Puchon, Cheesy Grins & Goldsmith Conference

[Stephen Cremin]

Well, the web address for Puchon is supposed to be:

	www.pifan.or.kr

But I've been trying for a few weeks to access it without success.  So, if 
anyone on the list knows the titles they're showing next month - Japanese 
and otherwise - perhaps they can mail them to the list.  I've never attended 
the festival, but it does seem to stretch the definition of "fantastic" 
films a little too widely.  Why, for example, Kobayashi Masahiro's "Closing 
Time"?  Apparently, the organisers do their fair bit of travelling around 
the world to "fantastic" film festivals, but the results are hard to see.

Although almost completely off topic, there is on Thursday a conference at 
Goldsmiths College in London exploring the lack of strong Asian cultural 
study programmes in the UK: "Dislocating the West and the Rest".  A couple 
of Korean professors are attending: Kang Sangjung from Tokyo University and 
Park Myungjin from Seoul National University.  Other guests are: Paul 
Gilroy, Scott Lash and Stuart Hall.  Its organised by the Pacific Asia 
Cultural Studies Forum (PACSF).  More information at:

	www.gold.ac.uk/~pacsf

And, Aaron, your cheesy grin is a pure figment of my imagination.  But all 
the niggling nonetheless.

Stephen Cremin

PS: If anyone on the list does have a strong curiosity about Kim Ki-Young, I 
have a very small number of the beautiful 88-page English-language 
catalogues produced by the Pusan International Film Festival.  Ever so 
slightly water-damaged - thanks to DHL - but if anyone on the list would 
like one, I'd be happy to cover the postage costs.  Email me privately.  
There's also apparently a three-page article on the director in the new 
issue of "Manga Max".


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