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THEARGUS,MAY1,1999
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CULTURE
VideovsVideo:’JoyLuckClub’vs ‘HowtomakeanAmericanQuilt’
OVER
VIEW
LifeCanBeFilled withWarmLove
WhereIsCollectivismGoing?
A
ccordingto‘Asianvalues’whichPresidentofMalaysiaMahathiradvocates,how
I.Introduction
experiencedallofvariouslife.The
stories, After all, Finn realizes
Northeast Asia could develop present situation is ‘collectivism’ based on
S
pring fragrance covers all
EastandTheWest,beingcontrary
meaningoftruelove.
Confucianism.Itbringsfromthetraditionofatightlyknitfamily,saidMahathir.Also,
around. May is the month of
to each other, what is different
Chinese-American Amy Tan’s
manyscholarshavebeenexaminingthisfact.TheWestisenviousofitandratesthe
the family. It has many memorial
thingsdothesemoviesteachus?
firstnovel‘JoyLuckClub’shares
collectivism high. But now, looking back Korean society, you could see it has gone
celebration days for parents,
manysimilaritiesthingwith‘How
wrong.Thatistosay,thecollectivismisgettingdiscolor.
teachers, children, and everyone
II.Synopsisandformat
to make an American Quilt’. But
‘Collectivism’ means a political system in which factories, farms, offices, etc are
from youths to adult. So The
‘How to make an American
there are some differences, too.
ownedandcontrolledbythestateatallthepeopleofthecountry.Especially,intheEast,
Argus choose two videos which
Quilt’ was written by Whiteney
This film shows impressively the
it has been used in the private work for the group than himself. The present day,
show the family and give have
Owens in 1991. She is a famous
stories of mothers who left China
however,thecollectivismcannotfulfilitsoriginalfunction.Likeknowingthefactinthe
human impressions: ‘Joy Luck
author in the U.S.A. It became a
for San Francisco, and raise their
East countries particularly, Korean also has been affected by confucianism. If it
Club’ and ‘How to make an
bestseller and was cinematized by
children in suffering. It deals with
developstobeneficialway,itwouldbeabletooperateinmutualcoexistencerelation
American Quilt’. In these videos
Jocelyn Moorehouse. This film
first generation immigrants’ joys
whichtheprivateworkforthegroup,thegroupdofortheprivate.Butnow,thewrong
youwillseehowpeoplecopewith
expresses delicately making the
andsorrows.
collectivismisgivingrisetomanysocialabuses.
thebadthingsexperiences.
quiltprocess,hintingatthevariety
Four Chinese mothers meet to
Wangtta (Korean society problem which is neglected person among the group or
People lives different lives
oflifetypesandthehumanlifeof
keepuptheirfriendship.Andthey
behaviorneglectingtheperson’and‘NotInMyBackYard(NIMBY)’aremostserious
individually.Weexperiencesweet-
anger. It puts in omnibus form
playChinesechess‘mah-jak’.Joy
socialsituation.Inaddition,eveninthecampus,wrongcollectivismhashappenedwhile
▲HowtomakeanAmericanQuilt
ness and happiness. But, we
women’s love, friendship and
Luck Club is that friendship
you cannot aware. These examples are found easily in campus. The wall posters are
remember some bad things, too.
severalstoriesaboutlife.
meeting’s name. The women’s
making thousands pieces of paper per semester in each campus. Nevertheless, the
When we go through difficult
Having marriage close at hand,
recollections setting in modern
sorrow, and pleasure, the same as
similar ways, the former uses
student doesn’t keep the etiquette using the wall poster board. If a wall poster isn’t
situationsorbitterexperiences,we
Finn visits her grandmother who
ages,formatsixteenepisodemixed
whites.Bywhatmeans,itseemsto
‘mah-jak’and the latter uses
‘theirs’, they put theirs on over the others’. Last year, there were many criticisms on
want advice from your seniors.
livesinaquietplace.Shewantsto
present time. Their stories unfold,
society film that pinched
making quilt. Also the former
General Coed Council with excluding men though feminism matters men as well as
Their narratives of their personal
have time for thinking about her
their troubles and the different
immigrater’s joys and sorrows.
mother’s life stories make their
womenarousedinWangsancampus.Whetheritistrueornot,itisacasewhichwas
experiencescanhelpuscopewith
future life, and for writing her
sense of value between daughters
ThefilmattractedKoreanresidents
daughters realize and become
caused by collectivism they are not women. Moreover, as the development of
ours. If we could experience their
essay. Then Finn undergoes some
andmoms.
in America. They experienced
reconciled to their identies. The
information society, PC communication is increasing and the users could collect
storeis, we would live our lives
wandering.Sevengrandmothersof
The film begins when daughter
similarthingstothoseshowninthe
latterdoestheforFinn.Finally,the
informationaswellasshoppingwithoutanymeetingwithpeople.Suchphenomenon
morewisely.Nowintroducingtwo
the quilt meeting tell their true
Juneisinvitedtojointhejoyluck
film. Through this movie, people
wandering heroin returns and
hasinfluenceintheuniversitywheretheyoungiscrowded.Intheuniversity,especially,
moviesthatshowthewisdomthat
storiestoFinn.Theytellaboutthe
club after the death of her mom
reflect on Korean’s discord
having learned a new conviction
the enforcement of the Division System cause ‘human being alienation phenomenon’
comes from experience and
troubles and reconciliation they
Suyuan. Suyuan forgot her
betweengenerationsinU.S.A
aboutloveandmarriage.
amongstudentsundertheDivisionSystem.
diversity.
experienced when they were
children, chasing a Japanese
On the other hand, ‘How to
These two movies are based on
Andthephenomenon,whichthemajorityignoringtheminority;ifsomeonedoesn’t
‘Joy Luck Club’ and ‘How to
young,theirstrugglestofindtheir
soldier in world war. Growing up
makeanAmericanQuilt’,isawell
marriage. Frankly, ‘Joy Luck
participateintheeventsofdepartmentoften,hegetstobecome‘Wangtta’eventhough
makeanAmericanQuilt’.Weare
natural shapes, and about love
in American, June didn’t under-
producedfilmforwomen,butnot
Club’’s focus fixes on Chinese
hedoesn’tintendtobecomeaone.Now,thephenomenonwhichpeopledisregardand
released several years ago. After
lives. These seven women present
stand her mom’s education
one that olddressed social
women degressed about marriage,
exclude without mine or ours is prominent. If so, what is the reason why wrong
seeing them, we feel we have
Finnwithaweddingquiltandtheir
formula. After entering the joy
problems. It is not a feminist
while a ‘How to make an
collectivismisprevailinKoreansociety?
luck club, June begins to compre-
movie.Skillfully,actresslikeAnne
AmericanQuilt’focusesonactual
The point which the collectivism originated Confucianism concerned, the distortion
hend that her mom loves her so
Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn, and
problem about that. But it is
reasoncanfindoutalsointhediscoloringthat.ThepresentpeoplethinkConfucianism
much to understand the troubles
Winona Ryder lead the movie
premised that under marriage,
asnottraditionbuttheproductofoldtimes.Thus,thecommunitymindisdisappearing,
that come from the divergence of
comfortably.Anditalsowarmsthe
womeninjuretheirhearts.
and the society is getting individualize more and more. However, the most important
culture. Suyuan, three other
audience’sheart.
In conclusion, these two
problemisapointwhichtheclassificationtowardspecificgroupsis madebynotself-
mothers and daughters’s stories
The nine grandmothers tell
movies’s messages are the same.
determination ofmembersbutdiscretionclassificationofsocialeyes.Asone’smind,he
appearinthefilm.
differentstoriesandcreatdifferent
To say nothing of East or West,
isnewgenerationbut,whenhisappearanceisnotsufficient,societymakeshimtoold
quilts. But the film shows their
they give the world the general
generation. There’s also serious one. The individualism always is hiding in the
III. Special meanings in
comingstogether.Itusesmetaphor
theme that life can be filled with
collectivism.Therefore,ifapersononcethinkthegroupdoesn’thelp,heleavesitany
movies
techniques to suggest that nine
warm love. These movies
time.ItisacausewhichthisextinguishesthecommunitymindoftheEast’stradition.
With its obvious nod to
women who feel different,
communicate to us man and
Therefore,inthegroup,eachprivatemakesfellowswhoagreewithhisassertion,andhe
Hollywood, ‘Joy Luck Club’ has
experiences get joined together,
woman’ssenseofvalue.
accomplisheshispurposewithhisfellows’help.Afterall,ifKoreancollectivismcannot
special meaning, because lots of
creatingaperfectlifebygathering
overcometheindividualismtrationalcollectivismcannothelpgoingwrong.
Hollywood movies show white
different kinds of colored patches
principles.Alwaysinmovie,Asian
to design a beautiful bed quilt for
figures are distorted by fixed
Finn.
ByYoonSe-kyong
stereotypes. But Joy luck club
Whatisthecommonmessageof
ByKimYun-jung
PlanningDirectorof TheArgus
draws Asians as independent
‘Joy Luck Club’ and ‘How to
Reporterof CultureSection
▲JoyLuckClub
personalities who feel joy, anger,
make an American Quilt’. In
InterviewwithParkSe-hyung,vicechairmanofPISAF
OpenYourHeart
AnimationFestivalGivingChances
and reading in the other way of
Hip-hopstyle.
Asian.Andtheyaremoretalkative
But Koreans are really bad
Owlof
T
thanAsians.Infact,theycanlearn
mixers. Korean is a shy nation, I
he world is preparings to
so various and fractionated. Govern-
Minerva
English easier because their
think. Especially when we meet
welcome the 21 century. In this
ment’s support is not satisfactory. It
languages are similar to English
the opposite sex or strangers, we
point of view, the culture business is
should make investments in more
I
’d stayed in Vancouver in last
thanours.Asiansneversaybefere
were hard to get acquainted with
paying attention to people. Especially
diversity part. That is the way of
January and February. During
someone make us speak. We are
each other. In my case, it was
animation is a soptlight industry.
successincomingfuture.
these two month, I’d homestayed
really used to the cramming
much easier to make friends with
Reflecting this phenomenon starting
Also, the view of the society must
at a canadian family and had
education. This education system
people from other country than to
from, 4 or 5 years ago, Severe
change. For 90 years, animation was
attended college for studying
madeushavetoofixedtoughtsand
do with people from Korea. And
animationfestivalswereheldforfixed
recognizedas forrecreation.Somany
English. I want to write my
too passive attitudes. People from
westillhaveastrictsociety.Even
periods like the Chun-chon animation
students who dreamed of animators
experiencesinloosestyle.IthinkI
LatinAmericaortheotherwestern
though we are westernized, our
festivalandtheDong-Afestival.These
gave up their dreams for that reason.
hadn’tgotnotsomuchknowledge
coutry such as Switzerland speak
thoughts are less opened. For
wereforthegeneralpublic.
Butnowadays,itbecameoneofculture
about English language, but I can
unrestrictedly even though their
example,itisrequiredthatwomen
Somanyuniversitystudentsbecame
business. Therefore, it help wanted to
getlotsofexperiences.
words are not perfact. On the
should keep a distance between
interested in animation. But
be a cartoonist or animation business
I experienced the real global
contrary, people from Asia got
men and themselves. This makes
unfortunately not much is done to
student’sdreamscometrue.
world. For example, during I was
high mark when we had a written
usfeeluncomfortablewhenweare
support their interest. Moreover, our
in Vancouver, there was the
test. And our compositions are
with the opposite sex. This
animation business doesn’t have
R:Howwascitizensandstudents
earthquake in Columbia. I really
much better than weterns’.
situation is changed by young
sufficient international competitive
reaction?Then,howdoyouestimate
worried about it with my
Whenever we had a discussion,
people. But most young people
power. This power can’t be achieved
thisfestival?
Columbian host-mate. And we
Asians had better thoughts but we
even don’t permit the free
easily. We need to bring up capable
P:Takeintoconsiderationthatitis
KimYun-jung/TheArgus
sold the flowers to our school-
didn’t say a lot, but Westerns had
relationship between women and
menandwomeninthisbusiness.
pre-fetival for PISAF in 2000. We
mates and made moneys to help
chidishandpoorthoughtsandsaid
men.Mostofmyfriendssaidlike
The Puchon International Student
make new markets. This is the only
P : This is a pre-festival. Formal
expect visitors will be 30 thousands.
the people who were badly
theirthoughtscontinuously.Ithink
this,“Icanunderstandwhypeople
Animation Festival (PISAF) opened
onefestivalforuniversities.
festival will start in 2000. We are
But this moment, we had about 60
damaged. As I wanted, I could
Asians including me didn’t like
want to live together before the
April10th atPoksagolCultureCenter
testingitspossibility.First,wecouldn’t
thousandsvisitors.Theresponseseems
meet lots of people from various
discussiontimesorplaytimesand
marriage and sometimes, I agree
inPuchoninKyonggiProvince,isthe
R:Whatisthemotiveforsucha
have enough time to prepare this
satisfy. Film spectator is over 5
countries. Of course, there were
wecouldn’tgetalotforincreasing
withthis.ButIcan’tdolikethis.”
first festival for university students. It
bigfestivalprojectinPuchon?
festival. We have planned this in last
thousand. We estimate it as a good
many Koreans, but I hadn’t many
ourEnglish.Koreansgotjustused
And this was the biggest different
hasimportantmeaninginthispoint.
P:Korea’sanimationbusinessholds
October. In January, however, we
results. It makes students, youth and
chancestomeetthem.Imadelots
to follow someone’s direction.
thoughtwithmyforeignfriends.
So The Argus repoter wanted to
highrankintheworld.Theanimation
carried on the project. Students didn’t
citizens who concerned in animation
of friends who are from various
Even though Asians never said
AfterIcamebacktotheKorea,I
inform students who are interested in
industry has a strong power to
have time, either. They acknowledged
has nice bright future. In conclusion,
countries and I had a good time
before teacher made us say, after
justfeellikebeingoutofbreath.I
animation,andmetParkSe-hyungwho
approachthefuture.Itwillbeaglobal
this plan last March, which is not
welookthisfestivalasasuccess.
with them. I’ve kept contact with
he did, then we said our opinions
reallywanttobeatravelerwhoset
is the vice chairman of the festival
business. Our business, however, is
enough time. I heard they had many
them.
moreperfactlythanWesterns.
her heart at rest. My stay in
committee.
influenced from Japan. We have
troubles.Andwehadlittlesponsors.It
R:Finally,doyouhaveanyplans
And I entered the highest level
When we have been in other
Vancouver was really valuable
excellent human resources, like
wastheproblemofpublicity.Wealso
fornextfestival?
of my college because I’ve just
country, people usually turn into
exeperiences. I really thank my
Reporter : Would you introduce
students’soriginalideas.There’salong
had difficulty in inviting foreign
P : We would overcome maximum
learned English a lot in my
patriots. I did, too. I thought
parentsforgivingmethischances.
thisfestival’sparticipantsandscale?
waytogo.Wewanttogiveopportuni-
participants.
this festival’s problem. And induce
schools.Ican’tspeakEnglishwell.
foreigners knew about Korea well
Ihadexperiencedtheinternational
Park : First of all, it is noteworthy
ties to students to develop their talent.
I’m so regretful the festival is not
morestudents’participationandcollect
IjustknowEnglish,butIcan’tput
because of Seoul Olympic games.
world.Ithinkthebarriersbetween
the university students exhibit 83
Animation part is up to special effect,
wellknowneventothestudentsbutin
citizen’s interest. Next festival will be
my knowledge into the practice.
But most of them just thought
eachother’scustomsdon’texistas
works. Other countries like Japan,
publication,newmediaandplaything.
next formal festival, we decided to
heldinDecember,2000.Wewillhave
This is the reason that I feel
Korea was the country which had
much as they did in the past. The
France,U.S’sproductis54works.And
Puchon had no incentive. However,
strengthen public relations next
sufficient time, public finance need
E.L.C.(English Language Center)
to prepared for war. And they
world is becoming closer and
we put on the screen 137 pieces
nowadays, Puchon is spotlighted as a
festival. By making posters, pamplets,
more than this time. We will prepare
is not very good to Koreans.
asked to me if it was true that
closer,anditwillbecomeonebig
animation film on screen. Our goods
culture city. As you know, Puchon
andholdingseminars.
widening connection channel, more
Becausewhatwereallyneedisnot
koreanguyshadtoenterthearmy.
global world. In addition, I can
are to recommend new trends,
International Fantastic Film Festival
universities’ participation, will holding
tolearnEnglish,buttohavelotsof
What I watched about Korea in
meet my friends on the computer
recognize artists’ work and display
(PIFAN) became an annual event.
R:Whatisthecurrentsituationof
varietysubjectseminars.
chances to come into contact with
T.V. was the scenes that korean
in a few seconds. What a cool
anmations for children. Open
Puchon is expected to bring about
animation activity in Korean
We will try to make PISAF an
manypeopleandtouseEnglisha
guys were serving in the army.
worlditis!!!!!
workshops are held on digital
value added industry by movie and
Universities?
international powerful festival for real
lot. But it’s true that this E.L.C.
Whenever I said to them about
animation, clay animation, and
animation. I hope this fresh start will
P:Ourcognitionaboutanimationis
students.
course gave me the chances to
Korea, they were so surprised. So
beginningsofanimation.
promote our animation industry and
solimited.Itsdepartmentincollegeis
meet lots of people. In my class,
whenIsaidaboutKoreaIwanted
PISAF 99 is an international. We
developfamoushiddenmanoftalent.
minor. Many people who majored in
there were lots of girls from
show the pictures to prove my
want to inspire young students who
watercolorandpaintingoilaredrawing
ByKimYun-jung
Argentine. Western people can
words. My host-son, Clint was
ByKimJoo-yeon
will make our cultural image of next
R : Were there any problems in
animation. Special new media
Reporterof CultureSection
speak English better than writing
really surprised that Korean liked
millenium, illustrate new figures and
theprocessofproject?
educationisneededbecauseitsscopeis
Sophomoreof LinguisticDept.

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