Kazoku Cinema in Korea

[Kyung Hyun Kim]

Haven't seen the movie yet.  Is there anyone on the list who's seen it?
Park Chul-su definitely is sensitive over his film's popularity.  When he
was here in LA for his film, "Haksaeng pukun sinwi" he did exhibit a
visible frustration for the film not being able to pack the theater, even
though about 	150 people showed up for it.

Kyung Hyun Kim
Assistant Professor, East Asian Languages and Literatures
University of California, Irvine


At 02:21 AM 12/4/98 +0900, you wrote:
>Just heard some talk about the release of "Kazoku Cinema" in Seoul last
>week--it opened 13 theaters in Seoul! a much too large scale release for
>the type of film it is... as far as I've heard from those who've seen
>the film. Apparently it drew around 2000 people a day, but divide that
>in 13, and you get gara-gara movie houses. Apparently the director Park
>Chol-su was so upset he cancelled his opening day appearances at the
>major theaters. 
>
>"Hana-bi" will be opening in 20 theaters in Seoul this weekend, and
>results remain to be seen.....
>
>Fujioka Asako 
>overheard from a Japanese journalist friend just back from Seoul
>
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