Tag Archives: Korea

Speaking of Bong Joon-Ho…

Posted on February 28, 2010 by sheila

as I just was, take a look at this: Edmund Mullins has a very nice post up on Black Book about Bong Joon-Ho, and also some thoughts on Bong’s latest release. This is all because of a retrospective that BAM … Continue reading →

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Memories of Murder (2003); Dir.: Bong Joon-Ho

Posted on February 25, 2010 by sheila

It is 1986, in the backwater Gyunggi Province of South Korea, and a woman has been found murdered in a drainage ditch on the edge of a field. A detective (played by the fantastic Song Kang-Ho) peers into the ditch, … Continue reading →

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Do You Hear That Silence?

Posted on April 23, 2004 by sheila

I can’t help but notice the difference between the train-crash in North Korea and the train-explosions in Madrid. Every report I read of the North Korean crash has contradictory information, contradictory numbers. Now thousands have been killed, now it’s only … Continue reading →

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