blatantly ripping a page out of her expertly done book,
mediadiary. :) (I just got a program that lets me take screen captures from my DVD program and OMG was I excited)
취화선 Chihwaseon [Painted Fire], dir. 林權澤 Im Kwon-taek, starring 崔岷植 Choi Min-sik, 2002
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I remember being in Seoul last year and wanting to see classical Korean paintings at the museum. I was saddened to discover that most of the really good paintings were appropriated by Japan either in the Hideyoshi invasions or during the colonial period; I was infuriated, frankly. I still got to see a couple in Tokyo and there are a few at Seoul National Museum that are worth looking at though.
The heartbeat of Korea in a painting; quite eloquent you are. I felt that statement. There is no Korea now; everything pure and beautiful and true about Korea ceased to exist after the Japanese occupation. We can only glimpse true Korea in movies, old paintings, and its poetry, which unfortunately has not been preserved as well as T'ang poetry has.
Have you seen Chunhyang? It's a beautiful reenactment of a traditional p'ansori - I loved it! Thanks for the link to your
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