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CULTURE
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InterviewingwithdirectorKimDong-won,arepresentativeofPurnProduction
OVER
VIEW
Ears & Eyes
“Socialmovementratherthanart”
Whatlapseof
memoryisleft?
P
urn Production is a professional group
returninghome,directorswhoparticipatedin
for making documentary films. A
the film festival including me decided to
documentary is a film which describes
organize the group that specialized in
reality without using fiction. They have
makingthedocumentary.
T
practicaleffectsontherealworldasmainly
he poet, Ko Eun criticized Seo Jung-joo, his senior poet who passed away last
picturingactualsituationsorhavingpractical
R: You have pictured many social
year.Inthe2001summerissueofthequarterlymagazine“Creation&Criticism”
eventsascontent.Anideologicalfunctionof
problems,isthereanymessagewhichyou
carriesKoEun’scriticismtitled“DiscussiononSeoJung-joowithhisPoem“Portrait”.
the documentary arises from these effects.
wanttodeliverthroughthesefilms?
He openly points out Seo’s absence of historical consciousness and collusion with
Therefore,itisoftenusedasaninstrumentof
K:Inthe80’s,wemainlyshowedthefalse
ruling powers. His criticism is based on Seo’s poems including “Portrait”. Following
propaganda for certain purposes by
partsofsocialpolicyandshowedanenergy
him, Seo’s constitutional self-rationalism and severe egoism bear numerous sets of
conveyingfacts.
or hope of minjung who struggle against it.
privatewords.
Purn Production was organized in 1991.
Nowadays, we make documentaries which
KoEunstartedhisliterarycareerontherecommendationofSeoJung-jooin1958.
Since then, they have made about thirty
focusonhumanvalueandothermeaningful
Seo was a respectful senior of him. Of course, after being alligned with progressive
documenteries which dealt with various
things. Through documentary films, we can
participantliteratureinthe70s,KoEundrewaclearlinewithSeoJung-joo.Seo’spro-
social problems and our neighbors’ lives
convey realities to people and bring these
Japaneseactivitiesoractionsdependingonauthoritiesarenotnew.However,criticisms
related to reunification, labor, the poor, the
matters to light. This is a force of the
arefewandSeosetupforan“adult”intheliteraryworlduntilhisdeath.
environment, women and so on, pursuing
documentary.
Here lies the point. He has never excused his anti-national and anti-democratic
“understandingtheworldthroughfilms”.In
activitiesinhislife.Hewasrespectedasagreatpoetbymanypeoplewhodonotknow
additiontofilmmaking,theyhaveconducted
R: Is there any work of Purn
his past actions. Those who know his past shut their mouth and remain silent. The
media education and also have the Purn
Productionwhichyouwanttotalkabout?
Government Order of Cultural Service Merit was conferred to Seo’s family after his
membershipsystem.
K: I’d like to choose “Sanggye-dong
death.ThedistrictGochang,Seo’shometown,isplanningtobuildamemorialhallto
KamEun-jin/TheArgus
A reporter from The Argus met director
Olympic”. When it was decided that the
thememoryofSeoJung-joo’sworks.
Kim Dong-won, a representative of Purn
Olympics were to be hold in Seoul, the
“Lapse of memory” is an important side of Korean society. We can call it a
Production. Kim has lead the organization
residentsofSanggye-dongweremovedfrom
Production.
R:Isthereanydifficultpointinmaking
“forgetful” culture here. The poet Seo Jung-joo shows this clearly. Seo changed his
since its foundation. He is valued as an
their homes by force. They rose against the
independent documentaries and what is
nametoDatsusinoSizuorointheperiodofJapaneseimperialismandtooktheinitiative
important person in the independent
Government insisting on being given even
R: You have also Purn membership
yourplanforfuture?
in pushing on with Japanese policy. He encouraged the young people of Chosun to
documentary world. He made “Sanggye-
the smallest lowest living space. I shared
systemwhichhaveadistinctquality.How
K: It is most difficult to raise funds for
participate in the war with Japan. While editing the Japanese government organ of
dongOlympic”andlateritwasselectedasa
their pain and fight, living with them for
doesitwork?
productioncosts.Underthesecircumstances,
“People’sLiterature”,hewasdevotinghimselftowritingpro-Japaneseworks.
specially invited feature at 1991 Yamagata
threeyears,from1986until1988.Itwasan
K:Itstartedasaformofsupportatfirst.It,
we cannot help to do beneficiary work
Afterthe1945Liberation,hechosetheright-wingastheotherpeopleofpro-Japanese
Film Festival in Japan, this was a first for
opportunitythatIwasabletoexperienceand
however, is different from the common
willing or not in order to produce films. In
groups did. He supported Lee Seung-man who didn’t have internal political power
Koreandocumentaries.
learn from. It led me to continue making
membershipsystem.Wesendfinishedwork
other words, we have to do what we don’t
through his pen. He could not refuse his innate respect for authorities. He wrote a
documentaries.
to Purn members in return for their support
wantto,tobeabletodowhatwereallywant
campaignspeechforpresidentialcandidateJeonDoo-hwanwhocarriedoutacoupin
Reporter: What was your motive for
in our filmmaking. In fact, we have little
to. As a matter of fact, it is impossible to
1980.Alsohedeniedthe“Junestruggle”in1986andannouncedhisapprovalof“4¨r13
establishingPurnProduction?
R: Purn Production has conducted
opportunitytoshowourfilmstothegeneral
manage this organization by only making
ConstitutionalMeasure”.
Kim Dong-won: In the 80’s, I took
media education in addition to
public because they are unmarketable. If
documentaries.Ourgoalistoendurethrough
Theunsolvedmatterofthepoliticalpurgeofthepro-Japanesegroupisawell-known
pictures with the intention of serving social
filmmaking.Pleaseexplainthis.
they were censored, they would fail to pass
all hardships and make our documentaries
historicalissue.NorthKoreastrictlypurgedJapanesesympathizersaftertheliberation.
movements.Inthe90’s,Icametothinkthat
K:Weacceptabouttenapplicationsfora
censorship. Thus, Purn membership system
continually.
SouthKoreafailedtopunishthem.Thatwasthestartingpointofthehistorywhichwas
documentariesshouldbedeveloped.Atthat
media education twice a year. This began
spreads our works within the range of the
distorted. The pro-Japanese groups were attached to the antidemocratic government
time, I participated in Yamagata Film
lastyear.Becausewethoughtthateveryone
law.
after liberation and accumulated wealth. Now their sons and daughters are the major
Festival in 1991. Watching documentaries
should be able to make documentaries and
Fromthemorepositiveview,themembers
privilegedgroupofpeoplehavingwealth.
from other countries, I got to know what a
thatmanymorepeoplecandoit.Theywho
areco-producers,distributersandatthesame
Theforgetfulcultureisnotagood‘excusing’culture.Itisadistortionofhistoryitself.
By KamEun-jin
documentarywas.Before,Iunderstooditas
complete the training find a position in a
time, reviewers. We have formed deep
Peopleeasilyforgetpastfaultsandinsteadpraisethem.Youcanfindmanycasesofthis
AssociateEditorofCultureSection
a kind of film in an artistic view. After
related field or will work for Purn
relationships.
historydistortionwhencarefullylookingforthem.
SomepeopleknowthattheChosunIlboandDongAIlbowerethenewspaperofthe
pro-Japanese group. However, many people do not know this since our history
Reviewofcomic“Monster”vs.video“Primalfear”
textbookssaytheywerethe“national”paperfromtheirstart.Therearenoreferenceson
their activities. And indeed the Chosun Ilbo staff themselves openly say they are a
national paper. Who made them dare to whitewash their ugly past? It’s a pervasive
Facingmonsterinsideyourselves
atmosphereofaforgetfulcultureandthepeoplewhooverlookthat.Don’tforgetthat
therearetwomainsubjectswhodistortthetruth.Thosewhotellliesareone,andthe
otheriswhoeverletsitpass.
I.MonsterinsideJohanngrows
aimitselfistotallynonseneasthechildrenof
picture of the incident is revealed little by
develop their monster sides. As you can
W
hen you hear the comics named
criminalsarenotevil.Thisideaisprejudiced
littlewithavideotape.Inthevideotape,the
guess from, the monster does not originate
ByChoHongJoo-hee
“Monster”,whatideasoccurtoyou?
andlabelsthechildrenasifwithabranding
bishopforcesthreeyoungpeople,including
fromthem,butratherisforcedoutofthem.
EditorofCultureSection
The comic “Monster” is written by the
iron. Kinterheim creates the children to be
‘A’andhisgirlfriendLindatoabnormalsex
‘A’ is much the same. He was raised in
popular Japanese Urasawa Naoki and now
perfect, but with a dual personality. They
with each other. It’s definate evidence for
Catholicchurch.Thebishopwasarespected
the fifteenth book in the series has been
learn deep hatred and distrust. Johann is at
‘A’s’, involvement. People might think that
and admired person in the church and ‘A’
published.Itiskindofhorrorcomicasyou
thetop.HefinallydestroyedKinterheimand
‘A’s’hatredmadehimkillthebishop.
dared to look at him. One day the bishop
would guess from its title. The fear doesn’t
goesoutintotheworld.Themonsterinside
The case is decided in favor of the
called‘A’andforcedhimtohaveunnatural
come from the cruel images of blood
himneverstopsgrowing.
defendant however. He pretends to have a
sexwithhisgirlfriendandanotherboy.‘A’s’
however. Nor does the brutal beast appear
mentaldisorder.Takingthecircumstancesof
emotionalandmentalshockandpaincanbe
contrary to your expectation. The good-
II.Firstfearyoufeel
his mental disorders into consideration, the
easily understood. His book “The Scarlet
KamEun-jin/TheArgus
looking boy named Johann shows us that
“Monster”showsusthecrueltyofpeople
judge gives ‘A’ a verdict of “not guilty”.
Letter”isfilledwiththickredlines.Forhim,
thereisnolimitofhowpeoplecanbecruel
throughthecharacterofJohann.Johannkills
Everything is OK, done, however, the last
the bishop is just like Menchaster (the
toothers.Thatisthehair-raisingshockandit
manypeoplewithasmileinhisface.Heisa
scenereallygivesthechillofprimalfearto
character in The Scarlet Letter) with a dual
makesusreachthestateofprofoundpsychic
JekyllandHydeinotherwords.Themovie
theaudience.‘A’says,“IsherneckisOK?”
character. However, he never knew that he
fear. The biggest mystery in this comic lies
“Primalfear”hasanotherDr.Jekyll.
Thesefourwordsshowveryclearlythat‘A’
himself was becoming another Dr. Jekyll.
inrevealingJohann’srealcharacter.Thekey
This movie is based on a real story of a
isonfullcontrolofhismind.Hisinnocence
‘A’ and Johann symbolically allude to the
todiscoverhischaracterisKinterheim511,
bishopmurdercaseinChicago.‘A’(Edward
andpretensewerebothdisguises.Themovie
monstersthatcertainregimescreate.
an orphanage for children of exiles, spies,
Norton) is the suspect. ‘B’ (Richard Gear)
ends showing that ‘A’ had a prefect,
“Face painting
IV. Monster inside yourself might
and criminal offenses. The institute aims at
undertakes to defend him in court. There is
schemingdualcharacterafterall.
event” is being
reeducating them to “model citizens”. This
noevidenceprovinghisinnocence.Thetrue
comeoutsomeday
held before the
III. Parallels of “Monster” and
In a wider view, the monster does not
opening.
“Primalfear”
alwaysrefertotheevilsideofhumanbeings.
Itseemsquitenaturaltothinkof‘A’while
Every person has the potential to develop
readingthebook“Monster”.Johannand‘A’
goodness or evil. Of course, all of us don’t
KamEun-jin/TheArgus
have something in common. The word
have such bitter and extreme experiences
“monster” is symbolizes them both. They
likeJohannand‘A’.Whenyoulistentoyour
both had a monster in potential inside of
heart, however, you can hear the heart
themandtheylearnedhowtomanipulateit
throbbing of another person inside yourself.
freely. People surrounding them are all
People have thousands of experiences
simplepuppetsinalargergame.
throughouttheirlives.Atthesametimethey
The environment for raising the monster
have thousands of oppressions. Mental
inside them is also noteworthy. Johann is
anguish and sorrow are all disguised and
from special orphanage, Kinterhime 511. It
people’s outer appearances are invariably
Around the event
is closed off from the outer world and
good.Whenyouseeyourselforothersnext
hall, people are
nobody cares about them. The president of
time,however,observecarefullythemonster
lookingatsmiling
Kinterhimesays“Whatiseducation?Itisa
and soothe him. Or a threatening monster
people’sphotos.
processofmakingpeopleinanymodelthat
maydevelop.
we want”. The children are weak and
helpless. They have been already socially
ByChoHongJoo-hee
Onesmilecausesanotherone
branded as abnormal. The environment at
Thisisacharacterofthecomic“Monster”.
EditorofCultureSection
Kinterheim easily makes the children to
D
o you usually smile or don’t you? Nowadays the campaign for your smile is
Arirangfestivalurgingforunificationofpeople
conducted. It is the “Bright Smile Campaign” hosted by “Action Love”, the
NationalOrganizationofUniversityStudentVolunteers.Theylaunchedthiscampaign
with the intention of making our society brighter, and furthermore hosting 2002
T
he song “Arirang,” which has been
Preceeding the main event, they held a
ended with a chorus of the “Centerpiece
During the festival, the entire Insa-dong
Worldcupbeginningthisyear.Theyhavetouredalotofuniversityfestivalsandheld
performedasananthemtosolidifyour
seminar to analyze the North’s “Arirang”
Arirang.” And at 8 p.m. on Saturday, the
area was full of “Arirang” melodies and
thecampaign.
nation when under oppression, represented
melodies and lyrics and discuss the
Korean Association of Motion Picture
various other kinds of events. About 10
OnahotafternoonofJune2nd,volunteersofthisorganizationwearingbrightyellow
thespiritofaunifiedKoreaonMay26thand
differencesbetweenSouthandNorthKorean
Producers presented a remade version of
versions of “Arirang” that are performed in
T-shirts were busy preparing the campaign at Marroiner Park in Taehangno. Around
27th.
“Arirang” versions at the Taehwa Christian
“Arirang,” a 1926 film directed by Na
bothNorthandSouthKorea,aswellaseight
the open-air theater, smiling people’s photos were displayed being pasted on paper
The10thArirangUnificationFestivalwas
House.
Woon-gyu.
versionsnativetotheNorthwereperformed.
whichwascutintheshapesof“S”,“M”,“I”,“L”,“E”.Universitystudentswithbright
heldinInsa-dongbytheArirangAssociation
The festival officially opened with a
OnSunday,themaineventonthecentral
Also, throughout the Insa-dong streets, the
smileswerepicturedinthesephotosandpeoplebegantogatheronebyone.
of Korea, a citizens’ group. The purpose of
ceremonyontheoutdoorstageat6p.m.on
stagelastedtheentireday.Renownedvoice
“Arirang”-inspired works of photographer
Inthemainevent,manyuniversityvolunteersappearedonthestageandshowedtheir
thefestivalwastoencourageidentityamong
Saturday. Under the title of “Arirang
actorYooKang-jinrecitedan“Arirang”,and
An Seung-il who had traveled to North
specialities stressing the need of smile. Especially, in the program of learning the
Koreans, to increase Korean pride in their
Fantasy,” a number of folk songs that
KimKil-ja(KangwonProvince’sIntangible
Korea’s Amrok and Duman rivers were
methodofbrightsmiling,thecapacityaudienceactedonalecturer’sremarksthough
own culture, to internationalize “Arirang”,
included the Youngchun version of
Cultural Asset No. 1.) sang the Jeong-sun
displayed.
theyseemedtofeelawkwardatfirst.Throughoutthecampaign,volunteerspresented
the song native to Korea, and to make a
“Arirang” in North Korea were performed
version of “Arirang”. Various artists
brightsmilestotheaudience.Theeffortstoincreasethesmilingsocietywillcontinue
better inter-Korean rapprochement
on the stage. Jazz and calligraphy were
performed North Korean version of
ByKimMi-ji/ TheArgus
withthesebeautifulyouthandtheirsmiles.
ByKamEun-jin/ TheArgus
sentiment.
among the performances, and the show
“Arirang”.

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