The
KCCUK Film night has extended to four screenings per month, with
special monthly Q&A screening featuring some of Korea＇s leading
directors.
The
KCCUK kick this special year off with a a look at director Lee Myung-se
with four screenings of the director＇s work culminating with a Q&A
with the director himself.
January 2012 Programme: Lee Myung-se
The Director
Lee
Myung-se has become one of the most critically and commercially
successful filmmakers to come out of Korea with Nowhere to Hide being
one of the first of the new Korean film wave back in 1999. Born in 1957
he graduated from Seoul Institute of the Arts soon releasing his debut
film in 1988, Gagman, which brought a fresh breeze to the Korean film
industry. LEE Myung-se is acclaimed as a stylist representative of Korea
who has established a unique world of his own. Lee began his career as
an assistant producer under Bae Chang-ho for the films Hwang Jin-I
(1986), Our Sweet Days of Youth (1988), and Dream (1990). At the 1991
Asia-Pacific Film Festival, he was awarded Best New Director for the
film, My Love My Bride, and in 1993 won the Special Jury Award for First
Love.
Other
film credits include Nowhere to Hide (1999) and Duelist (2005). Many of
his films feature a tragically flawed protagonist. Lee also favours
slow-motion fighting sequences. The thing he considers most important in
making a film is finding “cinematic expression.” To him, ‘cinematic’
means something ‘only of movies’ that cannot be replaced by any other
form of media.
Please
remember to add us on Twitter.com/koreanfilmfest and tweet us your
review of the film to be in with a chance to win a fantastic Korean film
DVD. To reserve your place please visit the KCCUK website and click on
the film you wish to book. Admission is free.
Please be advised that visitors cannot be admitted after 7.10pm.
For more information please visit:
www.koreanfilm.co.uk/film-nights-and-events
The Film
January 5th Nowhere To Hide
A
known drug boss is murdered in broad daylight but there are no witnesses
and no leads. Detective Woo from the homicide squad is assigned to the
case and along with his men they set about finding the killer. Woo is
unrelenting in his quest and eventually discovers that the murderer is
the infamous drug lord Chang Sunmin.
January 12th M
A
young writer can＇t write a word for his next novel, he also doesn＇t feel
right with his fiancée; because he falls in love with a woman, but he
can＇t remember who she is and can＇t figure out if she＇s real or just a
dream.
January 19th Gagman
A
third rate comedian aspires to become a film director and a barber who
aspires to become an actor team up to make their first movie.
January 26th Duelist + Q&A with Lee Myung-se
In the
late Chosun dynasty, counterfeits were circulating around. Detective
Ahn of Left Security Station and a passionate newcomer, Nam-sun try to
trace the source of the counterfeiting. They chase the Secretary of
National Security and his man ‘Sad Eye’ as suspects. A predestined
battle between the best woman detective in Chosun, Nam-sun, and a
mysterious assassin ‘Sad Eye’ duly unfolds in a magnificent, chivalric
film that showcases Lee’s style.
Please
remember to add us on Twitter.com/koreanfilmfest and tweet us your
review of the film to be in with a chance to win a fantastic Korean film
DVD. To reserve your place please visit the KCCUK website and click on
the film you wish to book. Admission is free.
Please be advised that visitors cannot be admitted after 7.10pm
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