Download or read book Urban Landscapes and National Visions in Post-Millennial South Korean Cinema written by Gemma Ballard and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-05-11 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores South Korean cinema’s inimitable relationship with the urban landscape and identifies the ways in which Seoul is utilised as a celluloid canvas, national artefact and, above all else, a distinctive cultural backdrop. Using five different approaches to urban space, from five distinctive and contrasting theoretical perspectives, Urban Landscapes in Post-Millennial South Korean Cinema investigates and seeks to understand why the cinematic representation, identity and presence of Seoul have been central to the preservation and recognition of the South Korean film industry as an independent, autonomous and nationally unique institution.