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Screening of Take
Care of My Cat
Thursday, April 10, 2003
7-10 PM Alumni Hall Auditorium
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Introduced by Dr. Ellen Bishop of Pitt
Synopsis: Take Care
of My Cat (Jae-eun Jeong, 2001) is both a serious
and a humorous coming of age film set in contemporary
South Korea. Four young women graduate from high school
and move to the big city. They are faced with all the
contradictions and tensions of living in a culture based
on 500 years of strict Confucian rules but also immersed
in a fast forward process of globalization. They face
job, boyfriend, and parent problems in the densest city
in the world with only their own resourcefulness and
friendships. |
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Screening of A
Petal
Friday, April 11, 2003
7-10 PM Alumni Hall Auditorium
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lecture before film and Q&A after With Professor
Lee Kyungsoon of Chonnam National University South Korea
(introduced by Dr. Ellen Bishop of Pitt)
Synopsis: A Petal
(Sun-woo Jang, 1996) is a poetic, almost surreal vision
of the Gwangju massacre of 1980 when government troops
opened fire on unarmed civilians during a bloody and
repressive military coup. The story is told through
flashbacks from the memories of a young girl who saw
her mother shot to death during the massacre. This film
was a shock to many South Koreans when it was released
in 1996. The massacre had been hushed up by the government
for nearly 16 years. After its release students, workers
and ordinary people protested and forced the government
to open its files on the incident. |
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Screening of Chunghyang
Saturday, April 12, 2003
1-4 PM Alumni Hall Auditorium
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| Introduction
to film and Q&A after
with Dr. Ellen Bishop
Synopsis: Chunghyang
(Kwon-taek Im, 2000) is a beautiful and lyrical retelling
of a beloved Korean folktale about a high class boy
and a low class girl whose love is forbidden but triumphs
in the end. It is also an interesting introduction to
what the Confucian system was like in Korea. |
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Screening of Chihwaseon
Saturday, April 12, 2003
8-11PM Alumni Halll Auditorium
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| Introduction
to film and Q&A after
with Professor Lee
Synopsis: Chihwaseon
(Kwon-taek Im, 2002) brings to cinematic life the popular
tale of a 19th century Korean artist. The film illustrates
the respect and reverence for art that is a part of
the Confucian tradition. Beautifully filmed, the film
evokes a traditional, whole Korea before the political
travails of the twentieth century and the overwhelming
effects of western influence. |
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