This blog post examines how the humor in Korean romantic comedies has combined with the ideology of purity to operate as a device that reinforces patriarchal order rather than satirizing it, using film examples. Introduction Frank Capra’s “It Happened One Night” is a film that depicts the journey from adversaries to marriage between the only daughter of a wealthy family and a...
Was Vivian Maier’s solitude a choice or an inevitability?
In this blog post, we follow the life and work of photographer Vivian Maier, discovered posthumously through the documentary ‘Finding Vivian Maier,’ calmly examining whether her solitude was a life she chose for herself or an inevitability shaped by her era and circumstances. Why I Wanted to Know About Vivian Maier While I’ve watched documentaries aired on television relatively...
How does the film “The Classic” revive past love with present-day emotion?
In this blog post, I will calmly examine how the film “The Classic” intertwines past and present love to revive the audience’s emotions in the present tense, focusing on its narrative structure and directorial devices. A film that thawed a frozen heart All the memories of college life—they undoubtedly held both the joys and pains of my early twenties. Looking back now, those memories...
Why Does “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” Reveal Human Desire Through ‘Sweetness’?
This blog post explores how the sweet fantasy world of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” brutally exposes human desire and choice, examining its genre significance and message. An Unforgettable Day at the Sweetly Sinister Chocolate Factory First encountered in my childhood under the title ‘The Secret of the Chocolate Factory,’ Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” came...
How Does “Coach Carter” Transcend the Typical Sports Movie?
This blog post calmly examines how “Coach Carter” expands beyond a simple win-or-lose sports film, using its narrative and direction to explore themes of education, choice, and personal growth. Why Do I Love Coach Carter? Basketball fans likely heard buzz about this film through various channels months before its release and eagerly counted down the days until opening night. The fact that...
Is the ‘eternal sleep’ depicted in the film 「A.I.」 death, or the completion of humanity?
In this blog post, I will calmly examine, from the perspectives of genre and narrative, whether the ‘eternal sleep’ appearing at the conclusion of the film 「A.I.」 is a simple cessation of function, or the moment of reaching humanity through love. Introduction “Blue Fairy? Please…….please, please make me into a real live boy.” In the film “A.I. (A.I. Artificial Intelligence)” directed by...
Why do we keep watching the love and breakups in Eternal Sunshine?
In this blog post, we’ll explore Eternal Sunshine as a melodrama, examining why we ultimately cannot turn away from love and breakups that repeat even after erasing memories, and the emotions its sad realism leaves with the audience. Why do we watch melodramas? Labels like “tearjerker,” “predictable melodrama,” or “packaged love” have been hurled at melodramas with as much ferocity...
Why is “Paradise Murdered” a film that demands both horror and laughter?
This blog post examines why the film Paradise Murdered combines thriller, horror, and comedy to demand both fear and laughter from its audience, through genre analysis. Genre Definition The genre of “Paradise Murdered” is thriller. More precisely, this film centers on the splatter film subgenre of thriller, infused with elements of horror. Furthermore, by incorporating elements of...
How does the film “Hitch” inherit and reinterpret the framework of traditional romantic comedies?
This blog post examines how the formula of traditional romantic comedies is both preserved and modernized in “Hitch,” focusing on its genre characteristics and narrative structure. Genre Definition of Romantic Comedy Romantic comedy is commonly known as a genre also referred to as screwball comedy. Since my professor used this term during lectures, I wondered if there was a conceptual...
Why do we laugh and feel embarrassed watching The Rocky Horror Picture Show?
This blog post explores why we laugh, feel embarrassed, and simultaneously experience a sense of liberation while watching The Rocky Horror Picture Show—a film that seems bizarre and tacky yet strangely captivating. A Bizarre and Absurd Film “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” is truly a bizarre and utterly absurd film. Watching it, I found it so strange that I lost count of how many times I...