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Jan
22
2008

LEE Myung-se’s GAGMAN to screen in New York

Posted by Goran at 9:49pm.

Posted in Film News .


For those of you in New York area, a rare opportunity to see LEE Myung-se’s 1988 debut feature Gagman (개그맨) on the big screen: this Thursday (Jan 24), 6:30pm at the ImaginAsian Theater. The admission is free, and all you have to do is RSVP at 212-759-9550.

Gagman provides the basis for a core theme in Lee Myung-se’s films – that there is no difference between dreams and reality. Extraordinarily inventive for its time, Gagman was praised for overcoming the staid conventions of Korean cinema in both style and narrative structure, and laid the foundation for director Lee’s subsequent works in the exploration of dream space, of which his latest film “M” could be considered the culmination.

This screening is part of Korean Cultural Service’s new film program, Chungmuro Express: Classic Korean Cinema.

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