Category Archives: film
Cheonhajangsa Madonna
From the site Junge Jurnalisten’s coverage of the Berlin Gay Film Festival, a description of Cheonhajangsa Madonna, also called Like A Virgin: Ssireum [Korean wrestling] is respect for your opponent and for yourself. It takes a wrestler’s inner strength to … Continue reading
Filed under film, Korea, Korean Queer
screen memory
Every week, there’s something that repeats in the conversations around me or in the material I come across, until it’s on the level of a cosmic joke (or message–I can never decide if it’s a joke or a message). The … Continue reading
Short Conversation on Essential Qualities of Korean Film
Dialogue approximate, from 3 days ago. Me: We could watch this film I rented, a hot new South Korean director. Anston: Is it really violent Anime or Science Fiction? Me: No. Anston: Is it an incredibly dark and depressing— Me: … Continue reading
Filed under film, Korean life
Alice Sebold walks over Hollywood in big, King-Kong-sized shoes
In the LA Times today, via mediabistro‘s newsfeed email: THIS is a tale of two scripts, one that sold for a ton of money, one that remains twisting in the wind. Both are beautifully written, but in Hollywood, while scripts … Continue reading
Akira: graphic novel vs. film
I’m reading Akira now after only knowing it as a film, at the encouragement of a thesis student of mine who told me how it differs significantly as a graphic novel. Apparently the film was made before the series of … Continue reading
Filed under film, graphic novels, Korean American
