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This study investigates the controversial motion pictures written and directed by the independent filmmaker Kim Ki-duk, one of the most acclaimed Korean auteurs in the English-speaking world. Propelled by underdog protagonists who can only communicate through shared corporeal pain and extreme violence, Kim''s graphic films have been classified by Western audiences as belonging to sensationalist East Asian 'extreme' cinema, and Kim has been labeled a 'psychopath' and 'misogynist' in South Korea.
Drawing upon both Korean-language and English-language sources, Hye Seung Chung challenges these misunderstandings, recuperating Kim''s oeuvre as a therapeutic, yet brutal cinema of Nietzschean ressentiment (political anger and resentment deriving from subordination and oppression). Chung argues that the power of Kim''s cinema lies precisely in its ability to capture, channel, and convey the raw emotions of protagonists who live on the bottom rungs of Korean

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"An immensely informative study of one of the world's most provocative and challenging filmmakers. . . . Kim Ki-duk is a contribution of considerable significance."-- The Journal of Asian Studies

"The definitive work on Kim Ki-duk. Hye Seung Chung consistently brings new insights and an original perspective to this divisive director's work."

--Daniel Martin, Queen's University Belfast

Kim Kiduk

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      Publisher University of Illinois Press
      Published 27 January 2012
      ISBN-13 9780252078415
      978-0252078415
      ISBN-10 0252078411
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      Biography: arts and entertainment

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This study investigates the controversial motion pictures written and directed by the independent filmmaker Kim Ki-duk, one of the most acclaimed Korean auteurs in the English-speaking world. Propelled by underdog protagonists who can only communicate through shared corporeal pain and extreme violence, Kim''s graphic films have been classified by Western audiences as belonging to sensationalist East Asian 'extreme' cinema, and Kim has been labeled a 'psychopath' and 'misogynist' in South Korea.
      Drawing upon both Korean-language and English-language sources, Hye Seung Chung challenges these misunderstandings, recuperating Kim''s oeuvre as a therapeutic, yet brutal cinema of Nietzschean ressentiment (political anger and resentment deriving from subordination and oppression). Chung argues that the power of Kim''s cinema lies precisely in its ability to capture, channel, and convey the raw emotions of protagonists who live on the bottom rungs of Korean

      Trade Review

      "An immensely informative study of one of the world's most provocative and challenging filmmakers. . . . Kim Ki-duk is a contribution of considerable significance."-- The Journal of Asian Studies

      "The definitive work on Kim Ki-duk. Hye Seung Chung consistently brings new insights and an original perspective to this divisive director's work."

      --Daniel Martin, Queen's University Belfast

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