Classic Movie Night at The Korea Society: The Housemaid (1960) October 27, 2010

Come out to "Classic Movie Night" at The Korea Society

Place: The Korea Society: Samsung Cultural Exchange
(950 Third Avenue @ 57th Street, 8th Floor)

Wednesday, Oct 27th at 6:30PM
The Housemaid
1960, 111 mins
Director: Kim Ki-young
Starring: Kim Jin-kyu, Joo Jeung-nyu, Hum Aeng-ran, and Lee Eun-shim

In recognition of our recent sold-out premiere of The Housemaid (2010) at MoMA, The Korea Society proudly presents this special screening of the lovingly restored 1960 original, directed by visionary, some suggest eccentric, director Kim Ki-young, who depicted his obsession with pre-modernity and modernity with respect to class differences in Korea society.
It could be interesting to compare Kim's The Housemaid to Im Sang Soo's 2010 remake of The Housemaid.
The original version of The Housemaid (1960) was restored by the World Cinema Foundation, led by Marine Scorsese along with the Korean Film Archive, and it was shown at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008.

For more information contact Yuni Cho at (212) 759-7525, ext. 323 or yuni.ny@koreasociety.org.