Korean Cultural Service
presents
Korean Movie Night
The Frontline / Go-ji-jeon
Directed by JANG Hun
South Korea, 2011, 133 minutes
When: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 @ 7:00 PM
Doors open: 6:30 PM
Where: Tribeca Cinemas
54 Varick Street, on the corner of Canal Street, NYC
Near the A, C, E @ #1 Canal Street subway stops
Admission: FREE!!!
All seating is first-come, first served
East Coast Premiere!
One of the biggest hits of 2011, The Frontline
is the simple story of a hill: Aerok Hill, a small rise on the Eastern
Front of the Korean War that changed hands 30 times over 18 months of
fighting. A military investigator is dispatched to see if allegations
that the South Korean soldiers tasked with taking the hill are
collaborating with their North Korean enemies to deliver letters to
their families. It turns out that they are, and that’s the least of it. A
movie about men (and some women) trying to hold onto their humanity in
the midst of war, Frontline is Korea’s official submission to the Academy Awards.
"He said our enemy wasn't commies, but the war itself." Toward the end of Korean War Lieutenant Kang Eun-Pyo is sent to investigate a murder on the front lines. He reaches the area called Aerok Hill where the fighting is most intense. Soon after the truth is reveled a cease fire is signed and the two sides rejoice. But the war is far from over. This war movie interested me more then most of the recent ones. The main reason is that my grandfather served in the Korean War and there hasn't been a lot of movies made about that war. I was interested to see the stuff he refused to tell me about. After watching this I can see why. The movie is a Korean movie so the entire movie deals with a platoon of South Korean soldiers and their struggles. I have said before that for better or worse every war movie since it's release is compared to "Saving Private Ryan", and I never thought a movie could top that one. This is as close as I've seen and in some ways may be better. This is far and away better then "Letters From Iwo Jima" but like both of those movies you are so involved with the characters it is no longer a movie of nameless faces dying but people you feel a connection with. consulta medico pediatra medico doctor dermatologo veterinario veterinario psychologist consulta abogado abogado abogado abogado abogado psicologo doctor psicologo abogado abogado This movie makes you feel all kinds of emotions but the last half hour will make you feel things you never knew you could. Another example of how much power a movie has when it's done right. I highly recommend this movie. Overall, one of, if not the best war movie I have ever seen. I give it an A.
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