ReFocus: The Films of Kim Ki-young (ReFocus: The International Directors Series)

By: Chung-Kang Kim

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Synopsis: World-renowned South Korean directors, including Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon Ho, cite Kim Ki-young as being the greatest Korean influence on their work. During his thirty year career, Kim Ki-young produced thirty-three films and became revered by critics within the national and international community as one of the few South Korean ‘auteurs’. As the first comprehensive scholarly volume on Kim Ki-young in English, ReFocus: The Films of Kim Ki-young covers his entire career and history of cinematic work, highlighting the thematic and stylistic singularity of Kim’s oeuvre, which was produced relative to the specific historical and cultural conditions of post-war South Korea. It offers an innovative departure point from which to explore South Korean film relative to the wider history of world cinema, in addition to situating Kim’s work within the broader fields of Korean modern history, transnational cinema and cultural studies.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 192 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781399512961
Related ISBNs:: 9781399512954, 9781399512947, 9781399512978
Publisher:: Edinburgh University Press
Date of Addition:: 04/29/23
Copyrighted By:: Edinburgh University Press
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Entertainment, Nonfiction, Reference, Art and Architecture
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Chung-kang Kim