Memories of Murder (Salinui Cheok) 2003

Post-traumatic masculine identity in contemporary South Korean cinema: Revisionism and the male id through genre in Memories of Murder.

I realize that my ruminations on Korean films are sometimes a litte abstract so I thought it high time to post my college thesis on Memories of Murder entitled: 'Post-traumatic masculine identity in contemporary South Korean cinema: The revisionist filtering of the male Id through genre in Memories of Murder' which is where the genesis for a lot of my current thinking on Korean cinema can be found. It is quite long so I will post it in installments in the coming weeks and at the end I will provide the filmography and bibliography. I hope you enjoy this analysis of my favorite Korean film.

Part I - Introduction

Part II - The Wandering Male

Part III - The Evolution of the Post-Traumatic Male

Part IV - Subversion of Genre

Part V - Female Representations

Part VI - Psychoanalysis and Scarred National Identity

Part VII - The Host

Part VIII - Conclusion

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