Kwak Yeon-soo is a digital editor at The Korea Times creating, editing and curating digital content for the newspaper’s website, mobile app and social media. She previously covered a diverse array of cultural, political and business topics.
Yoo Ji-tae, So Ji-sub at forefront of supporting arthouse films
Actors Yoo Ji-tae, right, and So Ji-sub / Korea Times file
By Kwak Yeon-soo
By Kwak Yeon-soo
Actors Yoo Ji-tae and So Ji-sub have been at the forefront of supporting independent, arthouse cinema, which has been heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Yoo, an established actor who has worked with film auteurs Heo Jin-ho (“One Fine Spring Day,” 2001), Park Chan-wook (“Oldboy,” 2003) and Hong Sang-soo (“Woman is The Future of Man,” 2004), has been supporting arthouse cinema for over a decade.
The actor will hold the 16th edition of “Watching indie films with Yoo Ji-tae” on Monday, which is an event where the actor buys 100 movie tickets to invite viewers. After the film screening of “Moments of Role,” he will host a talk with filmmaker Yeon Song-ha and other actors.
Last month, he contributed to the re-opening of cinematheque Seoul Art Cinema in Jongno, central Seoul.
Meanwhile, So Ji-sub has continued to import and distribute arthouse films throughout the pandemic, including the U.S. epic fantasy adventure, “The Green Knight,” Spanish drama “The Human Voice” and French drama “Summer of 85.”
“I started the project with the desire to watch great films, which were unable to hit local theaters because they are not commercial or big-budget films,” So said during a 2018 interview.