Play Commentary Phonograph Records Like 'Pungun-a'
Analyze Director Kim Ki-young's Style in 'Hanyeo'
The Korean Film Archive announced on the 8th that it will offer a free online exhibition showcasing the history of Korean cinema on 'Google Arts & Culture.' Google Arts & Culture is Google's nonprofit online exhibition platform. It collaborates with about 3,000 institutions from around eighty countries to display artworks, historical materials, and world cultural heritage. The Film Archive has been hosting online exhibitions together since 2013. This year, it is releasing over 200 items including movie posters, sound recordings, and video materials. Experts from various fields serve as curators to explain complex content.
The exhibition content is composed of nine sections. "Byeonsa, the Voice Testifying to an Era" tells the story of the byeonsa, the film narrators. Visitors can listen to recorded film narration phonograph records. The process of restoring the narration for "Punguna (1926)," directed by Na Woon-gyu, in collaboration with the Korean Record Archive Institute, can also be explored. "Into the House of the Maid" is an exhibition exploring the film "The Housemaid" and director Kim Ki-young. It examines the directing style by carefully analyzing the character’s perspective, mise-en-sc?ne, and even minor details.
"Action Films Crossing Borders" and "The History of Korean-Hong Kong Co-productions" cover events where Korean cinema crossed national borders and interacted with the world. They introduce how genres popular in Korea during the 1960s and 1970s, such as Westerns and martial arts films, transformed into uniquely Korean styles, and the history of film co-productions between Korea and Hong Kong, respectively. Additionally, exhibitions like "Movies Are Flyers" and "Korean Cinema x Poster Design" explore the history of film marketing, promotion, and advertising design through movie posters and flyers.
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