Comments on: “Most of the film had to be kept secret for the past years.” http://freekorea.us/2008/03/19/most-of-the-film-had-to-be-kept-secret-for-the-past-years/ Wed, 23 May 2012 01:27:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dana http://freekorea.us/2008/03/19/most-of-the-film-had-to-be-kept-secret-for-the-past-years/comment-page-1/#comment-57034 Dana Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:16:47 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2008/03/19/most-of-the-film-had-to-be-kept-secret-for-the-past-years/#comment-57034 As someone who likes musicals/theater, especially ones that have emotional/heartfelt music(my favorite musical is "Les Miserables"), I have heard good things about Yoduk Story and wished I could have seen it when it was in the U.S. What is the latest news on the musical? Any upcoming showings anywhere? As for this movie, I hope it does well. It is good to know that some people are using there artist talents to help make people more aware of the lack of human rights in North Korea and the refugees. As someone who likes musicals/theater, especially ones that have emotional/heartfelt music(my favorite musical is “Les Miserables”), I have heard good things about Yoduk Story and wished I could have seen it when it was in the U.S. What is the latest news on the musical? Any upcoming showings anywhere? As for this movie, I hope it does well. It is good to know that some people are using there artist talents to help make people more aware of the lack of human rights in North Korea and the refugees.

]]> By: Joshua http://freekorea.us/2008/03/19/most-of-the-film-had-to-be-kept-secret-for-the-past-years/comment-page-1/#comment-57032 Joshua Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:33:05 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2008/03/19/most-of-the-film-had-to-be-kept-secret-for-the-past-years/#comment-57032 I think the reason Yoduk Story didn't have a significant impact on South Korea's political climate is that most people hate musicals. Musicals haven't really had much impact since the rise of modern cinema. You can probably trace the precise moment of that transition to Berlin in the 1930's, when Josef Von Sternberg and Fritz Lang left for Hollywood, one step ahead of the Nazis, and on to great success and acclaim, and Bertold Brecht and Kurt Weil went East, toward Stalin's USSR and eventually, gilded captivity and early graves in East Germany. Just look at what movies can do artistically that musicals can't: close-ups, re-takes, and special effects to name a few. We ordinary mortals get used to those things. Also, the music tends to be less annoying. Look, I went into Yoduk Story expecting a crashing bore and was fantastically relieved that I didn't hate it and that no one fell down during a dance number. I'm otherwise too unqualified to judge YS's artistic merits and didn't try. I suspect most people are as unsophisticated about the theatahhh as I am. We know that there's some great cinematic talent in Korea these days. Let's hope it's put to good use for a change. I think the reason Yoduk Story didn’t have a significant impact on South Korea’s political climate is that most people hate musicals.

Musicals haven’t really had much impact since the rise of modern cinema. You can probably trace the precise moment of that transition to Berlin in the 1930′s, when Josef Von Sternberg and Fritz Lang left for Hollywood, one step ahead of the Nazis, and on to great success and acclaim, and Bertold Brecht and Kurt Weil went East, toward Stalin’s USSR and eventually, gilded captivity and early graves in East Germany.

Just look at what movies can do artistically that musicals can’t: close-ups, re-takes, and special effects to name a few. We ordinary mortals get used to those things. Also, the music tends to be less annoying. Look, I went into Yoduk Story expecting a crashing bore and was fantastically relieved that I didn’t hate it and that no one fell down during a dance number. I’m otherwise too unqualified to judge YS’s artistic merits and didn’t try. I suspect most people are as unsophisticated about the theatahhh as I am.

We know that there’s some great cinematic talent in Korea these days. Let’s hope it’s put to good use for a change.

]]> By: danb http://freekorea.us/2008/03/19/most-of-the-film-had-to-be-kept-secret-for-the-past-years/comment-page-1/#comment-57031 danb Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:04:54 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2008/03/19/most-of-the-film-had-to-be-kept-secret-for-the-past-years/#comment-57031 i'm really hoping this movie does what Yoduk Story (though not really any fault of its own other than timing) failed to do -- i'm hoping it achieves at least some measure of popularity in the South. the climate/분위기 here seems to be thawing a bit so maybe, just maybe, it's possible. (are we seeing the first signs of spring, like in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe?) i’m really hoping this movie does what Yoduk Story (though not really any fault of its own other than timing) failed to do — i’m hoping it achieves at least some measure of popularity in the South. the climate/분위기 here seems to be thawing a bit so maybe, just maybe, it’s possible. (are we seeing the first signs of spring, like in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe?)

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