Introduction to Korean Cinema

A survey of Korean cinema from the colonial period through the “golden” and “dark” age to the present renaissance. It will examine contemporary Korean cinema as a reflection of major social and political changes in Korean society and explores various factors such as film aesthetics, genre, authorship, movement, industrial changes and censorship practice that have shaped the Korean cinemascape. No prior knowledge of Korean cinema or language is required; lectures and work will be done in English; films will be screened with English subtitles.