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[Stephen Cremin]

Point taken on Iwai.  But let's just see what happens when his films are 
released in Korea.  I do think that there is a huge discrepency between 
which films work in the festival context of Pusan and those that succeed 
commercially in Korea - "HANA-BI" of course being the clear example - but I 
suspect that Iwai's films might follow a different course.  And I hear that 
"Bounce-ko Gals" bombed in Puchon, but again lets see what happens to that 
commercially.

I think there are many comparisons to be drawn between Imamura and Kim 
Ki-Young thematically.  And I think a season of the directors together 
back-to-back would show Kim as the more interesting in many ways.  And of 
course, Kim seemed to stay youthful to the end ... I miss Imamura's 
collection of Hawaiian shirts.  So I'm not trying to infer that Kim's not a 
hugely talented filmmaker.  And of course, I'm thinking that "Koryojang" 
(Burying the Dead Alive, 1963) may have ben influenced by the 1958 version.  
Or similar folk tales.

I'm no expert on Korea, so I defer to you on other points.

Stephen Cremin


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