The Korean wedding chest
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Korean wedding chest |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German , Korean |
| Publishing year | 2008 |
| length | 82 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ulrike Ottinger |
| script | Ulrike Ottinger |
| production | Ulrike Ottinger |
| music | Kim Soyoung |
| camera | Ulrike Ottinger, Lee Sunyoung |
| cut | Bettina Blickwede |
The Korean Wedding Chest is a German documentary film by Ulrike Ottinger from 2008. The film premiered at the 2009 Berlinale .
content
In South Korea, the megacities are growing rapidly, are outwardly modern and technologically advanced. However, behind the facades, behind the hectic pace of everyday life, there are still ancient traditions, rituals, myths and stories hidden. One of them is the wedding ritual. This also includes the wedding chest that the prospective groom leaves for his bride - a relic from an old time, filled with precious fabrics, which is carried through Seoul to the bride's address.
reception
The film got good reviews. The magazine Cinema praised the work of Ulrike Ottinger, which shows a "real interest in people and a sure feeling for great pictures". Betsy Sharkey of the Los Angeles Times also rated the film rather positively, describing it as a "chance to see Ottinger's amazing and calm work."
“On the trail of the elaborate customs, from which a flourishing branch of business in Korea lives, it leads into a world in which tradition and modernity merge seamlessly and where cult and industry, Eastern tradition and Western influences can hardly be separated from one another. The perspective is ethnographic, but not exotic and opens up well-founded insights into the superimposition of old and new in modern (South) Korean society. "
Web links
- The Korean wedding chest on Ulrike Ottinger's website
- The Korean Wedding Chest in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Korean wedding chest in the online movie database
- Claudia Lenssen: Knots in your luggage attract evil spirits. In: taz . October 1, 2009, accessed December 16, 2011 .
- Carsten Tritt: Beyond the package. In: Cut Online . Retrieved December 16, 2011 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cinema : The Korean Wedding Chest . Retrieved December 16, 2011.
- ↑ Betsy Sharkey: 'The Korean Wedding Chest': Ulrike Ottinger in top artistic form. In: Los Angeles Times. October 1, 2009, accessed December 16, 2011 .
- ↑ The Korean Wedding Chest . Lexicon of International Films. Retrieved December 16, 2011.