KOR 3650 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Jung Woo, Choco Pie, Kim Dae-Jung
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Korean cinema: recent popularity of korean films. Interwoven by various aspects: resurgence of nationalistic sentiments. Jsa, silmido, tagukki, targets preexisting public sentiments: knc su(cid:272)(cid:272)essful i(cid:374) readi(cid:374)g korea(cid:374) people"s (cid:272)urre(cid:374)t emotions. Korean blockbuster, explained by kim so young: compromise between foreign form and local materials, voluntary mimicry of large hollywood productions, cultural difference opposing homogenizing tendencies of. Hollywood: however, korean blockbuster is hybrid between local and global of korean nationalistic stories and foreign film languages, provides e(cid:454)te(cid:374)t of (cid:862)authe(cid:374)ti(cid:272)(cid:863) ele(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts, help audience (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e this is (cid:862)ours(cid:863, allow viewers to share level of emotions, ex. Jsa: spectacles are very minor, however, the setting and products spark emotions among south. Koreans: touches on cultural aspects, oh kyung pil shows characteristics desired by south korean audience. Jung woo jin shows innocent and pure image of north korean: nationally meaningful places and objects appropriately used, panmungeom, symbolizes separation of two koreas, various meaningful places were shown, located in collective memories of koreans.
