[Korean Film News] KOFIC Publishes Korean Film History

Have too much time on your hands? Do you find yourself daydreaming about being at Cannes for the screening of Lee Chang-dong's Secret Sunshine? Or perhaps you manage to turn every conversation around to Korean cinema, no matter that your friends were discussing sports or Paris Hilton? Then you should probably head right on over to the Korean Film Council's (KOFIC) English-language website, click on the heading "Publications", and download their newly-published Korean Film History. The work, with contributions by thirty authors, covers topics such as "The Japanese Colonial Period, Heyday of Silent Films 1926~1934" and "The New Military Regime's Rule over Culture and the Advent of The New Films Culture 1980~1987" and explores themes like "The Genealogy of Shinpa Melodramas in Korean Cinema". What are you waiting for?

[Source: KOFIC]