(Such an unflattering picture of Jeon, though. Is that some kind of new Korea Times policy to make women celebrities look hideous?
Of course, Korea has its own history of imprisoning dissidents. And of films about the subject, like REPATRIATION and THE ROAD TAKEN.
Certainly U.S. moviegoers can’t get enough of Bollywood movies. Last year was a record-breaker for Hindi films at the U.S. box office: of the 14 foreign language films that grossed over $2 mil here in 2006, seven have been in Hindi. Until then, no more than two Hindi films made over $2 mil here in the same year.
Very impressive for the Hindi-language filmmakers (but why have not India’s other language films broken out yet?… Lots of good stuff being made outside of Bollywood).
Also interesting in Ms Finke’s article was the part about how India is a popular place for Hollywood types to make movies these days. Interesting that Korea has not been able to entice any projects here.
A couple of years ago, at a BIFCOM meeting, I remember talking to a location scout who had spent a few days traveling around the Korean countryside, but was unable to find anything that caught his eye. But I got the feeling from talking to him that he was looking for something more “exotic” than what you typically find these days. I never could decide how much of his comments reflected aesthetic problems in today’s Korea or his inability to see what Korea has to offer.
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