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  The Korea Society and BAMcinématek salute the wildly eclectic Kim Ji-woon—a director whose body of work has included comic horror (The Quiet Family), satiric drama (The Foul King), classic horror (A Tale of Two Sisters), action thriller (A Bittersweet Life), the Western (The Good, The Bad, and The Weird), and the crime thriller with his latest, I Saw The Devil. Director Kim will be on hand for a discussion of his most recent work after the February 25th screening.
   Saturday, February 26 6:50PM, 9:15PM Bittersweet Life (2005) Though Sun-woo spares the life of his boss's unfaithful mistress, he is almost killed for his perceived betrayal. Beaten, he embarks on a trail of desperate vengeance.    Sunday, February 27 2PM, 4:30PM, 6:50PM, 9:15PM A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) Based on a traditional tale, two sisters share a mysterious past connected with a sadistic stepmother and a vengeful ghost residing in their home.    Monday, February 28 6:50PM, 9:15PM The Quiet Family (1998) A family buys a remote hunting lodge, but their first guests commit suicide. As subsequent guests die, the family deals with a crisis of accumulating secrets.    Tuesday, March 1 4:30PM, 6:50PM, 9:15PM The Foul King (2000) An incompetent bank clerk tries his hand at professional wrestling. As the “Foul King,” he learns to apply his new skills and confidence to life outside the ring.    Wednesday, March 2 6PM, 9PM The Good, The Bad and the Weird (2008) Set in 1930s Manchuria, three Korean outlaws fatefully meet on a train, competing with each other, the Japanese army, and the Ghost Market gang for possession of a legendary map. About the Director Since his 1998 debut feature, The Quiet Family, director Kim Ji-woon has cast a distinctive mark in each of his films. Tackling different genres and stylings, he rarely returns to an earlier approach and is renowned for the best “genre films” in Korean cinema. |
