Skip to main content

Cinematheque: Korean War Memories

Aimless Bullet (Obaltan; Directed by Yoo Hyeon-Mok, South Korea, 1961)

Event Details

Date
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Time
7 p.m.
Location
Cinematheque, room 4070, Vilas Hall
Description
Shot on location in post-war Seoul, Aimless Bullet is about 3 siblings struggling to make their way in the aftermath of the conflict. While the eldest, an accountant, desperately tries to make ends meet, the middle brother, a veteran, flirts with the underworld. But it is their sister who achieves the greatest material success, prostituting herself to American soldiers. Twice voted the greatest Korean film of all time in polls of the nation’s critics! (35mm, b/w, 106 min., subtitled)
Cost
Free

Tags