Korean War: The Last 50 Years Film Series at UCLA Film and Television Archive, UCI Film and Video Center, and Korean Cultural Center - Los Angeles May 30 - June 10, 2000
Tuesday May 30 7:30 p.m. UCLA The Marines Who Never Returned South Korea, 1963 Directed by Yi Man-hui 110 min. The film chronicles the harrowing experiences of a marine platoon fighting in the Korean War. (Repeat screening: Saturday, June 10, KCC)
Shiri South Korea, 1999 Directed by Kang Jegyu 124 min. Spy-thriller about a South Korean secret agent who must make a stark choice between national interest and personal interest.
Saturday, June 3 7:30 p. m. UCLA The Uprising South Korea, 1999 (U.S. Premiere) 100 min. Directed by Park Kwang-su (in attendance at screening) Cheju Island, 1901. Peasants on the island at the southern tip of the Korean peninsula have risen up against the local Catholics and French priests.
To The Starry Island South Korea, 1994 102 min. Directed by Park Kwang-su The island's residents are still haunted by the painful memory of wartime betrayal and red-baiting. The island is a metaphor for the psychic toll wrought by the Korean War. (repeat screenings: Saturday, June 4 7 p.m., UCI & Thursday, June 8, 7 p.m., KCC)
Sunday June 4 4 p.m. UCI The Man With Three Coffins South Korea, 1987 87 min. Directed by Yi Chang-ho Evoking modern Korea's fragmented and migratory national history - one forever trapped on the road - the film discloses an old, dying man's wish to visit his hometown. (repeat screening: Friday, June 9 7 p.m., KCC)
Tuesday, June 6 7:30 p.m. UCLA The Stray Bullet South Korea, 1961 106 min. Directed by Yu Hyon-mok Set in the years immediately after the end of the Korean War, the film dramatizes postwar anxieties and pessimism by focusing on an economically desperate family.
Spring In My Hometown South Korea, 1998 120 min. Directed by Lee Kwang-mo The tender story of two friends during the last year of the Korean War. Increasingly as the war encroaches on their families in different ways, the youngsters find their own paths diverging.
Special Events Friday, June 2 12-1:30 p.m. & 4-5:30 p. m. Bruce Cumings: Revising the Korean War
Saturday, June 3 Park Kwang-su: New Korean Cinema
For more information email: eunsuncho at hotmail.com
UCLA Film and Television Archive www.cinema.ucla.edu 310-206-8013
UC Irvine Film and Video Center www.humanities.uci.edu/fvc 949-824-7418
Korean Cultural Center www.kccla.org 323-936-7141