简介：I’llBeSeeingHer[IBSH]selectivelyre-presentstheimagesofwomeninSouthKoreancinema.KimSoyoung,thedirectorofthisdocumentary,isherselfafilmcriticwhohaspublishedseveralbooksonKoreancinemafocusingonmelodrama,horrorfilm,andtheKoreanblockbuster. ScenesfromtheworkofmaterdirectorsoftheGoldenAgeofKoreanCinema(1950s-1960s)suchasKIMKiyoung,SHINSangok,andLEEManhee,aswellasscenesfromcontemporaryfilms,arejuxtaposedwithinterviewswithlegendaryactresses,longtime-movie-goers,andyoungwomendirectors. Deliberatelysidesteppinganorthodoxdocumentarystyle,IBSHblendsthefantasticmodewiththerealisticmode.Thedocumentaryfreelyappropriates,montages,andhybridizesdifferentgenresandscenestoimagineandinaugurateanewcinema. WhilethecontemporaryKoreanWaveacrossEastandSouthEastAsiaandtheWestarousescuriosityaboutitspast,IBSHeccentricallyreconstructsthehistoryofSouthKoreancinemafromtheperspectivesoffemalespectatorsandactresses.Thedocumentaryweavestogetherrebellious,beautifulandecstaticimagesofwomencapturedintheclassicsof1950sand1960sandcontemporaryfilmstorecoveralegacyandtostimulateanewdynastictradition. TheoriginalKoreantitleofthisdocumentaryHwangholkyongevokesstatesofecstasy,fantasy,andphantasmagoria.ItisinironiccelebrationoftheexcessesoffeelingandtherapturesoflookingthatwomenspectatorshaveexperienceandwonfromthenotoriouslymisogynisticfilmsofSouthKoreaoverthepastdecades.…