Korean Films: Movie Analysis
Korean Films: “My Sassy Girl” & “The Classic”
Characteristics of Korean and Chinese Films We think that the characteristics that make Korean films different from Chinese films are, first and foremost, the most basic structure or skeleton that they use when making their movies. We think that Chinese movies, compared to Korean movies, are usually more complex. Chinese movies usually have many parts that needs to be put together to see the bigger picture of the movie. In contrast with this, we think that Korean movies have a more simple framework, example is in Sassy Girl, the story mainly revolves around two characters and their interactions, while in the movie Eat, Drink, Man, Woman you need to look at and analyze how the different events in the lives of all the family members affected the final scene where the father regained his sense of taste.
Another difference that we saw between Chinese and Korean movies are the main trends that were prevalent in the movies we saw in class. For Chinese movies, we saw how keen they were in the use of symbolisms. An example would be how in the movie Eat, Drink, Man, Woman, the lost of the fathers sense of taste symbolized his loss for the zest for life, while the movie Together is in a sense a symbol of or representation of the actual life experience of director Chen Kaige. In China, the use of symbolism overlaps with how Chinese people use cultural overtones in their movies, examples of which are importance of food and music in the movies we watched. If the Chinese are very particular in the use of symbolisms, the Koreans are strong in their use of the idea of ‘fate’ and ‘destiny’ in their movies. In particular, the movies we watched in class used the idea of fate and destiny as a pivotal point of the story which can be said to have served as the climax of the movie. The movie, “My Sassy Girl”, ended with the characters finding out that the person they were supposed to be introduced to for the past three years
Characteristics of Korean and Chinese Films We think that the characteristics that make Korean films different from Chinese films are, first and foremost, the most basic structure or skeleton that they use when making their movies. We think that Chinese movies, compared to Korean movies, are usually more complex. Chinese movies usually have many parts that needs to be put together to see the bigger picture of the movie. In contrast with this, we think that Korean movies have a more simple framework, example is in Sassy Girl, the story mainly revolves around two characters and their interactions, while in the movie Eat, Drink, Man, Woman you need to look at and analyze how the different events in the lives of all the family members affected the final scene where the father regained his sense of taste.
Another difference that we saw between Chinese and Korean movies are the main trends that were prevalent in the movies we saw in class. For Chinese movies, we saw how keen they were in the use of symbolisms. An example would be how in the movie Eat, Drink, Man, Woman, the lost of the fathers sense of taste symbolized his loss for the zest for life, while the movie Together is in a sense a symbol of or representation of the actual life experience of director Chen Kaige. In China, the use of symbolism overlaps with how Chinese people use cultural overtones in their movies, examples of which are importance of food and music in the movies we watched. If the Chinese are very particular in the use of symbolisms, the Koreans are strong in their use of the idea of ‘fate’ and ‘destiny’ in their movies. In particular, the movies we watched in class used the idea of fate and destiny as a pivotal point of the story which can be said to have served as the climax of the movie. The movie, “My Sassy Girl”, ended with the characters finding out that the person they were supposed to be introduced to for the past three years