Korean cinema was virtually unavailable to the West during the
Japanese colonial period (1910-1945), and no film made before 1943
has been recovered even though Korea had an active film-making
industry that produced at least 240 films. For a period of forty
years, after Korea was liberated from colonialism, a time where
Western imports were scarce, Korean cinema became an innovative
force reflecting a society whose social and cultural norms were
becoming less conservative. Im Kwon-Taek: The Making of a Korean
National Cinema is a collection of essays written about Im
Kwon-Taek, better known as the father of New Korean Cinema, that
takes a critical look at the situations of filmmakers in South
Korea.
Written by leading Koreanists and scholars of Korean film in the
United States, Im Kwon-Taek is the first scholarly treatment of
Korean cinema. It establishes Im Kwon-Taek as the only major Korean
director whose life's work covers the entire history of South
Korea's military rule (1961-1992). It demonstrates Im's struggles
with Korean cinema's historical contradictions and also shows how
Im rose above political discord. The book includes an interview
with Im, a chronology of Korean cinema and Korean history showing
major dynastic periods and historical and political events, and and
a complete filmography.
Im Kwon-Taek is timely and makes a significant contribution to
our understanding of Korean cinema. These essays situate Im
Kwon-Taek within Korean filmmaking, placing him in industrial,
creative, and social contexts, and closely examine some of his
finest films. Im Kwon-Taek will interest students and scholars of
film studies, Korean studies, religious studies, postcolonial
studies, andAsian studies.
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