Director Kim Ki-duk died of complications from Corona 19 in Latvia on the 11th. The photo shows the Golden Lion Award (Grand Prize) with’Pieta’ at the 2012 Venice International Film Festival and stands in front of the reporters. [AFP=연합뉴스]
– “Controversial Director” (Guardian), “Venice, Cannes, and Berlin Swept Director” (Deadline)… . Foreign media’s reactions to film director Kim Ki-deok (60), who died of Corona 19 in Latvia on the 11th, are also mixed.
The British media’Guardian’ in an article titled “Controversial Director” on the 11th, “It was known for its violent and aesthetic challenge. Among them, the film’Island’ was sanctioned by the British Film Rating Board for animal cruelty.” I introduced the late director Kim. In addition, “Kim’s career as a director was derailed in 2018 by three women, along with regular collaborative actor Jo Jae-hyun, on rape and sexual assault charges.” A 10,000 won fine was imposed. Mr. Kim sued the complainant and the related broadcasters for defamation, but lost the lawsuit.” UPI news agency of the United States said, “Director Kim’s film contains emotional and physical torture, animal cruelty, and sexual relations.”
On the other hand, the American entertainment media’Deadline’ puts great importance on the reputation as a “artistic film director”, including the dominance of the world’s three major film festivals, and the sexual scandal was only mentioned.
Variety introduces Kim Ki-duk’s new work concept
– The American media variety, which publishes official daily at the Cannes and Berlin Film Festivals every year, said, “Kim Ki-deok, a strong Korean director, has died.” Variety pointed out that “his career in Korea was virtually over as more evidence of violence against women was revealed in MBC’s exploration news show’PD Notebook’ (2018).” I devoted myself to introducing the new work I had envisioned. “Last September, Mr. Kim contacted the agency to apply for the joint production of the new movie’Rain, Snow, Cloud and Fog’ in Korea and Estonia,” citing the CEO of Estonia Film Institute. However, the application deadline was late, so I was planning to apply again in January 2021.”
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– In this interview, CEO Sepp said, “It was as interesting as all his stories were,” he said. “When I met him for a while last fall, he probably had a hard time personally, but he was a true creator and talented creator, especially when describing his next work. “I was full of passion.”
Director Ki-deok Kim was the first and only director in Korea to receive the highest award among the world’s three major film festivals before Bong Joon-ho’s’Parasite’ won the Golden Palm Award at the Cannes Film Festival last year. Called Chungmuro heresy, and captures the extreme psychology, violence, and sexual assault of the bottom life in shocking videos, the Berlin Film Festival Director’s Award (Silver Award) for’Samaria’ in 2004, the’Vacant House’ in the same year as the Venice Film Festival’s Director’s Award (Grand Lion Award), 2011 Cannes Film Festival In’Arirang’ in’Arirang’, he won the main prize at the world’s three major film festivals and won the Venice Film Festival Grand Prize (Golden Lion Prize) with’Pieta’ in 2012 and received the Silver Crown Cultural Medal in the same year. However, in the wake of the 2018’Me Too’ wave, the scene where his movie was made was also as violent as the movie, and after that, he went abroad to work.
“A terrible violent event… it’s wrong to celebrate”
– The Cannes, Berlin, and Venice Film Festivals have posted a memorial message on their official website in the event of the death of a winning filmmaker, but as of 3pm on the 13th, all three official websites are silent. There are also voices in the Korean film industry that the memorial service is not appropriate. Critic Dalsey Parquet, who has translated English subtitles for Korean films such as’Parasite’ and’Girl’, said on his Twitter on the 12th, “After a TV program dealing with allegations of sexual violence of director Kim Ki-duk was aired in 2018, I hope to teach Kim Ki-duk’s film in class. I stopped,” he wrote. “If you use such terrible violence in someone’s life, it is wrong to honor him.” Pierce Conran, the husband of director Kyung-mi Lee, who directed the film critic and’Health Teacher Eun-young Ahn’, said on his Facebook page that he (director Kim Ki-deok) has poured out his mourning (especially in the Western world) without mentioning the terrible actions he did on the set. I was very sad to see it,” he stressed, “I must never forget the contributions he made to the film industry, but the victims of’monster-like sexual violence’ must not be forgotten.”
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In April of last year, the Technical Captain Kim Ki-duk incident held a press conference condemning director Kim Ki-duk without apology for allegations such as sexual assault on an actress. [중앙포토]
– Programmers such as Kim Young-deok at the Bucheon Fantastic Film Festival posted English explanations on Facebook for overseas filmmakers who did not know much about the controversy about director Kim and made a memorial service. On the 12th, director Kim Bo-ra of’Hummingbird’ shared an article on the 2018 Me2o exposure on his Facebook page, saying, “When I was in film school, I was often told by female colleagues in the film industry that I should never work in the film scene. People in the Korean film industry have known for a long time how he treats women,” he wrote in English, saying, “I will not mourn him.” Culture critic Son Hee-jeong posted on his Facebook page on the 12th, saying, “You shouldn’t have a plan like the Kim Ki-duk retrospective.” In less than a day, more than 450’likes’ ran.
The voice in commemoration of “Kiduk, goodbye”
– On the other hand, some voices of condolence came out. On the 12th, CEO Won Dong-yeon, the producer of’With God’ said, “It’s so lonely. (Omitted) Gideok hyung, goodbye,” and filmmaker Lee Joon-dong said, “I offer a flower and a drink to his spirit,” and each commemorated them through Facebook. On the 11th, Yang-joon Jeon, executive chairman of the Busan International Film Festival, said in a talk with the magazine on the 11th, “It has become a big star in the Korean film industry.”
Meanwhile, director Ki-deok Kim’s body is expected to be cremated in Latvia. This is because it is difficult for the bereaved to move between countries due to Corona 19. On the 12th, Yonhap News quoted a diplomatic source and said, “The survivors have expressed their desire to delegate the funeral to the embassy, and are discussing related procedures accordingly.”
Reporter Na Won-jeong [email protected]
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