Korea at the Crossroads

The anti-imperialist melodrama of Shin Sang-ok's A Flower in Hell
by Michael Sicinski   posted Jun 12, 2008

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Courtesy San Francisco Korean American Film Festival
Kim Hak and Choi Eun-hee in Shin Sang-ok's A Flower in Hell
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May 31-June 15, 2008 Korean Cinema Now (and Then)

KEYWORDS

Shin Sang-ok  |  Korean Cinema  |  Cold War  |  film review  |  sexuality

FURTHER RESEARCH

Koreanfilm.org

FURTHER READING

"The Director Who Snagged Me," by John Gorenfeld (Salon)
Tony Rayns's obituary of Shin Sang-ok (The Independent)

THE AUTHOR

Michael Sicinski is a film writer and teacher based in Houston, Texas. He is a frequent contributor to Cinema Scope, Cineaste, and GreenCine Daily.

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