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OPINION
http://maincc.hufs.ac.kr/~theargus
InterviewwiththeDirector,JuKyung-joong(H-78)
Editorial
Pursueyourgoalandneverlookback
MeaningofMay
I
f you think that directing and making a
apprehensions.¡± His firm determination
andfamilybonding
movieisnobigdeal,youareabouttoget
allowedhimtocompletearoughcopyofthe
arudeawakeningwhenyoumeetJuKyung-
movie in about a month. Although Ju
joong, the director of a recently released
wantedtoshowthemovietohismother,the
film,¡°Dongseung.¡±Itcosthimsomeseven
latterpassedawayafterayearandahalf.
¡°
W
henwasthelastcallyoureceivedfromyourparents?,¡±askedaconsultantto
hundred million won to complete the
Making ¡°Dongseung¡± was no piece of
acollegestudent.Theyoungstercouldnotreplytothequestionrightback.
critically acclaimed movie in seven years.
cakeforJu,whoactuallybeganworkingon
Afterawhile,hespokeout,¡°Idon¡¯tknow.Ijustdon¡¯tremember.¡±Thecounselorgave
Therearemanystoriesonhowthedirector
the movie in the fall of 1999. He had
another question to him, ¡°Do your parents actually call you often?¡± Then the student
managed to overcome financial difficulties
plannedtostartsummershootinginJunebut
said,¡°Dotheyhavetocallme?¡±
and get his movie together. It is no
theschedulewasinadvertentlyputoffmany
Itmayseemstrangebutnowadaysnotmanycollegestudentshavecloserelationship
exaggeration that his desire and persistence
times. ¡°The production was delayed for
withtheirparents.Theydocontactwiththeirfriendsperhapseveryhalfanhourthrough
gave him the strength to achieve his
three years as the result of all the
mobilemessagesatleast,butonlyafewofthemhavearegularcontactwiththeirfamily
objective of creating a timeless classic,
procrastination,¡± claimed Ju. After a while,
members. College students certainly possess more freedom because they are socially
whichcanbeenjoyedbytheviewersofall
the director had decided to make it on his
acceptedasadultsanditisnaturalthatparentsusuallypaylessattentiontogrown-ups
ages.
ownbyborrowingfundsnecessarytomake
because they need less supervision than younger ones. However, even adults need
Born in Yeosu, Jeollanamdo, Ju¡¯s
the film. Ju said that he got all the help he
continuousexpressionoflovebetweenfamilymembers,accordingtoarecentstudyof
childhood dream was to be an author and
could get from his friend working at a
consultationandthismightbethereasonpeoplesaythatthe21stcenturyis¡°lackslove.¡±
writenovels.HeenteredtheDepartmentof
nightclub to a colleague, who helped Ju
The¡°lackinglove¡±situationinKoreaismoreseriousthanothercountriesbecauseof
Hindi at HUFS in 1978 and actively
obtain expensive film strips. He borrowed
therapidchangeinbothitssocietyandfamily.ThenationannuallycelebratesMayas
participated in a literature club in his
SeoEun-jin/TheArgus
equipments such as cameras and films
¡°Themonthoffamily¡±butthelinkbetweenMayandfamilyhasgraduallyweakenedfor
freshman year. However, his interest in
countless times and took advantage of
alongperiodoftime.Unfortunately,industrialismhasaddedtothe¡°lackoflove¡±and
literature soon died out when he decided to
policemen.¡±Jucontinued,¡°Ipersonallywas
theviolentpeople¡¯sstrugglethattookplace
everything that came within his grasp. The
alteredthemeaningoftheholyMayinto¡°insignificantbuttoberemembered.¡±
establish a movie club called ¡°Woolim¡± or
engagedinmostofthoseactivities.¡±Director
inKwangju.However,hisdebutendedina
result was great for Ju, whose film
¡°Itisnotlate,¡±notedaforeignprofessoratthedepartmentofArabic.Whatshehas
¡°Echo¡± with Kim Tae-kyun and Kim Dae-
Ju was indignant towards the media, which
failure when the film struggled at the box
¡°Dongseung¡± featured at the Berlin Film
foundoutduringherstayinKoreaisthatKoreanpeoplehaveaverywarmheartandit
woo, who are respected figures in
portrayedthestudentsastheaggressors.He
office. Disappointed in his dismal
FestivalandwontheAudienceAwardatthe
meansthattheyalsohavepotentialtosolvefamilymatters.Inaddition,shedelivereda
entertainmentintheirownrights.KimTae-
saidthatthemediaonlyshowedthestudents
performance,theproducerswerereluctantto
ChicagoFilmFestival.
messagethatKoreansshouldrealizethesituationintheMiddleEast,especiallyinIraq.
kyun produced movies such as ¡°Runaway
and not the policemen; had it been vice-
giveJuasecondchance.Thefledgling,wet-
Inhisfinalwords,Jusaid,¡°Iwanttoask
¡°IcannotmeetmyfamilyinIraq,¡±saidtheprofessorwithtearsinhereyes.Obviously,
ParkBong-gun¡±and¡°Hwasango,¡±andKim
versa,thepublicwouldhavebeenindignant
nose director had no choice but to leave
this question to the students of HUFS: Did
losing house and suffering from economic crisis are not as painful as having family
Dae-woo was the scenario director of
towards the policemen instead of the
Choongmurountilhecameupwithabetter
you find something that you really like? If
separatedorworsestill,seeingfamilymemberskilled.Peopleshouldlearnalessonfrom
¡°Songuh,¡±¡°Jungsa,¡±and¡°RoadMovie.¡±Ju
protestingstudents.
andmorecompetitivefilm.
not, be truthful to yourself and start finding
theIraqisituationthathavingafamilyisablessing.
said, ¡°I could not accept the fact that there
OneoftheactivitiesJuKyung-joondidat
Itwasin1996thatJumadeacomebackto
what you like best.¡± He continued, ¡°When
Onemorequestiontobeansweredis,¡°whatkindoffamilywillyoucreate?¡±Itmay
werenodepartmentsrelatedtoentertainment
¡°Woolim¡± was to take snapshots of the
themovieindustry.Thatwastheyearwhen
you have found your true desires, pursue
soundunrealistictomanycollegestudentsbutcertainlyalotofseniorstakethismatter
and movies.¡± He continued, ¡°So I had
violent daytime protests and display them
hismotherwasdiagnosedwithcancer.Upon
them and do not look back. Always finish
seriously.LeeDong-won,afamouspastor,oncesaidthateveryoneshouldplanhisor
decidedtocreateamovieclubwithsomeof
over the giant overhead screen projector in
hearing that his mother had only three
whatyou¡¯vestarted.¡±
herfuturemarriagelife,rightnowbecauseplanning,expectingandhoping,helpspeople
myclassmates.¡±
the evening. Ju said, ¡°The reactions were
months to live, the idea of making a movie
In his final words, Ju said, ¡°The young
tomaintainahappyfamilywhentheygetmarried.Inotherwords,evenfreshmenhave
The director admitted that he had been
good.Manystudentswereecstaticthattheir
indedicationtohismotherpoppedintoJu¡¯s
priest, dongseung, feels obligated to travel
to ask themselves continuously, ¡°Am I ready to be married?¡± and ¡°What can I do to
engaged in democratic protests and
faces were shown on the giant screen.¡± He
head. He talked with one of his colleagues,
on a bumpy road. Which road are you
makeahomesweethome?¡±
demonstrationsduringhiscollegeyears.He
continued, ¡°The snapshots allowed them to
who suggested Ham Sae-duk¡¯s drama,
traveling on? It is surely something worth
Foreignworkersmustbeconsideredaswell.¡°Asia!Asia!¡±atelevisionprogramtitled
sighed, ¡°Virtually all universities in the
reflectbackonwhattheydidduringtheday
¡°Dongseung.¡±Jusaid,¡°Iwenttoworkright
thinkingabout.¡±
¡°Exclamationmark¡±byMBCshowshowagreatnumberofforeignlaborerssufferfrom
nation were protesting against the
anddevelopasenseofachievement.¡±
awayandvisitedYonwooTheatertoobtain
unachievedKoreandream.Alotofthemareintroubleduetounpaidsalaryandtheir
undemocraticregimewhenIwasincollege.
He made his first debut in Choongmuro
a script for the play. I was intimidated at
ByParkJi-yeon
status of illegal stay in Korea. However, what makes them feel more miserable is the
Thereweremanyviolentdemonstrationsand
with a film called ¡°The Song of
first. But the thought of my dying mother
AssociateEditorofCampusSection
factthattheyarefarawayfromtheirbelovedfamilyandthattheyareignoredoreven
struggles between the students and the
Resurrection,¡±whichwasadramatizationof
made me overcome all of my
despised by native Koreans. ¡°Having a family is like having fresh air around you,¡±
insisted Lannah, an Indonesian laborer. ¡°You don¡¯t realize the importance of air until
youarenotwithitatsomepoint,¡±headded.
FromtheFacultyLounge
AnotherMayhascomeandlotsofpeoplewilljustspenditsdayswithoutassigning
any special meaning to them. However, as mentioned above, it is time to think again
about what it means to have a family and whywe need to pay attention to foreign
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workersandtheIraqipeople.
ith the war in Iraq winding down,
weapons destruction, were all peaceful
attempttorestructurethepoliticalandsocial
laws, and educational curriculum will be
some pertinent questions about its
means being exhausted? Why U.N.
composition of the middle east. After the
adopted. A domino effect is assumed to
motivations and causes are still pose as a
inspectors were not allowed to finish their
terrorist attacks of September 11, terrorism
carrythenewspirittotherestofthemiddle
challenge to convincing answers, other
work and to provide their final report and
became a direct threat to the American
east.
questions concerning its implications and
recommendations upon which future U.N.
national interest. One way to combat
Thesecondpriorityreflectstheopinionsof
impact are enticing speculation and even
actions will be based? Was the human and
terrorism is to deal with the cultural
the neoconservatives in the Bush
wishful thinking. I will begin with
material loss inflicted by the war worth the
environment that bread radicalism. Most of
administration.TheythinktheU.S.afterthe
examining the motivations of the war, then
cold war is the only superpower, and
brieflyoutlinesomeofitsimplications.
because of this it should not be constrained
HassanE.Ahmed
At the outset, was this war about regime
byanyinternationalbodyororganizationin
destructionorweaponsdestruction.Ifitwas
itsattempttorewritetherulesandnormsof
about the former, then who wield the
international conduct. Thus the era of Pax
international legitimacy to decide on and
IraqWar:Motivations
Americana should not be reined by any
undertake such a serious task-despite the
externalrules,guidelines,orinfluence.Here
fact that Saddam Hussien¡¯s regime is
also Iraq provides a suitable context to
oppressive and authoritarian- ? The United
demonstratethisorientation.
andImplications
Nations emerged after the cold war as a
As to the political and cultural future of
viable institution representing the
Iraq,giventhecomplexitiesofthecountry,it
international community, capable of
isnoteasytoaccuratelypredicttheprocess
conferring moral and legal authority on
and shape of the coming permanent and
issues relating to war and peace in the
cause? The number of innocent Iraqi
theterroristswhoparticipatedintheattacks
stable system. Attempts to trigger change
World.WiththewarinIraqwagedwithout
civilians killed, or the so called ¡°collateral
came from countries friendly to the U.S.
from above might be futile, since the
its authorization, the role of the U.N. as a
damage¡± is estimated to be between 3000
ThismeansthattheU.S.shouldembarkona
centuries-old social, religious and cultural
body of multilateral actions and as an
and5000.AccordingtoDonaldHepburn,an
process of ¡°cultural engineering¡± to
institutions,especiallyoftheShiasect,could
international moral and legal authority is
oilexpert,thecostofreconstructioninIraqis
influence religion and culture of the region
defysuchaplan.TheShahofIranattempts
being undermined. What will happen in the
estimated to be between 20 and 400 billion
since the ¡°political and economic
of Westernization and secularization
futureifcountryXdecidestoinvadecountry
USdollars.Thisamountwillnotincludean
appeasement¡± of the ruling elite was not
backfired, leading at the end to the Islamic
Ybecauseitperceivesitasapotentialthreat
expectedcompensationof350billiondollars
successful in controlling Islamic radicalism.
revolution.
toWorldpeace?Althoughthisquestion,for
totheU.S.tomeettheexpensesofthewar
One observer called this process an attempt
some people, might be regarded as
andoccupationoffiveyears.
¡°to pacify Islam¡±. The U.S. experienced a
hypotheticalandcouldhardlymaterialize,it
Although some people might think this
similar process when general Mccarther
nevertheless conveys the anxiety that is
warisbasicallyaboutoil,Ithinkoilcomes
orchestratedthepacificationofJapan.Inthis
ThewriterisaProfessoroftheGraduateSchool
prevalentamongthoseopposingthewar.
third in the list of priorities and motives
sense Iraq will be the land of
ofInternationalAreaStudies
YangYoung-chul/CartoonistofTheArgus
On the other hand, if this war about
behind the war. The first priority is an
experimentation where new constitution,
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