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- "The Reason to Direct was Present in Every Episode," Director, Executive Producer, Co-Showrunner of The Sympathizer, Park Chan-wook.
- - It has been mentioned that the background behind directing The Sympathizer is not unrelated to Korea's history with the Vietnam War. The participation in the Vietnam War has had a significant impact on Korean society to this day. Korea was once a colony, and was scarred by the K...
- by CINE21 / May 07, 2024
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- More Koreans still prefer watching new films in theaters: survey
- CGV Yongsan I-Park Mall in Seoul (CGV)Despite the widespread popularity of watching films on streaming platforms like Netflix, slightly more Koreans still prefer watching the latest movies in theaters, according to market data.According to the survey conducted by consumer research institution Consum...
- by The Korea Herald / May 03, 2024
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- Jeonju film fest kicks off, featuring over 230 films
- The Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF), South Korea's premier platform for indie and art house cinema, commenced Wednesday, showcasing 232 films from 43 countries.The 25th edition of the festival kicked off its 10-day run, with an opening ceremony at the Sori Arts Center in Jeonju, locate...
- by Yonhap / May 02, 2024
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- 'The Sympathizer' Executive Producers Break Down Book-to-Screen Adaptation
- “I am a spy, a sleeper, a spook, a man of two faces.” So begins Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Sympathizer,” which, when released in 2015, was hailed for its humorous, biting interrogation of American perspectives on the Vietnam War.
- by Variety / Apr 29, 2024
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- A Live Look into ‘Exhuma’ in Vietnam (EXCLUSIVE)
- Vietnamese journalist Le Xuan Tung reports from Hanoi about the current ‘Exhuma’ hype in Vietnam and digs into the fascinating cultural ties between the nation and the top-grossingKorean film.The first time I watchedExhumawas just last week, at a CGV Vietnam cinema in downtown Hanoi - a branch under...
- by KoBiz / Apr 26, 2024
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- Actor Koo Kyo-hwan in Parasyte: The Grey
- I thought I hit the fast-forward button. In Parasyte: The Grey, Kang-woo (played by Koo Kyo-hwan) moves twice as fast as the sluggish or deliberate parasites (or humans) and speaks almost three times faster. Speeding through time and space, accelerating the pace of the story, Kang-woo comes alive ev...
- by CINE21 / Apr 24, 2024
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- How far has deep fake come?
- Generative A.I. is truly in a full swing. In February, OpenAI unveiled Sora, a text-to-video generative AI model, once again capturing the world’s attention. Under the description of “All videos on this page were generated directly by Sora without modification,” Sora can transform any text command i...
- by KoBiz / Apr 19, 2024
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- Korean Historical Thriller ‘The Night Owl’ Licensed to China for Remake
- South Korean film studio Next Entertainment World (NEW) reports that period thriller “The Night Owl” has been licensed for remake in China.It claims that its deal is the highest price ever paid for rights to remake Korean IP in China, but it declined to disclose either the value of the deal or the i...
- by Variety / Apr 17, 2024
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- Korean films report all-time record March sales on big success of 'Exhuma'
- Korean films achieved their highest combined sales ever for the month of March, largely propelled by the box-office sensation "Exhuma," a government report showed Tuesday. According to a monthly report on the Korean film industry by the Korean Film Commission (KOFIC), homegrown movies secured c...
- by Yonhap / Apr 15, 2024