The film is a reflection on the cultural and psychological space attributed to women in the collective consciousness, and above all in contemporary iconosphere. The artist creates characters and situations arranged in a complex in meaning and visual variation on the theme of erotic symbols and incarnations and sexual stereotypes, revealing thus their influence on essentialist vision of women in modern life and visual culture.
1981 German super 8 short work
A pilot is forced to illegally transport drugs, arms and ammunition by terrorists, who have held his daughter hostage. However, they do not release her even after he complies with their demands.
The heroine in this domestic drama is a woman with middle-class angst (Jeanne Goupil) married to an acerbic film critic with little in the way of interpersonal skills. The woman has had it with endless, meaningless twaddle from each of her husband's friends about what they think, feel, or do. She needs something more than what she faces each day, and finally blows up at her husband like a pressure cooker venting steam. The aftermath is not without its effects on both husband and wife.
Official entry to the first Metro Manila Film Festival in 1981 directed by Eddie Rodriguez and starred Charito Solis, Dindo Fernando, Elizabeth Oropesa, Chanda Romero, and Gina Alajar.
Official entry to the first Metro Manila Film Festival in 1981 directed by Carlo J. Caparas and starred Dante Varona, Chiqui Hollmann, Lirio Vital, Romy Diaz, Subas Herrero, Rodolfo 'Boy' Garcia, Odette Khan, and Dave Brodett.
Warner Home Video
Art film part of the REWIND + PLAY, An Anthology of Early British Video Art box-set.
Art film part of the REWIND + PLAY, An Anthology of Early British Video Art box-set.
Art film part of the REWIND + PLAY, An Anthology of Early British Video Art box-set.
16mm short film from 1981.
In the fight against Ma Sa-Keol, or the head of gang, to protest Ma's exploitation at a business district at Hong Kong, a Korean youth named Han Seok is killed by Ma's subordinates. Since then, Wang, who is the owner of a store of business district, has been bothered by Han Yong's careless action. On the other hand, Ma threatens Su-Ryeon, or the owner of a ranch at new development site, to deprive him of the ranch, while both Han Yong and Wang are chased by Ma and his followers to go to the ranch. Han Yong, who is Han Seok's younger brother, disguised himself as a chief cooker at a restaurant to look for the one who killed his elder brother. The owner of the ranch is also Korean. In the fierce fight at the ranch, they defeat Ma and his followers.
Tap-ji lives with his father, mother, older brother, and younger brother, who are instrumentalists. Yang Jong-ha, a friend of Tap-ji, is a popular baseball star. Yang Jong-ha becomes friends with Tap in a lonely environment. However, when Kok-ji hears that Yang Jong-ha has a girlfriend, he is heartbroken and dedicates all his heart to helping a struggling student to forget Jong-ha.
A skilled martial artist takes a job as a security escort. But after an important shipment is stolen under suspicious circumstances, he discovers a racket that is cheating the locals out of their money and seeks to set things right.
Lee Hyeong attempts to retaliate upon the owner of skeleton ring. He learns the acupuncture, which can make people laugh, at Park's acupuncture clinic. By making use of the acupuncture, he cures a rich man Hwang's daughter, who suffers from lovesickness, and makes a family in mourning burst into a laugh. He is informed from his younger brother that his teacher has been killed by Cheon Ryong and his followers, and makes up his mind to retaliate upon Cheon Ryong. He arrives at the Fuche Province together with his younger brother, and fights against Cheon Ryong, who is not only the one who killed his father, but also the owner of skeleton ring. At last, he let Cheon Ryong die with smile by his acupuncture attack. On the other hand, he fights against Bi Ho, who used to kill persons with compensation. When both are exhausted in the fight, he gives his younger brother the acupuncture needle and asks to give acupuncture to himself and Bi Ho to die with a smile.
A guitarist of lower class musical troupe fails to get a job owing to his humble guitar. One day, he earns as much as 83,000 won, and is pleased to go back to his home. On the way to home, he helps Ok-Hee and her mother. But, Ok-Hee's mother steals the money and flees. On the following day, Ok-Hee asks him to return her mother. He and Ok-Hee take a trip here and there, and share sorrow and pleasure with some isolated persons. Ok-Hee steadily forgets the image of her mother who committed wrong things. Instead, Ok-Hee imagines good shape of her mother, which becomes her dream and life objective. In their journey up to the island Jukdo, Ok-Hee discovers that only her mother's light pink colored skirt is left.
Both Seol-Hwa and Su-Ran, who are sisters, support their living by selling white coloured rose. When the subordinates of Maeng Cheon-Kal, or the governor of Pyeongnam Province, attack them, Mu-Rang rescues them. Two sisters' father named Tak Won-Chang is blind. Maeng attacks Tak's house when he is surrounded by the enemy, but is hurt by Mu-Rang. At that time, Seol-Hwa infiltrates into Maeng's room to deprive him of a map that her father is looking for. Seol-Hwa is discovered by Cheon Kwan-Suk to fight each other fiercely, and barely escapes and returns to her father thanks to Mu-Rang's help. Tak makes up his mind to go to a snowy field of Mt. Talmasan. Being aware that Su-Ran, or younger sister, loves Mu-Rang, Seol-Hwa hide herself. At the moment when a snowy tomb is dug at Mt. Talmasan.............
Ko Bok-Chil is good and kind, but stubborn. When he repeats to fail in the business, he considers to kill himself. But, he makes up his mind to make a comeback and challenge the world. He experiences human life by selling books in monthly installment. He usually does a lot of good things, but their results are not good. When he has to take care of a young orphan named Young-Hee, he starts to work hard again. He loves a beautiful girl, who is a daughter of millionaire. He contributes to her father's company using an outstanding PR skill, so that he is accepted to get married to her. But, he realizes that he is not eligible as a director of big company, and leaves Seoul alone.
