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A Window on Asian Cinema
Surveillance- Huang Jian Xin
- China
- 1996
- 90min
Master satirist Huang Jianxin‘s new film is a kind of thriller, but one with most of the generic thriller elements (fights, chases, arrests) left somewhere off-screen. As you might...
A Window on Asian Cinema
The Long Journey- Le Hoang
- Vietnam
- 1996
- 90min
It is 1981, six years after Vietnam‘s war of reunification. The spirit of revolution has been forgotten as Vietnam faces a difficult economy. Director Le Hoang emphasizes the old s...
A Window on Asian Cinema
The River- Tsai Ming-Liang
- Taiwan
- 1997
- 115min
It takes a while before we realize that the three central characters in The River are members of the same family: son, father and mother. They share a rundown apartment in Taipei b...
Wide Angle
Slap Happy- Mitsuhiro Mihara
- Japan
- 1996
- 80min
Masao comes to Osaka from the countryside and goes to cram school to attempt yet another try at passing the university exams. At a convenience store where he works to make ends mee...
Retrospective Section
Brick Laying- D.G.Phalke
- India
- 1922
- 136 ft
Only a fragment of this documentary survives with fascinating glimpse of rural artisanal methods of making bricks.
Korean Panorama
Trio- PARK Chan-Wook
- Korea
- 1997
- 102min
With violence and humor, sex and gamling, seriousness and parody, this film is a text of confusion and violation. The audience is constantly caught by surprise, leaving no room for...
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New Currents
Wind Echoing In My Being (Trilogy)- JEON Soo-il
- Korea
- 1997
- 113min
Measured time and the time of consciousness which flows inside of us intertwine into a chronology called "life." This three part film follows man through the stages of childhood...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Labyrinth of Dreams- Ishii Sogo
- Japan
- 1996
- 90min
Ishii Sogo was a pioneer of independent, self-taught film-making in Japan. He achieved a breakthrough for himself and many other would-be directors when he co-directed a 35mm remak...
Korean Panorama
Beat- KIM Sung-Soo
- Korea
- 1997
- 114min
Youth in the 90s is a complex issue and almost impossible to define. Whether conveying conformity or transgression, this film attempts to twist the values and norms of institutions...
Retrospective Section
Project A- Jackie Chan
- Hong Kong
- 1983
- 106min
Jackie Chan means something special to Korean viewers. The first that he spent some time in Korea when he was still unknown led Koreans to feel close to him. The box office success...