Another academic reading of Korean queer cinema, this one focuses on Bungee Jumping of Their Own (one of my favorite Korean films) and 1999's Memento Mori, which is a horror film with lesbian themes. Published in 2005's New Korean Cinema, Andrew Grossman and Jooran Lee's article "Memento Mori and Other Ghostly Sexualities" argues that the two films
fixate upon ghostly absences and presences. They also employ themes of seuxal haunting and recovered identity to advance boldly - if confusedly - unearthly, immaterial and arguably post-modern queer sensibilities whose imaginary sexualitities become de facto identtiy politics in a Korea where sexual identity remains strictly regulated.
fixate upon ghostly absences and presences. They also employ themes of seuxal haunting and recovered identity to advance boldly - if confusedly - unearthly, immaterial and arguably post-modern queer sensibilities whose imaginary sexualitities become de facto identtiy politics in a Korea where sexual identity remains strictly regulated.
You can read more on google books, which unfortunately cuts out most of the analysis of Memento Mori. What a shame. I've read enough analyses of Bungee Jumping of their Own, but would love to learn more about this horror film I just learned about today.
Maybe when I go back to the states at the end of October for my brother's wedding, I'll be able to find a copy of Memento Mori. It looks quite interesting.
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