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THEARGUS,NOVEMBER1,1999
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CULTURE
WorldFilmFestivalPursuits
OVER
VIEW
OpenEyesforScreendom
CulturePolicybyChaebol
S
uppressionofthepress becameahot issueasthe presidentofthe JoongangIlbo
T
heThirdWorldFilmFestival
wasplacedunderarrestafewdaysago.People wonderedwhatwouldbecomeof
in Imun campus was held
theculturalpolicywithSamsung, theleadingcompanyinKorea, runninganewspaper
under the sponsorship of Imun
company.Thefactthatacompanyofthismagnitude,hasitshandsonthepressshould
Interview with Yoon Chang-
GSCfromOctober25to 28.The
seemcompelling.Itistruethatthetone oftheJoong-angIlbohaslearnedtoward the
meaningofthefestival isthatthe
chaebol.Andthisonlyconfirmstheactualstatusofthechaebolsinoursociety.
ho, the chairman of the
culture and the society can be
Thepressisthecaptiveofthechaebol.Mostofall,wemustgiveattentiontothefact
preparation committee for the
reflected in the screen. Eastern
thatthechaebolisthebiggest money-providertothepressasthemain advertiser.The
and Western movies of each
press canescape from thissituation, butthechaeboldevotetheir energiesto‘Cultural
WorldFilmFestival
country in the world were shown.
Engineering’forfalsificationoftheimagesinordertodiminishthispossibility.Theyare
Especially, this festival was held
very busy with pretending to be benevolent through many advertisements and public
with HUFS Folk Art Festival.
Reporter: What distingui-
relations, and they also try to block the mere possibility of criticism about
These two festivals
were
shes the Third World Film
themselvesthrough cultural investment. When not onlythe peopleinthecultural
observed asthe WorldCultural
Festival from the previous
professionincludingthe intellectualsbutalso thepress dependsoneconomic support
Festival that only HUFS could
ones?
fromthechaebol,itisimpossibletocriticisethechaebol.
takepart in. And itmakes the
Yun: The first and second
Y: The members of the
The cultural investment by the chaebol is very ironical. This is because the
film festivalmoreimportant.
festivals were held under the
preparation committee took
governmentisjustabout beggingforit. Ifthegovernment investsitsrevenue from
The third film festival was
sponsorship ofOrientalcollege
pains.
The
mid-term
taxesintotheculturesection,itmaybetroublesomeandcausepublicrepulsion. Sothe
KooSung-chan/TheArgus
Staffareplayingreeltapeprojecterforscreening.
divided into five parts. There
and Occidental college. So, it
examination and incidental
governmentkeeps itsprivilege policyfor thechaebolandask thatthey investtheir
were main screening, midnight
was a small scale festival that
works made us hard to spend
profitsfromthisinto theculturalmarket. Thisnew-styledpolitico-economic adhesion
screening, independent movies
boy,whichwasagreatbox-office
Monster’ can be the movie
afew people participated.But,
the time. And seeking for
whichthegovernmenthopeswill developtheculturalsectionusingthechaebol’money
screening, the lecture of the
recordinFinland.
which represents well with the
this Third Film Festival was
translaters and counsellors
will place the cultural business under the control of the chaebol. The reporter doesn’t
professionalsandincidentalevents.
On the second day, the lecture
themeof thisfestival.Itisbecause
held under the sponsorship of
about the screen was difficult
mean to criticise the work they do with their culture foundation, like supporting for
Five movies were shown at the
from the reporter of Cine 21,
the style of the movie was
GSC, and opened with the
for us, too. Also, our festival
throughtheculturalfoundationsandpayattentiontotheprotectionandupbringingof
main screening indaytimeat the
KimYoung-jin, wasgivenwith
against the Hollywood, but it
World Folk Art Festival.
was held oneweek laterafter
the traditionalculture,butit’sprobablethattheircultural investmentmightbeaimed
auditorium.And four movieswas
screening. Movie makers were
gained the symphathy of mass,
Therefore,wedecidedthetheme
the PIFF (Pusan International
forafavorableimpression.Itisawidelyknownfactthattheydisguisethemselveswith
shown atthe midnightscreening
also planned to give lectures as
too. And, closing film of the
of the festival, `Above Cine-
Film Festival) had been held.
many elements to block out the possible criticism. Many conglomerates are taking
inthe opentheater fortwo days,
one of the special event in the
festival, ‘Hodong prince and
Globalism’. This agenda means
So, It was hard to arrange the
sponsorshiprolesinmanyfamousfestivalswhichis increasingatavery rapidspeed.
Those movies shown were
festival. Kim Young-jin gave a
Nakrang princess’from North
that it criticizes the domination
lectureof moviemakers.
Theirpurposeistoadvertisethe imagesattachedtothefestival,ofcourseit.Whoever
evaluated in their countries as
lecture on the whole gamut of
Korea was shown in the open
of the Hollywood movies and
that see thisadvertisementwillbepleased withit’simages.Astheadvertisementsput
the counterproposalspiritagainst
cinema, and that was a good
theaterandthe bigauditorium,at
considers the counterproposal
R:WorldFilmFestivalwas
upslogansformakinga betterglobalcommunity forthebenefitofthegeneralpublic.
theHollywood.Therefore, movies
experiencetoknowmoreaboutthe
last.
ofit.So,wewantedthefestival
held with World Folk Art
But the problem is that these messages far fetched from the real situation and the
selected in the screening exactly
screen.
TheThirdFilm festivalwasthe
to let the spectators exposed to
Festival. Does it have special
advertisementsareusedasatooltoinventfavorableimages.
corresponded to the meaning of
Onthethird day,above all, the
event which could be possibly
thisdirection.
meaning?
Thenwhatistheculturalpolicyofourgovernment?Afew yearsagotherewasthis
theWorldFilmFestival.
midnight screening was a great
marked as the campus festival.
Y: Both of the two festivals
feeling that the cultural policy existed as an exhibition front. Right now, strictly
And Independent
movies
success because of showing the
Selection of the movies
were
R:Howdidyouchoose the
appeal ourowntrait ofHUFS!.
speaking,thegovernmenthasnoculturalpolicy.Ithasaleasharoundit’sneck.Asthe
screeningwas thedistinction of
film ‘Ring 2’. There was about
well chosen, and independent
movies of thefestival anddo
So, these festivals will devise
MinistryofCulture&Tourismwas establishedafewyearsago, therewashopethat
this festival. Eight independent
one hundredpeopleinthe open
moviescreeningandlectureofthe
you recommend the movies
the growth of HUFS. The
the cultural policy would be come more efficient, but it hasn’t lived up to the
movies were shown in the small
theateraroundtherunning timeof
film makers were novel that it
to thespectators?
festival can be splendid as
xpectations.It’sarealironythatthegovernmentisthankingthechaebol,afterlettingit
theateronOctober26thand27th,
it though it was 12 p.m. This
raised the quality of the film
Y:AsImentionedbefore, we
holding at once, and the
comedowntothis.Whenthecompetitionof CATVbusiness andthegeneral cable
There were documentary and
reflected the popularity of ‘Ring’
festival.
chose the movies to
be
concern for the festival would
roadcastingwasvery fierce,the governmentdidn’t makethe mostof theregional
indie movies in independent
in Korea. Furthermore, after the
However, on the otherhand,
considered the counterproposal
be increased. So, Taking this
broadcastingstations.Negligenceaswellasasafety-at-allcostprincipleofcultureon
screening. They revealed the
screening of independent movie,
incidental events hardlyattained.
about Hollywood. So, beside
opportunity, I want that two
thepartofgovernmentisasdangerousassuppression.
resistance spirit against the
‘Thechildrento cutsunshine’,the
Also, it wasuncomfortableforthe
the indiemovies, wecollected
festivals canbe achieveda lot.
Ifthechaebolaretosupport theculturebusiness,itshouldbedonewithindirectaid,
mainstream. And, the movies
directorofthatmovie,KimJin-han
spectatorstowatch the moviedue
the screens that have the
and restrain from expecting actual results. The devotees to culture should also have
shown are not usually seen in
gavealectureafterwards.It wasa
tothebadcondition of thesound
popularity and experimental
R: Pleasegive someadvices
seemedthoughtswhen puttingouttheirhandstothechaebol,inthenameofmarket
general theater, which makes it
good chance to know about the
and the screen. Moreover, due to
trait.Personally,Irecommended
to the students about World
competition. The cultural section also have to examine themselves about looking
moreappealingtopeople.
movieprofoundly.
the rainingon thelastday,there
theindependentmovies.
FilmFestival.
forwardtotheeconomicsupportofthechaeboldeafeningthemselveswiththemarket
On the first day of the festival,
Onthelastday, mainscreening
were a fewpeople at the running
The resistance spirit against
Y: Aboveall,Ihopethatthe
competition of the cultural behaviors. It is highly likely that public interest oriented
the first
movie was
a
was only continued among the
time ofclosingfilm. Nonetheless,
the mainstream movies and
festival will be the momentum
advertising by the chaebol will keep flourishing, refrain from unconditional criticism,
documentary called ‘La Ballade
screening. ‘Mr. Monster’ by
if these defects of the festival
experimental spirit are alive in
to come to
a mutual
and keep an eye open to see it from their macro-economic aspect on whether it is
de Chile’ from Chile. The
Roberto Benini whoisfromItaly
were to be well considered and
the independent movies. These
understanding and to be
appropriate or not. And then criticize or agree on the actions. That’s what the people
contents of the movie was the
was screened in that day. That
fixed, hopefully there would be
points in independent movies
concorded with each other. To
havetodo.
history of
Chile socialism
movie evaluated in Italy had
abetter WorldFilmFestival next
attractpeople’sattention.
do that, gradual interest and
government. After the opening
comedy andtragedy harmonized
year.
spontaneous participation of
ceremony,opening film‘Polikaja
welllike ‘Life isbeautiful’.
R:
Were there any
thestudents are needed.Thus,
ByKimYun-jung
ilves’ was shown in the open
The role of Roberto Benini
difficulties in the course of
Iwish that allthe studentswill
AssociateEditorof CultureSection
ByKimJi-yoon
theater.Thatmovie expressedthe
called ‘Chaplin of Europe’ was
preparing forthefestival?
participatethefestival.
Reporterof CultureSection
friendshipbetween thecatandthe
appeared well in that movie. ‘Mr.
MovievsMovie:‘RedHunt’vs‘ThewarofLeeJae-su’
BelatedRegret
Cheju,BeautifulIslandHavingAlienatedHistory
shy and‘too big’forall ofthat.
Now, more than anything, I
Owlof
T
wantedtotellherthatIlovedher
hemostfamousislandinKorea,
lives like Cheju’s scenery(It is
demands of the spectators’ wide eye
Minerva
verymuch,how youaremeant
Cheju Island that most of us
controlled by wind). The decisive
in the urge to look for the beauty.
to me, and I wasn’t even sure
think as a wonderful image in our
powerlaysoutside.
Despite of present common tendency
that she would know I was
mind is not all that counts. It has a
How could this tragedy happen in
like entertaining sensation, director’s
I
was only 19 when I learned
there.
significanthistory,too.Thatiswhy it
this historic areas and what is the
will toincludethespiritofthetimesis
thatmygrandmomwas dying
I walked into the room.
hadbecomethemoviesettingof‘The
thought and decision of people? It is
valuable.Anactor’spowerfulactingis
ofa rare andincurabledisease.
Grandmom was a pitiful sight.
war of Lee Jae-su’ and ‘Red hunt’.
worthwhile to think. This movie has
very good and the battle scene that
Thedoctorcouldn’ttellusmuch
Shewasunder anoxygentent.
WhydidthesemoviesfocusonCheju
threerelevantsights.FristsightisLee
produced slow-motion in the Cheju
abouttheillness. At firstthey
Her body was extremely thin, a
Island? Why are the central events
Jae-sulookingatChejuIsland.Second
castlenightattackingisimpressive.
thought it was just a cold, but
blood bag connected to her
occurredthere?
is the actuality by Chae magistrate of
The next movie ‘Red Hunt’
the doctorssoon ruledthat out.
arm. She had a few cuts on her
Themovie‘ThewarofLeeJae-su’
county watching. And the next is the
background is the war of Lee Jae-su
Finally, they called it long
body,Iguessbecauseofherhard
was directed by Park Kwang-su in
crowtellingthemeaningofprophets.
which is fifty years later. This
cancer, which means too late to
work. She was breathing hard,
1999. Maybe this film became more
Atthispoint,LeeJae-susymbolizes
documentary movie directed by Cho
cure. Thedoctors didn’tknow
but very little oxygen was
famous due to director. Lee Jae-su is
the people, and Chae magistrate of
Sung-Bongwasreleasedin1997.This
what to do for her, nor did they
gettingintoher bloodstream.
anerrandboyoftheChejumagistrate
countyistheintelligentinthetermof
film deals with Cheju 4?3 massacre.
know how to treat it. All they
She has responded to us in
of the county, Chae Ku-suk. At that
civilization.Andcrowcanbeseenas
It was a horrific genocide of 30,000
could tell us was that she would
days. She looked like she was
time, he was involved in the war
directorandtoday’ssights.
innocent civilians on Cheju Island
dieofsuffocationverysoon. Her
very painful.
betweencatholicpowerandconfucian
However, this movie does not
between 1948 and 1949. During this
TheWarofLeeJae-su
fatewould takecareofinafew
Amazingly,she lookedup and
scholar’sconflict.ButLeeJae-suwho
explain all of the society classes, the
time, totally10 percentage of the
shortmonths.
reconized me. “hi, my baby”
became the masthead in the war was
meaning of catholic to people and
island’s total population of 300,000
are very impressive. This movie will
thananyothercountry.Despiteofthe
I did much thinking in those
she said. “Hi, grandmom,” I
appealed as a hero. Historic storms
Cheju Island’s peculiarity. And its
weremassacredbytheKoreanpolice,
refresh people’s recognition by
numbers, people were sacrificed
few months before my
replied in joy. Now was my
have injured him. Nothing more than
scatterdescriptionaboutalargegroup
army and anti-Communist groups.
suggestingdifferentview.Thetruthis
because of the authority holding
grandmom died. She
meant
chance to say the words, but I
that. He was among the people, who
ofpeoplecannotleavesuckingforce.
Even if fifty years have passed since
not only revealed but society relation
power.Thoughwedidnotexperience
more to me than anyone else in
couldn’t get the words out of
were wrapped by insanity without
Theyarenotomissionandmoderation
that, the real facts of the case do not
is also revealed. We were not fully
this situation , the messages we get
theworld. I remembersittingin
mymouth. Theywerepounding
understanding of what is modern
but deficiency of scenario and
bringlightstothemass.Thatupsetting
aware of ‘the war of Lee Jae-su’ and
from the film is much more greater.
the hospitalwaitingroominthe
in my consciousness?
I
society and what is catholic doctrine.
presentation.Thismoviehadtheneed
realitywasshowninthismovie.
the truth of Cheju 4?3 massacre is
We can see magnificent screen,
last days? a thousand thoughts
LOVE YOU! Why couldn’t I
They can not make decisions in their
to understand directly in as much as
This film started with the story of
hided until now. Through these
traditional music and powerful action
racingthroughmymind. Whyis
get them out of my
mouth?
victims in Darangshe cave in 1992.
movies, we can see historical events.
which assimilates thesituation. In that
she dying? Why is the God
Finally! I said it. “I love you
And then it progressed through the
Former movie produced revealed
way, people felt sympathy. The
takingherawayfrom me? Why
grandmom.” After I said it, the
evidences of several people and
events in a descriptive way and the
impression of ‘Red Hunt’ is different
haven’t I been closer to her?
words seemedsoeasytosay. I
confessions.Theyarenotfiction.The
lattermoviewasbasedonreality.
from ‘the war of Lee Jae-su’ but we
Why haven’tI spentmore time
realized those little words can
director tried to reveal the truth of
‘The war of Lee Jae-su’ failed to
come to know the historic truth and
with her?
meansomuch. Sheheard- and
Cheju 4?3 massacre so he used the
draw spectators’ attentions. The
getangrybythesupressedhistory.
Why?Why?Why?
sheunderstood.“Iloveyou too,
reportsofU.Smilitary,newspaperat
director let people to think from
The most important thing is the
I guess I was as close to
my baby,” these little words
that time, scientific research,
opening affaire to interpretation so
peopleofChejuIsland.Thepeopleof
grandmom as the average
mademefelt so warm. After
interviewsof witnessesanddatas.He
spectators were too hard to
there died without any fault, not
teenager,
but that wasn’t
she died, I couldn’t hold my
showedthatCheju4?3massacrehas
understand.‘RedHunt’wasexhibited
knowing Cheju Island’s peculiarity
enough. My grandmom was
tears. There were a million
to be understood with a different
in Seoul documentary festival but
and closure. Talking about our
dying, and the world
was
thingsI wishedIhadsaidtoher
perspectiveviewofU.Sstrategy,pro-
concerning people canceled showing
sorrowful history, we realise how
collapsing around me.
I had
anddonewithher.Atleast,Ihad
Japanese’s violence and authority by
the film on the screen. Later, the
regretablehistorywehave.
been too busy trying to fit in
toldherthatIlovedher.
Leeseung-man‘sregime.
PublicProsecator’sOfficerecalledthe
withmy friendstoreallygetto
Recollection of survived old men’s
directorduetohumanrightsviolation
know my grandma. I loved her
confessionsgavevividimpressionand
inthismovie.Therefore,thismovieis
ByParkEun-ji
ByKukLyuk
somuch, butIhadn’t toldher
proper quotation of report of U. S
hardtosee.
Reporterof TheArgus
that in years because I was too
military delivered objectivity. They
Wehavemuchmoregriefinhistory
Freshmanof EnglishDept.
TheRedHunt

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