KRN 360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Sunshine Policy, Akira Kurosawa, Buddhist Philosophy
21 Dec 2019
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Politics between the two koreas: post-colonial/post-korean war period (1950s-1980s) Maintained a strong sense of ethnic homogeneity based on shared blood . Continued economic growth of sk & end of military dictatorship. Flexible reciprocity and peaceful co-existence -aims to provide economic support, humanitarian aid and more interactions/conversations, peaceful reunification. Shown in 1st inter-korean summit (june 2000) Ex: joint security area, into the fire. Not only does it touch issues of north and south korea but the way it cinematically represents the theme. Before jsa, director had no commercial success. Jsa used various camera angles to emphasize presence of those lines. The discourse, practice and politics of art cinema and international film festival and auteur. Long shots and long takes-focusing on details and all the action. Still, the use of long shot captures landscape. Buddhist philosophy focuses on nature much like cinematography. More time to contemplate story than to identify characters.
