[ENTERTAINMENT]One good European film binge deserves another
Published: 06 Jan. 2003, 00:15
Sometimes you get tired of the same mainstream movie pabulum and hunger for films that are more artistic, or exotic. Even if you don't, go to Cine Cube, a downtown arthouse theater this week, and you'll get the feeling.
Cine Cube attracted notice this summer when it screened a collection of European movie classics under the theme "Backpacking to Europe," which met with great enthusiasm. Now the theater is hosting a follow-up event, running through this Thursday, with a new lineup of 13 movies from 11 European countries.
The festival opened last Thursday morning with the screening of "The Landscape in the Mist" (1988), made by a Greek director, Theo Angelopoulos. The road movie about two children on a journey in search of their father was well attended.
One of the best films in the lineup is "My Beautiful Laundrette" (1985), which stars Daniel Day-Lewis as a Londoner running a small laundry with his congenial lover and friend, Omar, an Asian-Briton. Directed by Stephen Frears, the drama is an insightful portrayal of a world where a variety of outsiders converge and strive for success.
The best movie to see if you're on a date is "Un Monde Sans Pitie" (A World Without Pity, 1989), by the French director Eric Rochant, a film about love and all of its ups and downs.
The theater will show four movies a day during the festival, with the first starting at 11:40 a.m. and the last at 8:20 p.m. The theater takes pride in its comfortable setting and sizable screens. Tickets are 6,000 won ($5) perfilm.
Cine Cube is in Gwanghwamun, downtown Seoul and can be reached from Seodaemun Station on subway line No. 5. For more information, call 02-747-7782.
Cine Cube attracted notice this summer when it screened a collection of European movie classics under the theme "Backpacking to Europe," which met with great enthusiasm. Now the theater is hosting a follow-up event, running through this Thursday, with a new lineup of 13 movies from 11 European countries.
The festival opened last Thursday morning with the screening of "The Landscape in the Mist" (1988), made by a Greek director, Theo Angelopoulos. The road movie about two children on a journey in search of their father was well attended.
One of the best films in the lineup is "My Beautiful Laundrette" (1985), which stars Daniel Day-Lewis as a Londoner running a small laundry with his congenial lover and friend, Omar, an Asian-Briton. Directed by Stephen Frears, the drama is an insightful portrayal of a world where a variety of outsiders converge and strive for success.
The best movie to see if you're on a date is "Un Monde Sans Pitie" (A World Without Pity, 1989), by the French director Eric Rochant, a film about love and all of its ups and downs.
The theater will show four movies a day during the festival, with the first starting at 11:40 a.m. and the last at 8:20 p.m. The theater takes pride in its comfortable setting and sizable screens. Tickets are 6,000 won ($5) perfilm.
Cine Cube is in Gwanghwamun, downtown Seoul and can be reached from Seodaemun Station on subway line No. 5. For more information, call 02-747-7782.
by Chun Su-jin
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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