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NOVEMBER1,2001
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CULTURE
http://maincc.hufs.ac.kr/~theargus
Reviewingfilms:Graveofthefirefliesvs.Thelifeisbeautiful
OVER
VIEW
Sacrificeandloveinfamilies
Littleyetimportanttheater
ratherthancruelbattlescenes
A
dimlighting,narrowstairway,andinconvenientseathavebeentypicalexamples
T
he painful hurt the World War II had
LeeSo-jung/TheArgus
As Nazi almost defeated the war, the
of timeworn facilities of little theaters at Daehakro, of which audiences have
madestillremainsinourheart.Notto
soldiers tried to kill all of the Jews in the
complained. In fact, it has been already sixteen years since Daehakro was formed as
forgetsuchmistakes,wehavereenactedthe
prison.Theprisonerstriedtoescapeorhide
“thestreetofthetheatricalarts”.Recently,MinistryofCultureandTourismannounced
World War II through films, arts, fictions,
in the prison so they wouldn’t be killed.
thatareformplanoffacilitiesofDaehakro’slittletheaterswillbecarriedoutfromthis
andsoon.Amongthosemanyartworkson
Guido, also, tried to escape from the prison
OctoberthroughnextMarch.
thewar,therearerarestoriesfocusedonthe
with his family so he came to his wife
This plan is welcomed in that this can bring about good results of contenting
victimswhodiedinthewarwithoutguilt.
leavingJoshuainakindofbox,tellinghim,
audiences and providing better services. The government formulated such a policy to
“The life is beautiful” and “Grave of the
“Never get out of the box until tomorrow,
reviveourstagnanttheatricalcircle,particularlyDaehakrowhichhasbeenbackwardin
fireflies” are the movies about the victims
then you’ll be the winner”. But Guido was
contrast to its significance in our theatrical world. Now, however, is it just neat and
who were sacrificed and hurt during the
found.Evenwhenhewasgoingtobekilled,
cleanlittletheatersthatweactuallyneedtomaketheatricalworldactive?
World War II. Especially, both of them
hewaswalkingsmilingtohisson.Hisgreat
First of all, let’s look into the actual state of performances in little theaters at
focused on the love and sacrifice of their
love for his son is alive till the moment he
Daehakro. You have heard of pornographic dramas performed at back streets in
family.Theyarethestoryonthewarbutwe
faced his death. How many people could
Dongsoong-dong.Inthiskindofplays,actorsoractressesplaysensationalactswithout
scarcely see battle scenes. Instead we feel
haveshownsuchbraverytohisfamily?
a reason and the work is in inferior quality. Moreover, those theater groups mobilize
sorrow and pain by seeing what civilians
Seskohadaboxofcandies,calleddrops,
touterscalled“Ppikki”toattracttheaudience.Suchtrashydramasand“Ppikki”have
sufferedduringthattime.
that she treasured. She ate the drops slowly
tarnished Daehakro and done harm to high-minded theatrical artists who have
“Thelifeis..”isamoviemadebyanItalian
butfinallytheboxbecameempty.Shefilled
maintainedtheatersofDaehakroarduously.
director, Roberto Benigni, who won 3
theboxwithwaterandshookit,drinkingthe
In addition, there are many plays that make stars, rather than their intrinsic values
AcademyAwards.“Grave..”isananimation
water. She drank the water because there
stand. And if the responses are good, they often stage the shows for a long time at a
producedbyTakahataIsao,StudioGhibliin
remainedthesweetnessofdropsinthebox.
dumpingrate.Ofcourse,theycanhavepositiveeffects,ifthetheatergroup,performers,
Japan.EventhoughItalyandJapanwerethe
This scene comes closer to us, making us
anddirectorsgetenergythankstothesuccessandproducenextproducts.Thoselong-
majoraggressorsintheWorldWarII,these
feel the sufferings and sorrow of the poor
run plays, however, are not worth of priding in their quantitative expansion from a
The left is a scene from “Grave of fireflies” and the right is from “ The life is
directorsfocusedonthevictimsinthewar.
andofwar.Unfortunatelybothofthemdied
qualitativepointofview.Asaresult,todayinthelittletheater,theessentialpartwhich
beautiful”.
astheybecameunhealthy.Likethisthewar
the play, a kind of highly developed spiritual arts, should seek after has been
World War II ruined the lives of
and heartbreaking reality break the love
overlooked. Superficially entertaining and light commercial plays have been
innocentpeople
prison.“Youhavetoget10thousandpoints
they left the aunt’s house. They settled in a
amongfamily.
overflowinginstead.
WhentheNaziwasabouttooccupyItaly,
to ride a tank. You must not be found by
cave, a bomb shelter, and lived by
Infact,thelittletheaterwasoriginallyborntocreatethenewplaybasedonthestrong
Guido met Dora and fell in love with her.
soldiers.Ifyouare,youlosethegame.”Like
themselveswithnomoney.Seitahadtobeg
Whythelifeisbeautiful
spirit of the experiment, in opposition to the commercialism. In the little theater
They got married and had a son named
in this situation, the father had to be brave
forfoodormoneytoneighborswhoignored
Both stories show how the love and
movementofthe1920s,itbeganasanoppositiontotheappearanceofthecommercial
Joshua, living happily. But five years later,
andshowonlysmilestohisson.Herecomes
andtreatedcoldly.Whenairraidsirenblew,
sacrifice toward family are powerful. Even
new-schoolplayandleadtotransplanttheRealismplaysinourcountry.Thenthrough
the misfortune began when Nazi occupied
thefather’sbeautifulloveforhisson.
hestolefoodfromemptyhousesriskinghis
when the heros are in dangerous and
themovementonceagaininthe1960s,itmakesourcountry’splaysdiversify.Butas
Italy. As Guido was a Jew, he and his son
There is also tell-a-lie story in “Grave...”
life. Their worsening situations make the
desperatesituation,theyattempttoovercome
statedabove,theyarenomorethansmaller-sizeversionsofthelargetheaters,lacking
were taken to a Jews’ prison. Left alone,
Seitadidn’ttellthetruththathismotherhad
audiencefeeldeepsorrowandpityonthem.
thehopelesssituationwiththeirfreewillthat
theexperimentalspirits.Duetothis,theyhaveimplantedtheaudiencewithmistaken
Dora volunteered to enter the prison even
died to his sister, Sesko. Because he didn’t
theyhavetoprotecttheirfamily.
ideasabouttheatricalartsandhaveoverlookedbytheaudience.
The love and sacrifice light up the
thoughshewasnotaJew.
want her to cry by learning the fact. Sesko
A war started by few leaders hurts many
However,thegovernment’supportingpolicieshavefocusedontheatrical“industry”
In “Grave of the fireflies”, a father
believed that her mother was alive and
world
civilians. Both movies show us how cruel
ratherthantheatrical“arts”.Forexample,thereweresupportingpoliciessuchasLove
participated in the war. And a mother, an
waiting to be recovered. The brother tells a
When Guido was working as a waiter in
andsadthingshappentouswhenweareina
Ticket system in effect since 1991, a plan of making performing arts into venture
elder brother, called Seita, and a 4 year-old
liesohecanseethesister’scomfortevenit
the dining room, there was a record player.
war.Eventhoughtherearenobattlescenes
businesses,andthereformpolicyoflittletheatersatDaehakrowhichwasannounced
girl,Sesko,livedinKobe,Japan.Thevillage
is not right thing to do. At first, the aunt
Heputthespeakerinfrontofamicrophone
likefightingorkilling,wecanexperiencethe
recently. Considering the present state of Daehakro, the government’s support should
was bombarded by American forces’ when
lookedonthemwithapitybutasfoodwere
totheoutsideofthewindowandplayedthe
misfortunesanddeepsorrowinthemovies.
center not only on the facilities but also on improving quality of the play and on
the mother died and their sweet home was
short they were only burdensome to her.
music, which Dora loved, and spoke to the
Wehavetorememberthetragedythatmany
educatingtoleadthepublicforabetterunderstandingoftheplay.
ruined. Seita and Sesko were left alone,
Finallyshetoldthemtoleaveherhouseand
microphonethathelovedherandwasalive
people had suffered in wars and must not
Itissaidthatthereasonwhytheplaydrawssmallaudiencesisbecauseoftheinferior
havingnothing.Theyhadtoliveinahome
makealivingbythemselves.
withtheirlittleson.Soshecouldknowthey
repeatthemistakes.Intherealworld,despite
qualityoftheplay.Thatis,thepremiseofdevelopingtheaudienceisgoodqualityofthe
oftheirdistantrelativesinthetown.
When Guido had a chance to work as a
were still alive and missed her family. It is
those sad previous trials, human beings are
performance. But at the same time, the quality of the performance can be improved
waiter in a dining room where German
one of memorable scenes that moves our
stillrepeatingtheirmistakesandreproducing
whentheypossessthecapacitytosurviveforitselfbydrawingenoughaudience.Forthe
The trial to overcome the painful
officersgathered,hedisguisedhissonasone
heart and everlasting love still exists during
anothertragedy.
bright future of our theatrical arts, the little theater should retrieve its role as the
situation
oftheofficers’childrenandtookhim,giving
thewar.
laboratorypossessingthecreativespirits,notahotbedofthecommercialplaysoflow
Guidotoldhissonthateverymomentthey
him a chance to eat a nice dinner. Every
Therewerenolightsorelectricityatnight,
quality.Andthegovernment’ssupportshouldfocusonthisveryfact.
weregoingthroughwasa“game”.Theboy,
momentinthediningroom,thereexiststhe
andsoSeitacaughtfirefliesandputthemin
only 5 years old, knew nothing about the
dangerofbeingfoundbyGermansoldiers.It
tothecave.Thecavewaslightenedupwith
situation, and the father didn’t want Joshua
makes people to be in tense situation and
full of fireflies’ glimpses with which Sesko
ByKamEun-jin
tobehurtfromcruelnessoftheworld.“We
sometimes laugh in the ironical situations
was delighted. As the title of the animation
By LeeSo-jung
EditorofCultureSection
will be rewarded if we survive the game,”
madebyGuido.
goes, the lights of fireflies are so beautiful
ReporterofCultureSection
thefatherexplainedwhentheyarrivedinthe
SeitaandSeskohadnoplacetogowhen
andtheloveforhissisterissotouching.
InterviewwithJoDong-won,researchworkerofPRISM
Jukebox
“Let’sproduceimageswithourownhands”
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J:Inseveralareas,Mediacenterisalready
houses or schools to gain knowledge
operating.AttheBucheonYouth’sWelfare
Second, some on Third are arranged for
frombooks.Theyalsovisitamuseumtosee
Hall,thereareYouthmediacenterequipped
fansasaliveshow.It’sveryinteresting:each
materials on display or a gallery to view
with cameras and studios. It will launch
member’ssolo,jammingwithmischief,and
worksofart.Suchpublicfacilitiesforculture
formalyonOctober20.IncaseofSeongnam
fantastic real saxophone plays by a session
infra-structure in each community have
Culture House, there are facilities
man who recorded famous and particularly
rendered great services to the improvement
functioning as media center, though we not
popular ballard song in Korea, called
of those local residents’ cultural abilities.
yet call it Media center, and also the
“AnotherDay”.
Andnow,inanageoftorrentofimages,we
housewife-centered club, “Citizens’ group
DreamTheater
Third,theinitialreleaseofthisalbumwas
have a new concept in public facilities for
forproductionoffilms”.Alsoinotherareas,
pulled off the shelves. The original release
cultureinfra-structure,called“Mediacenter”
activistspromotingtheestablishingplanare
datewasSeptember11th,2001,thedaythat
aiming at cultivating the public media
actively discussing the matter with the
terroristscrashedtwohijackedpassengerjets
literacy.
concerned department of their local
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into the World Trade Center towers. The
“Media center” means a comprehensive
authorities.
yearsold.ThenIneverenjoyedtheir
original cover of this album, however,
culture center for visual arts, established by
musical character and style previouisly. In
featured the World Trade Center towers in
thelocalauthoritiesandoperatedbyprivate
R: Is there any difficulty in operating
fact,Iwasn’tarockmaniaatthattime.But
flames.Thiswasahorriblecoincidencethat
organizations. When it becomes established
Media-networkcenter?
afterImetthem,everythingwaschanged.I
theyobviouslycouldhaveneverforseen.
in our community, we can have access to
J: The objective of Media center is
KimJae-hyuk/TheArgus
thought, “Wow, there is another life and
In the end, I want to recommend another
various visual art works like independent
desirable, however, as confirmed in case of
strange world...right, over there - rock
release, “Images And Words(1991)”, and
movies viewing and discussing them. In
foreign countries, it is hard to secure its
music.”Yes,“DreamTheater”wasmyhero.
“Change of Seasons(1995)”. It will show
addition, people can directly produce those
finance. Government employees do not
Andnow,too.Now,Iwanttointroducetheir
you a fantastic and attractive world of
worksbyusingthefilm-makinginstruments
moviesorfilmsmadebythepublic.Starting
in carrying out the work. However, being
show eagerness for Media center.
newalbum,titleof“LiveScenesfromNew
“Progressive Rock Music”. Thank you for
specially designed for the media
fromsuchcriticalmind,variousmovements
connected with one another, they can go
Democratic operation of Media centers is
York”.
yourinterest!
environment.Ofcourse,educationonvisual
for citizens’ independent media have been
ahead with the plan easily and there would
also important. The fate of Media center
Whyisthisalbumunique?First,itismade
mediaisthefirstconsideration.
carryiedout,basedontherapiddevelopment
belessdifficultyinthelegislationforMedia
depends on how actively Media center
upofthreepiecesofCD:FirstandSecond
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of digital technology. We, however, do not
center. Though we constructed on-line
outreaches citizens. Besides, because
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abouttotakerootsineachlocalarea,allthe
yet have infra-structure for that. Media
Media-centernetworkthisApril,wefailedto
progressive media institutes like “PRISM”
ByKimSeong-hwi
memory”, Third has songs from other
necessarypreparationsarenotmatureyet.In
centerwillfunctionastheinfra-structure.
realize the anticipated result. After feeling
arerareinourcountry,ourworksaremore
ThewriterisajunioroftheRussianDept.
albums.
this situation, the research center for
the limitations of on-line activities, the first
than we can handle. We are in shortage of
progressive
media
activism,
R: Then how did it come into being at
off-line workshop on October 6th bore
experts. It seems that there are many
“PRISM(PRogressive media activISM)” is
first?
fruitfulresult.Wewillprogressourworkon-
mountainstogoover.
“Wecanplaydramalikeothers”
playing an important part in developing
J: In foreign countries, there are many
lineandoff-linetogetherfromnowon.
Media center more systematically, running
Mediacenters.However,theyhavenotbeen
R:WhateffectswillMediacenterhave
“Media-centernetwork”.Theyhelpactivists,
introduced well to our country. Once the
R: Are there any distinguished points
onoursocietyintheend?
T
he Seoul Disabled Youth Drama
Onweekdays,theyprogrammedtheworks
who are carrying this program forward in
Korea Broadcasting Institute took up the
fromothercentersonimages?
J: For Media center to affect our society,
Festival was held in Yonkang-Hall,
that the students could participate in easily
their own community, to have an access to
term “Media center” in their report, it
J:Infact,Mediacenterisanintegrationof
it, above all, should be possible that Media
Jongro from October,21 to 29. The festival
and on weekends, they played dramas that
and thorough knowledge about each and
became known gradually. About 1998, we
theexistingfunctions,thoughregardedasan
centeroutreachescitizens,andeducatesthem
wascontributedbyPumdongi,theteenagers
allfamiliescouldtakepartin.
every areal center. This month, the Argus
began to set out for its establishment in
unfamiliarfacilities.Forexample,therearea
inmedialiteracywithsecuringexperts.Then
culture association, with participation
They played 6 dramas, some of which
met Jo Dong-won, a research worker of
earnest.
Hankyoreh cultural center, Cinematheque,
ifalternativemediaenvironmentcomestobe
disabled students who played the drama as
needed participation of the audience. They
PRISM and asked about Media center and
etc.Theuniquethingisthatitfunctionsasa
created and media activities in that
wellasnon-disabledpeopleinthefestival.
enjoyed the show, feeling impressed by the
Media-centernetwork.
R: What is the role of Media-center
complex space, combining those functions
environmentbecomepossible,thedreamof
The festival started to show that disabled
disabled students. “It was touching that
networkandwhathasitdoneuntilnow?
whichhavebeencarriedoutseparatelyupto
media democracy in our society shall come
people also can take part in the cultural
teenagers who are disabled forced their
Reporter: What is the objective of
J: We have searched for Media-center in
now. When it settles down as the public
true.
events. “That the disabled cannot enter
efforts onto the show,” said one of the
Mediacenter?
each area and interviewed activists who are
facility, it will realize the infra-structure for
theaters in wheelchairs does not mean that
audience, “and I got to know the fact that
JoDong-won:Nowweliveinanageof
promoting the establishment of Media-
public access with sufficient public finance
they do not have culture. It just seems so
communicationbetweenthedisabledandthe
the torrent of images. There are plenty of
center. In the middle of those activities, we
forthat.
because we do not accept their cultural
non-disabledisabsent,”sheadded.
commercial movies shown in theaters.
realized that an interchange of information
ByKamEun-jin
desires and talents,” said the representative
However, there’s no opportunity to enjoy
between communities is essential. Being
R: What is the present state of the
EditorofCultureSection
ofPumdongi,ShimHan-ki.
ByLeeSo-jung/TheArgus
varieties of visual arts such as independent
solitary,theactivistswouldhavedifficulties
progressofestablishingMediacenter?

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