therapeutic, yet brutal cinema of Nietzschean ressentiment (political anger and resentment deriving from subordination and oppression). Chung argues that the power of Kim's cinema lies precisely in its ability to capture, channel, and convey the raw emotions of protagonists who live on the bottom rungs of Korean society. She provides historical and postcolonial readings of victimization and violence in Kim's cinema, which tackles such socially relevant topics as national division in Wild Animals and The Coast Guard and U.S. military occupation in Address Unknown. She also explores the religious and spiritual themes in Kim's most recent works, which suggest possibilities of reconciliation and transcendence.

Product Details

Author:
Hye Seung Chung
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
27 January 2012
Dimensions:
20.83 x 13.72 x 1.52 cm
ISBN-10:
0252078411
ISBN-13:
9780252078415
Language:
English
Location:
Urbana-Champaign, IL
Pages:
176
Weight:
249.48 gm

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