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...qualification “most recent” is absolutely necessary because the 69-year-old Korean filmmaker has directed an incredible 99 films during his 50-year career in the film industry. In fact, in order to attend the screenings, Kwon-taek had to take leave from the set of his 100th feature...
...accidentally got involved with the film industry,” he recalls. “It was the period after the [Korean] War, and everyone had to find work to survive. A friend of mine recommended me for a job as a production...
Chihwaseon is a sweeping historical epic that centers on the legendary nineteenth century Korean painter Jang Seung-up. Seung-up’s personal drama—his alcoholism, womanizing, and bitter struggle against the conservative academy that scorned his humble birth and unschooled talent—takes place in the milieu of the political and social upheaval resulting from and feeding into the Sino-Japanese...
That flaw aside, Chihwaseon is a brilliant film: it manages to be both epic and intimate in equal measure. By viewing it, I not only gained a working knowledge of the historical forces that gave rise to the modern, partitioned Korean state, but I also received tremendous insight into a uniquely creative and troubled mind. Kwon-taek’s Seung-up is not only a compelling figure unto himself, but a portal through which to see and understand modern Korean history...
...movies are in Korean with English subtitles. Tickets for the event are available at the Harvard Box Office in the Holyoke Center...