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2013: The year the Korean New Wave truly died?


I´ve read many argue that the wave died in 2005, when the South Korean Cinema quota was reduced from 143 (not sure if that is correct, but it was 140 something) days to 73 days a year, meaning that movie theatres were only required to show South Korean films 73 days a year, thereby letting Hollywood seize control over the South Korean market to a larger degree. Whilst, that is a catalyst for the inevitable decay of the wave, I do not consider it the end. Several films that stand true to the tradition of the wave, were made after that (though few as successful as the earlier films).

However, 2013 may truly be the death of the wave for a few rather obvious reasons. Bong Joon-Ho, Chan-Wook Park and Kim Jee-Woon are among the most important filmmakers within the wave, and in 2013 they have all left Hallyuwood for Hollywood. The partial exception is Bong Joon-Ho, whose latest, and partially unreleased film Snowpiercer is an American, South Korean and French co.production, with reportedly 20% of the dialogue in South Korean (and 80% English).

While I´m sure some, if not all, of them will go back to making South Korean pictures, I think the wave is now truly dead, after a long process of dying since 2005.

2013 films Ive seen from best to worst: http://www.imdb.com/list/d3Ru9h1QRsg/?publish=sa

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Hong Sang-Soo has been making incredible movies in South Korea since 2005. So has Lee Chang-Dong.

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Although I'm still pretty new with Korean cinema, guess about half a year by now and having seen like just 15 Korean movies, I can fairly say 2010s I Saw the Devil was still a great movie and I'm looking forward to see Kim Ki-duk's 2012s Pieta. Hope the Koreans haven't lost their magical touch because all their movies I've seen were truly great.

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Park killed it with that god awful I Am A Cyborg, But That's OK. Downhill from there.

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