Obaltan

Obaltan
Obaltan

Theatrical poster to Obaltan (1961)
Hangul 오발탄
Hanja
RR Obaltan
MR Obalt‘an
Directed by Yu Hyun-mok
Produced by Kim Seong-chun
Written by Lee Beom-seon
Starring Choi Mu-ryong
Kim Jin Kyu
Moon Jeong-suk
Cinematography Kim Hak-seong
Editing by Kim Hui-su
Distributed by Cinema Epoch
Release date(s) April 13, 1960 (1960-04-13)
Running time 110 minutes
Country South Korea
Language Korean

Obaltan (Korean: 오발탄), also known as The Aimless Bullet and Stray Bullet, is a 1960 Korean film directed by Yu Hyun-mok. The plot is based on the same titled short novel written by Yi Beomseon. It has often been called the best Korean movie ever made.[1]

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Plot

The films depicts a man, who lives a hard life together with his brother, his wife and his mentally ill mother. The film shows their poor lives realistically. The last, climactic part of the film portrays the impulsive crime that results from these circumstances.

Reception

The government banned Obaltan because of its unremittingly downbeat depiction of life in post-armistice South Korea. An American consultant to the Korean National Film Production Center saw the film and persuaded the government to release it in Seoul so that it might qualify for entry in the San Francisco International Film Festival. Director Yu Hyun-mok attended the film's premier in San Francisco in November 1963. Variety called Obaltan a "remarkable film", and noted that its "[b]rilliantly detailed camera work is matched by probing sympathy and rich characterizations."[2]

Quotations

The most-cited quote from the film, mentioned in the contemporary Variety review and in later texts on Korean cinema, is "Let's get outta here! Let's get outta here!"[3]

Availability

In December 2002 Obaltan was released on Region 0 DVD in South Korea with English subtitles,[4] but as of November 2007 is currently out of print.[5] Gregory Hatanaka's Cinema Epoch released the film on Region 1 DVD on March 13, 2008.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ Min, Eungjun; Joo Jinsook, and Kwak HanJu (2003) (in English). Korean Film : History, Resistance, and Democratic Imagination. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers. pp. pp.41, 46. ISBN 0-275-95811-6. 
  2. ^ Judy. (1963-11-13). "The Aimless Bullet". Variety 
  3. ^ Kim, Kyung-hyun (2004). "2. Nowhere to Run: Disenfranchised Men on the Road in The Man with Three Coffins, Sopyonje, and Out to the World" (in English). The Remasculinization of Korean Cinema. Durham and London: Duke University Press. pp. p.52. ISBN 0-8223-3267-1. 
  4. ^ "오발탄 (The Aimless Bullet)" (in Korean). www.mydvdlist.co.kr. http://www.mydvdlist.co.kr/mdlkth/detail.asp?id=15695&gflag=. Retrieved 2007-11-07. 
  5. ^ "The Aimless Bullet, or 'Obaltan' (1961)" (in English). seoulselection.com. http://www.seoulselection.com/shopping_dvd_view.html?pid=221. Retrieved 2007-11-07. [dead link]
  6. ^ "STRAY BULLET" (in English). Cinema Epoch. http://www.cinemaepoch.com/comingsoon.htm#straybullet. Retrieved 2008-05-20. 

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