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Korea Journal

  • P-ISSN0023-3900
  • E-ISSN2733-9343
  • A&HCI, SCOPUS, KCI

Production and Consumption of Contemporary Korean Cinema

Korea Journal / Korea Journal, (P)0023-3900; (E)2733-9343
2006, v.46 no.1, pp.8-35
김병철 (경희대학교)
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Abstract

Korean cinema entered a new phase from the 1990s, which seemed a complete breakup from the past. During the 1990s Korean cinema underwent remarkable explosive growth in quantity and quality. In this paper, the main currents of the contemporary Korean cinema industry are divided into three, that are producer-centered "packaged cinema" , its variant a variety of Korean-style blockbusters seeking the advantages of economies of scale blockbusters, and director-centered New Korean Cinema. If Korean films in the 1990s were an effort to distinguish themselves and survive individually within the local region of Korean, then the Korean films since the year 2000 have been an effort to pursur both individual survivial and new possibilities for Asian movies by further expanding their scope. It is now time to examine coldly whether the new attempts being made by Korean movies can really find alternative possibilities or whether they are only blindly following the quasi-universal Hollywwod hegemony.

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Korean Film Industry, New Korean Cinema, Packaged Cinema, Korean Blockbuster, Hhallyu, Media Industry, Translation, Fifth Amendment of Cinema LawKim Byeongcheol (Kim, Byeong-cheol) is a lecturer at GyKyueonghHee University. He obtained his Ph.D. fro, Korean Film Industry, New Korean Cinema, Packaged Cinema, Korean Blockbuster, Hhallyu, Media Industry, Translation, Fifth Amendment of Cinema LawKim Byeongcheol (Kim, Byeong-cheol) is a lecturer at GyKyueonghHee University. He obtained his Ph.D. fro

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