The Housemaid (1960) 하녀 Analysis
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- Giving myself the tough task of defending the housemaid antagonist in the masterpiece ‘The Housemaid’ 하녀 (1960, Kim Ki-Young 김기영)
Special credit to Blue Un Sok Kim for the translations and explanations regarding the Hangul words and phrases.
Everything is political, intentional or not. A cigar is never just cigar. This is why I love your channel. This is a wonderful and unconventional (by today's critical standards) look at a misunderstood film.
Couldn't agree more. Thank you so much :)
You are legit one of the best film analysts on CZcams. I've learned so much from your channel. Keep it up man. I watch every vid that comes out.
Wow, that’s high praise - thank you so much. I’m glad the videos are useful haha
Such a classic film, one I feel is underrated. The late 50s/early 60s seemed a ripe period for horror films internationally, due to various social and political post war upheavals - in the UK we had Peeping Tom, Hitchcock made Psycho (2 films that birthed the slasher genre), in France Georges Franju made Eyes Without A Face and Japan released Jigoku, just to name a few. If it isn't already, Hanyeo deserves to be recognised alongside these classics as a great example of Asian horror
Totally agree. The 50s/60s decade transition was - in my opinion - a transnational horror renaissance. Even in the UK, with The Innocents. There are few great Cantonese HK horrors too from that period.
@@EastAsianCinemaHistory admittedly, Cantonese/HK films are a bit of a gap in my knowledge - are there any titles you may recommend, please? Many thanks!
Great to see you again! This is a very good movie!
Thank you!!! I love the film too.
I love how laid back, playful, but insightful you are in this video lol
Thanks haha … whiskey does that to me.
I watched the film because i wanted to watch this video and know what it's about. You'd love the excellent Bangal's filmaker Jahir Rayhan and his quote, "Everything is politics. "
Wow thank you. I've only seen a few films from Raihan - namely: Jibon Theke Neya and Stop the Genocide. What do you recommend?
@@EastAsianCinemaHistory I didn't expect you to watch his movie. as he got lost while trying to rescue his brother from military we lost the opportunity to see his maturity as an film maker sadly. the two you mentioned is probably his best works. but his early work has a lot of interesting experimentation, like kacher deyal.
He was very political director. personally his philosophical view on cinema set my view on mass creative media.
also thanks for replying.
0:57 that 'textual criticism' sounded so crisp
I saw the newer version of this movie it was intense
That’s cool. I always preferred this one.
@@EastAsianCinemaHistory CLASSICS ARE ALWAYS BETTER 👌
Great film - Great video!
Thank you … yes, such a great film!
do you like Chinese Box, with Jeremy Irons, probably is right up your alley
It’s been a while since I saw it, but I really liked it. I’m a fan of Wayne Wang in general though. I thought Irons and Li had good chemistry too.
Could we get a link to your thesis?
I don’t have a thesis written by myself. A lot of the ideas I played with are from discussions with my Korean friends and Hyangjin Lee’s chapter ‘Family, Death and the wonhon in four films of the 1960s’. From the book ‘Korean Horror Cinema’
I thought the remake was better 🙊
Blasphemy!!!
The idea of the maid as a ghost makes sense, she only comes up at the house after the death of the other woman, who was in love with the pianist. The maid kind of impersonates her
That’s a really good point.