The South Korean Film Renaissance: Local Hitmakers, Global ProvocateursWesleyan University Press, 21.07.2011 - 264 Seiten For the past decade, the Korean film industry has enjoyed a renaissance. With innovative storytelling and visceral effects, Korean films not only have been commercially viable in the domestic and regional markets but also have appealed to cinephiles everywhere on the international festival circuit. This book provides both an industrial and an aesthetic account of how the Korean film industry managed to turn an economic crisis—triggered in part by globalizing processes in the world film industry—into a fiscal and cultural boom. Jinhee Choi examines the ways in which Korean film production companies, backed by affluent corporations and venture capitalists, concocted a variety of winning production trends. Through close analyses of key films, Choi demonstrates how contemporary Korean cinema portrays issues immediate to its own Korean audiences while incorporating the transnational aesthetics of Hollywood and other national cinemas such as Hong Kong and Japan. Appendices include data on box office rankings, numbers of films produced and released, market shares, and film festival showings. |
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2 Blockbusters Korean Style | 31 |
3 No Blood? No Tears Gangster Cinema | 60 |
Romance Films | 85 |
Teen Pics | 116 |
6 Not Just MetteursenScène? HighQuality Films | 144 |
7 Riding the New Wave | 164 |
Appendix 1 Box Office Top Ten 19862006 | 199 |
Appendix 2 Korean Film Market Share | 206 |
Appendix 3 Number of Films ProducedReleased 19862006 | 207 |
Appendix 4 Number of TheatersScreens 19862006 | 208 |
AwardWinning Films 19862006 | 209 |
Notes | 217 |
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The South Korean Film Renaissance: Local Hitmakers, Global Provocateurs Jinhee Choi Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2010 |
The South Korean Film Renaissance: Local Hitmakers, Global Provocateurs Jinhee Choi Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2010 |