“They say people remember only what they want to.”
After his documentary “Moving” (2011), his new feature “Old Love”, which was screened at many festivals such as Osaka Asian Film Festival 2019, marks a return to feature filmmaking for South-Korean director Park Ki-yong. In a recent interview, Park mentions how the shooting of the film coincided with the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye, an event which defined his home country in many ways. He explains how he saw the chance to capture something of vital importance for Korean history and ultimately decided to include the demonstrations in one sequence of his film.
Perhaps this event and Park’s decision can be seen as typical for an artist who defines his way of working as dependent on story and place. In the case of “Old Love” he had been interested in the nature of time as experienced by people and the dilemma as...
After his documentary “Moving” (2011), his new feature “Old Love”, which was screened at many festivals such as Osaka Asian Film Festival 2019, marks a return to feature filmmaking for South-Korean director Park Ki-yong. In a recent interview, Park mentions how the shooting of the film coincided with the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye, an event which defined his home country in many ways. He explains how he saw the chance to capture something of vital importance for Korean history and ultimately decided to include the demonstrations in one sequence of his film.
Perhaps this event and Park’s decision can be seen as typical for an artist who defines his way of working as dependent on story and place. In the case of “Old Love” he had been interested in the nature of time as experienced by people and the dilemma as...
- 4/7/2019
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
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