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Format: DVD
Oct 2001
Not Rated
Recording Mode: Stereo
Sound: HiFi
Color
UPC: 720917529028 |
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Details
Movie Description
Director Im Kwon Taek's ninety-seventh film, CHUNHYANG, is an adaptation of a popular Korean folk tale. The movie takes place in 18th century Korea, where Mongryong, the son of the Governor of Namwon, is studying before he goes to school in Seoul, where he will study to become a royal official. During the summer before he leaves, he meets and falls in love with Chunhyang, the beautiful daughter of a local courtesan. Mongryong proposes to her and weds her in secret, but is soon called to Seoul for his schooling. While he is away, a new governor is appointed to the province, and he demands that Chunhyang become his courtesan. When she refuses, he sentences her to death. Visually stunning and formally daring, CHUNHYANG uses the ancient operatic tradition of pansori, a narrative art that uses dance and song, to heighten the film's drama and to provide an additional layer of depth to the already powerful folk tale. Using overlapping sound and intercutting scenes of a pansori artist performing the film's narrative and the film itself, Mr. Taek fuses song and image as he melds Korea's past with the modern art of film.
Film Notes
DVD Features:
Region 0
Keep Case
Full Frame
Additional Release Materials:
Trailer
Filmographies - 1. Cast
2. Crew
Interactive Features:
Scene Access
Interactive Menus
DVD-ROM Features:
Weblink
Theatrical release: December 29, 2000
CHUNHYANG made its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival 2000.
CHUNHYANG was Korea's largest cinematic production ever mounted. It took four months to shoot, employed over 8,000 extras and over 12,000 costumes.
CHUNHYANG received huge acclaim in its debut U.S. screenings in year-2000 film festivals at Telluride, Toronto, and New York.
Industry Reviews
"...It's a good bet the average American moviegoer...has never experienced such a handsomely self-contained world....A gift..." -- Rating: B+
Entertainment Weekly - Lisa Schwarzbaum (01/12/2001)
"...Exquisite....The film is easily accessible and stunningly beautiful in its rich color....Triumphant..."
Los Angeles Times - Kevin Thomas (01/12/2001)
"...A gorgeously lensed epic....Besides its stirring romance, sensuous cinematography and resplendent costumes, CHUNHYANG is a fascinating exercise of interweaving the pyonsa tradition of the 'movie-teller' and the pansori tradition of the 'story-singer'..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Bill Stamets (02/02/2001)
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