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Park Chan-Wook's 'Sympathy for Lady Vengeance' received a loud standing ovation for 5 minutes after its official screening at the 62nd Venice Film Festival at 10:30 PM on September 3, local time.
The official screening, held along with the red carpet walk, was even more enthusiastically received than the press premiere of the previous day. Park and the leading actress Lee Young-Ae, each dressed in a suit and Hanbok, responded with a complacent smile.

Among the responses of the audiences were: "It's way more difficult to comprehend than Park's previous film, but it's good," "The actress' performance was touching and impressive. It's a journey toward catharsis through the contrast of colors and revenge," and "I really like it. I can't find anything to criticize about it."

'The night of Korean movies together with the kind Ms. Geum-Ja', held after the screening at the Westin Excelsior Hotel in the early morning of September 4, was also successful.

Over 200 foreign personnels in film industry attended, including Marco Mueller, the festival's director, and they were greeted by An Jeong-Sook, the head of the Korean Film Council, and Kim Dong-Ho, the director of the Pusan International Film Festival.

"Today is a truly memorable day, not just because 'Sympathy for Lady Vengeance' was screened, but more because I met director David Cronenberg in person," said Park in his greetings. "I met director Roman Polanski at last year's Cannes Film Festival, and he complimented my film like (Cronenberg did) today. It seems that meeting with masters brings me good luck. I hope the same will happen this time."

"To put it briefly, I made this film to win the hearts of women," he continued, expressing his gratitude for the 4 women, his wife and daughter who were next to him, Lee Mi-Gyeong, the vice president of CJ Entertainment, and Lee Young-Ae.

"There is nothing that can be accomplished by one person alone. A film is the product of the collaboration of the director and all the staffs. I'm grateful for the chance to be in such a film," said Lee Young-Ae. "I also hope that the Pusan Film Festival will be as successful as the Venice Festival."

Then they cut the 'kind Ms. Geum-Ja cake', which had appeared in the film. Alternatively called the 'tofu cake', it's a snow-white square cake worth 1 million won (=~US$1,000) that was specially made by the hotel from the picture provided CJ Entertainment.

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'The kind Ms. Geum-Ja' Lee Young-Ae surprised the local moviegoers twice in Lido, Venice.

At the 62nd Venice Film Festival, the oldest of the three major world film festivals, director Park Chan-Wook and actress Lee Young-Ae of 'Sympathy for Lady Vengeance', one of the in-competition films, attended the film's official screening and walked on the red carpet.

The screening took place at the Sala Grande theater at 10PM on September 3 along with the red carpet walk. Lee Young-Ae wore the Korean traditional costume Hanbok, comprised of a short red blouse and a dark gray skirt, with her hair put up in a chignon, and stole the camera flashes of the local press.

"The originality of the film surprised the audiences, and they were again surprised by the warm and elegant beauty of Lee Young-Ae who showed up in Hanbok, which is in dramatic contrast with the image of the cold avenger 'Geum-Ja'," said a marketing personnel of CJ Entertainment in charge of supervising the film crew's schedule in Venice.

"The local reaction to Lee Young-Ae's Hanbok was just as enthusiastic as the reaction to the film," he added.

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The beautiful Ms. Young-Ae showed up with bright red lips. Mr. Chan-Wook tries to overwhelm the photographers with his cute expression.





"How's my body?" Boasting her snowwhite skin, Ms. Young-Ae takes a pose difficult for an ordinary person.


"Try harder, let's see a good picture come out." Director Park Chan-Wook looks extremely content and satisfied.


Lee Young-Ae on the red carpet. Her elegant, slightly see-through Hanbok won a lot of applause. In fact, the Hanbok's delivery from Florence was delayed, which had worried Ms. Young-Ae.


"Oh, it's raining." Park Chan-Wook and Lee Young-Ae suddenly looks up at the sky.


What could she be looking at? She's just so graceful..


"What a beautiful night." Lee Young-Ae smiles wide.


Director, please bring back an award, please.


What did you say?" TV shows Lee Young-Ae at the press conference.

*I'm really impress with her hanbok's style.. combination of traditional and modern.
Such beauty :) no surprise there when she impress the press in venice ;)
Another big step in her career..

Oh when are they going to show her film in Malaysia! Ok i'm done*

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A Chinese literature scholar attributed the success of MBC's TV series 'Daejanggeum' to its realization of 4 cultural values.

In an interview with Beijing Youth on September 12, Shao Yiping, a Chinese literature professor at Fudan University, claimed that what made Daejanggeum successful was its depiction of an ordinary woman's success story, its portrayal of medicinal food culture common to all Asia, its touching and beautiful lessons, and its healthy and positive spirit of a challenger.

First, he explained that, even though the pursuit of power and political conflicts within the palace lies in the background of Daejanggeum, the story maintains its focus on the life of the ordinary woman Jang-Geum as she matures and advances. The viewers, also living in a world of conflict and struggles, find it easy to sympathize with her, and are soon absorbed into the story.

Next, he pointed out that 'curing disease with food', one of Daejanggeum's attractions, is a long tradition common throughout Asia which is still prevalent in our modern lives. It allowed Daejanggeum to naturally blend into the cultures of various Asian countries, and even brought about a renewed fad over medicinal food.

Professor Shao also stated that the love, friendship and affection among blood relatives portrayed in Daejanggeum impressed the viewers across different nations, regions and social classes.

Lastly, he mentioned Daejanggeum's healthy and positive theme, unlike those of other Hanryu dramas in the past, and its emphasis of a persistent spirit broadened the range of viewers, and resulted in good viewer responses.

He noted the fact that Daejanggeum is attracting elderly Chinese viewers who previously had little interest in Korean TV drama, and an increasing number of viewers watch the show together with their families. He anticipated that Daejanggeum will exemplify a positive influence of media on viewers through its healthy and optimistic view of the world.

Professor Shao has had keen interest in Korean culture, and worked as an exchange professor in the Chinese department of Pusan University from 1992 to 1997, and Daegu Catholic University from 1997 to 1998.

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