{"id":3393,"date":"2003-03-28T20:38:09","date_gmt":"2003-03-29T01:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=3393"},"modified":"2015-12-15T22:44:37","modified_gmt":"2015-12-16T03:44:37","slug":"korean-cinema-the-new-hong-kong-cinema-a-guidebook-for-the-latest-korean-new-wave-by-anthony-c-y-leong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/korean-cinema-the-new-hong-kong-cinema-a-guidebook-for-the-latest-korean-new-wave-by-anthony-c-y-leong\/","title":{"rendered":"Korean Cinema: The New Hong Kong Cinema | A Guidebook for the Latest Korean New Wave by Anthony C. Y. Leong [in AsianWeek]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2003\/03\/Korean-Cinema.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-32089\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2003\/03\/Korean-Cinema.jpg\" alt=\"Korean Cinema\" width=\"344\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a>For the newly initiated Korean cinephile, this will help to explain who\u2019s who, what\u2019s what, and which film you should see next \u2013 just don\u2019t look too deep. That whole comparison with Hong Kong film is a bit problematic\u00a0\u2013 why can\u2019t Korean cinema just stand on its own? That said, together with Darcy Paquet\u2019s more impressive Korean film website (<a href=\"http:\/\/koreanfilm.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/koreanfilm.org\/<\/a>), Leong&#8217;s title is an easy entree into a whole new way to look at cinema. With the 2002 purchase of film rights by Dreamworks SKG for U.S. remakes of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lIBodxsKp_w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>My Sassy Girl<\/em> <\/a>\u2013 one of Korea\u2019s most popular films ever\u00a0\u2013 along with two other Korean titles, American moviegoers are going to find Korean films a household occurrence. Mark my words \u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/06\/2003-03-28-new-and-notable.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;New and Notable Books,&#8221; <em>AsianWeek<\/em>, March 28, 2003<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2003<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3270\" title=\"Korean Cinema\" src=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/06\/korean-cinema.jpg\" alt=\"Korean Cinema\" width=\"128\" height=\"183\" \/>For the newly initiated Korean cinephile, this will help to explain who\u2019s who, what\u2019s what, and which film you should see next \u2013 just don\u2019t look too deep. That whole comparison with Hong Kong film is a bit problematic \u2013 why can\u2019t Korean cinema just stand on its own? That said, together with Darcy Paquet\u2019s more impressive Korean film website (<a href=\"http:\/\/koreanfilm.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/koreanfilm.org\/<\/a>), Leong&#8217;s title is an easy entree into a whole new way to look at cinema. With the 2002 purchase of film rights by Dreamworks SKG for U.S. remakes of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lIBodxsKp_w\" target=\"_blank\"><em>My Sassy Girl<\/em> <\/a>\u2013 one of Korea\u2019s most popular films ever \u2013 along with two other Korean titles, American moviegoers are going to find Korean films a household occurrence. 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