Movie Migrations: Transnational Genre Flows and South Korean by Hye Seung Chung,David Scott Diffrient

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By Hye Seung Chung,David Scott Diffrient

As the 2 billion YouTube perspectives for “Gangnam variety” may point out, South Korean pop culture has began to take pleasure in new prominence at the international degree. but, as this well timed new research finds, the nation’s movie has lengthy been a hub for transnational trade, generating videos that placed a special spin on usual genres, whereas influencing global cinema from Hollywood to Bollywood.

Movie Migrations isn't just an creation to at least one of the world’s so much bright nationwide cinemas, but in addition a provocative name to reimagine the very innovations of “national cinemas” and “film genre.” tough conventional severe assumptions that position Hollywood on the middle of style creation, Hye Seung Chung and David Scott Diffrient deliver South Korean cinema to the vanguard of contemporary and ongoing debates approximately globalization and transnationalism. In each one bankruptcy they song a unique manner that South Korean filmmakers have tailored fabric from international assets, leading to every thing from the Manchurian Western to The Host’s reinvention of the Godzilla mythos.

Spanning quite a lot of genres, the booklet introduces readers to classics from the Nineteen Fifties and Sixties Golden Age of South Korean cinema, whereas supplying clean views on contemporary favorites like Oldboy and Thirst. excellent not just for lovers of Korean movie, yet for somebody focused on media in an period of globalization, Movie Migrations will provide readers a brand new appreciation for the inventive act of cross-cultural adaptation.

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