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RSS Film Series
Cinematic City: Seoul
This film series is free and open to the public!
In this screening series we examine the representations of Seoul in cinema, the relationship between cinema and architecture, the modern and post-modern city space, rapid urbanization, alienation and social conflicts, and the North-South division system through various genre films from South Korea. Going beyond mere location, a mega-city, Seoul, supports the mood or tone of a film and affects the characters and narratives in profound ways. From a scandalous melodrama of a wife who abandons her family to live with another man, produced in the 1930s’ Seoul, to the merciless, psycho-serial killer who incessantly slaughters prostitutes, these films will bring you to the streets of Seoul and display many faces of the city throughout the history.
English Translations of all Korean titles and names are based on KMDB (Korean Movie Database).
