Monday 29th September to Monday 6th October 2008

1. Chamber Orchestra: The Diable Arco Orchestra Wednesday 1st October 2008
2. Muscial: Power Rangers: Wild Spirits Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th October 2008
3. Opera: Tosca Thursday 2nd - Sunday 5th October 2008
4. Concert: Quartet 21 Saturday 4th October 2008
5. Folk: Song Chang-sik, Choe Baek Ho & Yui Kjong Fri 3rd & Sat 4th October 2008
6. Chamber Music: Invitation Concert Friday 3rd October 2008 [DJAC]
7. Magic: Mindfreak Magic Concert Wednesday 1st & Thursday 2nd of October 2008
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Dates:

Monday 29th September 2008
Tuesday 3oth September
Wednesday 1st October
Thursday 2nd October 2008
Friday 3rd October 2008
Saturday 4th October 2008
Sunday 5th October
Monday 6th October

On Stage in Daejeon:Chamber Music: Invitation ConcertFriday 3rd October 2008 [DJAC]

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Daejeon Arts and Culture Center will be hosting a group of musicans who will play a concert of Trios as part of its Grand Festival 2008. Among the people playing are: Violin / 조인상, Violin / 이동형, Viola / 심재영, Cello / 김재헌, Cello / 허기선 & Piano / 한기정

Program: A. Copland Vibtesk Trio (Study on a Jewish Theme, Piano Trio); F. Schubert Strin Trio for Violin, Viola & Cello in Bb Major D.581; B. Smetana Piano Trio in g minor Op.15

Performer: various
Place: Daejeon Culture & Arts Centre
Date: Friday 3rd of October
Time: 19:00
Tickets: R seats 20,000 won / S seat 10,000 won
Information: DJAC
Telephone: 042-610-2222 <081001>

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On Stage in Daejeon:Folk Concert: Song Chang-sik, Choe Baek Ho & Yui KjongFri 3rd & Sat 4th October 2008

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A concert by the legendary Korean folk singers Song Chang-sik, Choe Baek Ho, and Yui Kjong will be held at Chungnam University's Jeongsimhwa International Cultural Center on the the 3rd and 4th of October 2008. The three artisitis were associated with the so called t'ong guitar movement' which was a form of Korean music developed in the early 1970s. It was heavily influenced by American pop music, and artists in the genre were considered Korean versions of American folk singers, such as Joan Baez and Bob Dylan. The musical form originally started as a solo singer-songwriter performing with an acoustic guitar. It was allied with student movements of the 1970s in song clubs such as "Maeari" at Seoul National University and in Norae Undong ("Song Movement"), caused the embracing of popular genres by Korean intellectuals. Serious academic inquiries in Korean popular music started in 1984, and continue today [wikipedia]

Artists: Song Chang-sik, Choe Baek Ho, and Yui Kjong
Place: Jeongsimhwa International Cultural Center, Chungnam National University
Dates: 3rd & 4th of October 2008
Tickets: R: 77,000, S: 66,000 A: 55,000
Informtaion: Interpark
Phone: 1588-2532
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On Stage in Daejeon:Concert: Quartet 21Saturday 4th October 2008 [DJAC]

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The Daejeon Center foir Arts and Culture is happy to host a performance by Quartet 21 as part of its Grand Festival for 2008. Formed in 1991, the quartet was awarded the first YeEum prize(for the category of Chamber Music) and won a prize at Osaka Competition in Japan. It has recorded CDs of Quartet 21's famous music series and Beethoven String Quartet Complete Series.

Program: F. Schubert String Quartet "Quartettsatz" Op. Posth. D. 703 in C minor; B. Bartók String Quartet No. 3; L. v. Beethoven String Quartet in C#minor, Op. 131

Performers: Quartet 21
Place: Daejeon Culture & Arts Centre
Date: Saturday 5th of October
Time: 19:30
Tickets: R seats 30,000 won / S seat 20,000 won / A 10,000 won seats
Information: DJAC
Telephone: (042)610-2222
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On Stage in Daejejon:Magic: Mindfreak Magic ConcertWednesday 1st & Thursday 2nd of October 2008

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The KAIST student Magic Club Mindfreak is happy to annouce that they will be performing their first 'Close-Up Magic Concert' under the title "The Secret" on Wednesday and Thursday the 1st and 2nd of October in KAIST's Mirae Hall. Come and enjoy the show.

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Performers: Mindfreak

Place: Mirae Hall, KAIST

Dates: Wednesday 1st & Thursday 2nd of October 2008

Times: 9 pm & 10:30 p.m.

Phone: 010 9679 1031

Email: ssrlhy@hanmail.net

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Special Events in Daejeon:Daejeon International Bartender CHAMPFriday 3rd & Saturday 4th October 2008

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The Daejeon International Bartender Championship will be held at the Daejeon Convention Center on Friday 3rd & Saturday 4th October 2008. The event is held to show to the public the advanced skills of bartending in both Korea and abroad. The organizers look forward to seeing you!!

Event: Daejeon International Bartender Championship
Place: Daejeon Convention Center
Dates: Friday 3rd & Saturday 4th October 2008
Times: 3rd: 12 a.m. to 7 p.m. / 4th: 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Tickets: 5,000 won & 3000 won
Website: http://dibc.co.kr/kor/
Phone: 042-531-5600
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On Stage in DaejeonOpera: ToscaThursday 2nd - Sunday 5th October 2008 [DJAC]

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The Deajeon Center for Arts and Culture is proud to present as part of its Grand Festival for 2008 a performance of Puccini's Opera Tosca in celebration of the composers 150 birth anniversary. As the Australia's ABA has noted, "Tosca is grand opera, done grandly. Puccini's famous drama packs an enormous emotional punch in three acts, and is a classic of the stage for good reason. Tosca is nail-biting thriller, tragic love story, and legendary betrayal all rolled into one, requiring vocal and acting talents in equal measure."

Staff:
Artistic Director: Edmon Colomer (
Costume Design: Pasquale Grossi
Chorus: Daejeon City Choir & Goyang City Choir

Cast:
Tosca: Inés Salazar
Cavaradossi: Viktor
Scarpia: Michele Kalmandi

Performer: Diablo Arco Chamber Orchestra
Place: Daejeon Culture & Arts Centre
Date: Thursday 2nd - Sunday 5th October 2008
Time: 19:30
Tickets: R: 100,000원 / S: 80,000원 / A: 50,000원 / B: 30,000원 / A: 20,000
Information: DJAC
Telephone: 610-2222
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On Stage in Daejeon:Power Rangers: Wild SpiritsSaturday 4th & Sunday 5th October 2008 [CMB]

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A musical based on the cartoon show Power Rangers under the title Wild Spirits will be presented at the CMB Expo Art Hall on the Saturday and Sunday the 4th and 5th of October. For thise not in the know, notes that "A Power Ranger is a fictional individual who "Morphs" from an unpowered form into a powerful superhero usually wearing a brightly colored battle suit usually made of spandex featuring a helmet with an opaque visor. In many cases, the helmet serves to protect his or her secret identit. (In some cases, more powerful Rangers may have extra shielding on their suit to protect them from strong blows.)" [wikipedia]

Performance: Power Rangers: The Musical "Wild Spirits
Place: CMB Expo Art Hall
Date: Friday and Saturday the 4th & 5th of October 2008
Time: Saturday, October 4: 11:00, 14:00, 16:00; Sunday, October 5: 11:00, 14:00, 16:00
Tickets: R: 30,000 S: 25,000
Information: Interpark
Telephone: (1566-7754
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On Stage in Daejeon:Chamber Orchestra: The Diable Arco OrchestraWednesday 1st October 2008 [DJAC]

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The Diablo Arco Chamber Orchestra present a concert of the music of the 20th century British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. Born of the 12 of October 1972 and dieing on the 26th of Ausgust 1958, Williams was an English composer of symphonies chamber music, opera, chora music and film score. Also a collector of English folk music and song he had an editorial approach to the English Hymnal, which began in 1904 and many folk song arrangements were set as hymn tunes, in addition to several original compositions [wikipedia]

Program: Fantasia on Greensleeves ; Charterhouse Suite for String Orchestra; The Lark Ascending for Violin & Orchestra; Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis for String Orchestra

Performer: Diablo Arco Chamber Orchestra

Place: Daejeon Culture & Arts Centre

Date: Wednesday 1st of October

Time: 19:30

Tickets: R seats 30,000 won / S seat 20,000 won / A 10,000 won seats

Information: DJAC

Telephone: (042)488-3751 <081001>

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25th September - 1st October 2008
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Among the films currently showing in Daejeon at the moment are below. Click on the films title to read more about the film and view a trailer.

1. Marriage Clinic: Love and War [Korea]
2. Donkey Xote [Spain/Italy]
3. Truck [Korea]
4. My Dear Enemy [Korea]
5. Hellboy 2: The Golden Army [USA]
6. In Bloom [USA]
7. Ride Away [Korea]
8.. Lineage of the Voice [Korea]
9. Loner [Korea]
10. The Children of Huang Shi [USA]
11. Mirrors [USA]
12. Rough Cut [Korea]
13. ET at My School [Korea]
14. Earth [UK]
15. Mama Mia! [UK]
16. The Divine Weapon [Korea]
17. Action Boys [Korea]

To get an idea of screening times in Korean, click on the program links for the individual cinemas below. The Links for the Mainstream Cinemas are for Friday the 26th of September.

Daejeon Art Cinema
Daejeon Art Cinema 23rd to 30th September 2008

Lotte Cinema
Lotte Cinema: Daily Program Link [Korean]
Lotte Cinema: Friday 26th September 2008

Time World
Time World: Daily Program Link [Korean]
Time World: Friday 26th September 2008

Rodeo Cinema
Rodeo Cinema: Daily Program Link [Korean]
Rodeo Cinema: Friday 26th September 2008

Cinewe Cinema
Cinewe Cinema: Daily Program Link [Korean]
Cinewe Cinema: Program Friday 26th September

Primus Cinema
Primus Cinema: Daily Program Link [Korean]
Primus Cinema: Friday 26th September

GCV Cinema
GCV Cinema: Daily Program Link [Korean]
GCV Cinema: Friday 19th September 2008

MCV Academy
MCV Academy: Daily Program Link
MCV Academy: Friday 26th September 2008

Films in Daejeon:Marriage Clinic: Love and War [Korea]

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"Marriage Clinic: Love and War - Movie" is the film version of "Couple Clinic : Love and War" TV series. This movie is about a housewife who becomes rebellious of her previous homely lifestyle and decides to have many love scandals.

Director: Kwak Gi-won (곽기원)
Country: Korea
Runtime: 97 mins
Openning: 25th September 2008
Cinema: Multiplexes
Trailer: Marriage Clinic: Love and War

Films in Daejeon:Donkey Xote [Spain/Italy]

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The donkey, Rucio, tells the true story of Don Quixote and defends the idea that he wasnt mad, but in reality, Quixote was a very intelligent, passionate and enthusiastic fellow. We then follow Don Quixote, his squire, Sancho Panza (Quixotes best friend and the wealthiest man in town), Sanchos donkey, Rucio (who wants to be a horse) and a real horse, Quixotes faithful steed, Rocinante (who hates leaving his stable) on their adventure to duel the Knight of the Moon where, if Quixote wins the duel the true identity of Dulcinea will be revealed. [imdb]

Director: Jose Pozo

Country: Spain / Italy
Runtime: 90 mins

Cinemas: Multiplesex

Trailer: Donkey Xote

Films in Daejeon:Truck / 트럭 [Korea]

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"Truck" about a trucker in a mysterious case where he delivers corpses. Jin Goo is Kim Young-ho, the serial killer who makes Cheol-min, the truck driver's live complicating by riding his truck while Cheol-min tries to find a way to destroy the corpses in order to survive.

Director: Kwon Hyeong-jin (권형진)

Country: Korea

Cinemas: Multiplexes

Opening: 25th September 2008

Trailer: Truck

Films in Daejeon:My Dear Enemy / 멋진 하루 [Korea]

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Do-yeon Jeon [the actress who won the best actress award at Cannes Film Festival] plays unhappy Hee-su, a women over 30 years old, still single, jobless and broke. One day Hee-su sets out to collect the money she loaned to her ex-boyfriend a year ago. Her ex-boyfriend is Byeong-woon a guy that’s also jobless & penniless, but still able to enjoy life by leeching off of other women. The couple then spends an entire day together while Byeong-woon borrows money from other girls. They enjoy themselves more than they expected.

Driector: Lee Yoon-ki (이윤기)

Country: Korea

Opening: 25th September 2005

Cinemas: Multiplexes

Trailer: My Dear Enemy

Films in Daejeon:Hellboy 2: The Golden Army [USA]

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The mythical world starts a rebellion against humanity in order to rule the Earth, so as Hellboy and his team returns they must save the world from the rebellious creatures. Now, as the creatures who inhabit the spiritual realm gear-up for an all out attack on the human plane, the only one capable of saving the Earth is a tough-talking hellspawn rejected by both worlds. Written by Anthony Pereyra

Director: Guillermo del Toro
Country: USA
Runtime: 120 mins
Cinemas: Multiplexes
Opening: 25th September 2008
Trailer: Hell Boy 2

Films In Daejeon:In Bloom [USA]

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Diana, a suburban wife and mother, begins to question her seemingly perfect life--and perhaps her sanity--on the 15th anniversary of a tragic high school shooting that took the life of her best friend. In flashbacks, Diana is a vibrant high schooler who, with her shy best friend Maureen, plot typical teenage strategies--cutting class, fantasizing about boys--and vow to leave their sleepy suburb at the first opportunity. The older Diana, however, is haunted by the increasingly strained relationship she had with Maureen as day of the school shooting approached. These memories disrupt the idyllic life she's now leading with her professor husband Paul and their young daughter Emma. As older Diana's life begins to unravel and younger Diana gets closer and closer to the fatal day, a deeper mystery slowly unravels. Written by Marisa_Gabriella

Director: Vadim Perelman

AKA: The Life Before Her Eyes

Country: USA

Runtime: 90 mins

Cinemas: Multiplexes

Trailer: In Bloom / The Life Before Her Eyes

Films in Daejeon:Ride Away /달려라 자전거 [Korea]

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Ha-jung Han Hyo-joo (한효주) , a college freshman, is interested in a boy who works at a secondhand book store near her school. Although the clerk [Lee Yeong-hoon (이영훈)] is excited by her, he cannot forget his old girlfriend who has been unconscious since a car accident three years earlier. The growing pains mature the awkward and immature twenty-year-old. [http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr]


Director: Lim Seong-woon (임성운)
Country: Korea
Runtime: 88 mins
Cinema: Daejeon Art Cinema
Opening: 23rd September
Trailer: Ride Away

ON STAGE IN DAEJEON:22nd - 30th September 2008

Among the performances that can be seen on stage around Daejeon this week are:

1. Theatre Sae-byuk:Fusion Musical "Yogikyung" 26 September 2008
2. Musical: The Harmonium in My Memory 25-27 September 2008
3. Play: Death of a Salesman 26-28 September 2008
4. Piano Recital: Choe Mi Ran 29 September 2008
5. Piano Recital: Han Gi Jeong 30th September 2008

On Stage in Daejeon:Theatre Sae-byuk:Fusion Musical "Yogikyung"Friday 26th September 2008

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The theatre Sae-byuk will present a fusion musical Yogikyung under the title "Madangnori Kaleidescope" at the KAIST Auditorium at 7:30 on Friday the 2th of September 2008.

Performance: Fusion Musical "Yogikyung"

Venue: KAIST Auditorium

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Tickets: Free

Details: KAIST PR Centre

Contact: 042-8692904

On Stage in Daejeon:Musical: The Harmonium in My Memory:Thursday 25th - Saturday 27th September 2008

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A musical based on the 1999 Korean Film The Harmonium in My Memory will be presented at the Daejeon Center for Arts and Culture from from Thursday the 25th to Saturday the 27th of September.

Musical: The Harmonium in My Memory
Place: Daejeon Culture & Arts Centre
Date: Thursday, September 25, 2008, Saturday, the 27th
Time: 25th, 26th (20:00) / 27th (15:00, 19:00)
Tickets: VIP: 17,000 won, R seats -16,000 won, S -5 seats 15,000 won, A 14,000 won seats -4
Information: DJAC
Telephone: 281-1132/1599-9210

On Stage in DaejeonPlay: Death of a SalesmanFriday 26th to Sunday 28th September 2008

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As part of the Masterpiece Theater Series, Arthurs Millers play "Death of a Salesman" will be performed at the Daejeon Center for Arts and Culture Friday the 26th to Sundday the 28th of September. Considered by many to be both the playwright’s masterpiece and a cornerstone of contemporary American drama, the play was subtitled "Certain Private Conversations in Two Acts and a Requiem". The play was first produced in 1949 and struck an immediate, emotional chord with audiences. The work garnered numerous honors and awards, including the Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award and enjoyed a lengthy run (742 performances) on Broadway.

Play: Death of a Salesman
Place: Daejeon Culture & Arts Centre
Date: Thursday, September 25, 2008, Saturday, the 27th
Time: 25th, 26th (20:00) / 27th (15:00, 19:00)
Tickets: R: 10,000 won, S: won seats -1
Information: DJAC
Telephone: 610-2222

On Stage in Daejeon:Piano Recital: Choe Mi RanMonday 29th September 2008

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Cho Mi Ran returns to the Daejeon Center for Arts and Culture for a Piano recital on Monday the 29th of September.

Program: J.S. Bach: Concerto (d'après A.Macello) d-moll BWV974; S. Prokofiew Sonata No.2 d-moll Op.14; M P. Mussorgskij "Bilder einer Ausstellung”

Performer: Cho Mi Ran
Place: Daejeon Culture & Arts Centre
Date: Monday 29th of September
Time: 19:30
Tickets: All seats Won 10,000
Information: DJAC
Telephone: (042)488-3751
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On Stage in Daejeon:Piano Recital: Han Gi JeongTuesday 30th September 2008 [DJAC]

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As part of the Musicians of Our Time Series pianist Han Gi Jeong will perform a recital at the Daejeon Center for Arts and Culture recital on Tuesday the 30th of September.

Program: L. v. Beethoven Sonata No. 14 in c-sharp minor "Moonlight"; G. Gershwin Three preludes; M. Ravel La Valse; M. P. Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition

Performer: Han Gi Jeong
Place: Daejeon Culture & Arts Centre
Date: 30th September 2008
Time: 19:30
Tickets: R: 20,000 won / S:10,000
Information: DJAC
Telephone: 610-2222

Films in Daejeon:17th - 23rd September 2008

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Among the films currently showing in Daejeon at the moment are below. Click on the films title to read more about the film and view a trailer.

1. Lineage of the Voice [Korea]
2. Loner [Korea]
3. The Children of Huang Shi [USA]
4. Mirrors [USA]
5. Nazarin [Mexico]
6. The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz [Mexico]
7. Illusion Travels By Streercar [Mexico]
8. This Strange Passion [Mexico]
9. Mexican Bus Ride [Mexico]
10. The Young and The Damned [Mexico]
11. Bangkok Danergerous [US]
12. Rough Cut [Korea]
13. ET at My School [Korea]
14. 2oth Century Boys [Japan]
15. Boys Over Flowers [Korea]
16. Earth [UK]
17. Mama Mia! [UK]
18. The Divine Weapon [Korea]
19. The U.S. VS. John Lennon [USA]
20. The Dark Knight: Batman Begins 2
21. WALL-E [USA]

To get an idea of screening times in Korean, click on the program links for the individual cinemas below. The Links for the Mainstream Cinemas are for Wednesday the 3rd of September.
Daejeon Art Cinema
Daejeon Art Cinema 16th to 21 September

Lotte Cinema
Lotte Cinema: Daily Program Link
Lotte Cinema: Friday 19th September 2008

Time World
Time World: Daily Program Link [Korean]
Time World: Friday 19th September 2008

Rodeo Cinema
Rodeo Cinema: Daily Program Link [Korean]
Rodeo Cinema: Program Friday September 2008

Cinewe Cinema
Cinewe Cinema: Daily Program Link [Korean]
Cinewe Cinema: Program Friday 19th September

Primus Cinema
Primus Cinema: Daily Program Link [Korean]
Primus Cinema: Program Friday 19th September

GCV Cinema
GCV Cinema: Daily Program Link [Korean]
GCV Cinema: Program Friday 19th September

MCV Academy
MCV Academy: Daily Program Link
MCV Academy: Program Friday 19th September

Films in Daejeon:Lineage of the Voice [Korea]

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The documentary "Lineage Of The Voice" follows two boys from very different backgrounds as they develop their talent for the traditional singing practice called pansori.

Director: Yeon-ah Paik (백연아)
Country: Korea
Runtime: 100 mons
Cinema: Daejeon Art Cinema:
Opening: 20th September 2008
Trailer: Linegae for the Voice

Films in Daejeon:Loner [외톨이] [Korea]

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A normal students whose life is destroyed by the suicide of a schoolmate. After withdrawing socially, the blood starts spilling.


Director: Park Jae-sik (박재식)
Country: Korea
Runtime: 117 mins
Opening: Thursday 18th September
Cinemas: Multiplexes
Trailer: Loner [외톨이]

Films in Daejeon:The Children of Huang Shi [USA]

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As China is ravaged by war in the late 1930s, a young Englishman named George Hogg (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) leads sixty orphans over the Liu Pan Shan mountains and into the safety of the Mongolian desert in this drama scripted by Jane Hawksley and directed by Roger Spotiswoode. Based on actual events, this Chinese/Australian/German co-production also stars Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh, and Radha Mitchell. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Director: Roger Spottiswoode

Countries: Chinese/Australian/German

Runtime: 114 mins

Opening: Thursday 18th September

Cinema: Multiplexes

Trailer: The Children of Huang Shi

Films in Daejeon:Mirrors [USA]

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A man is head of security at a department store plagued by unexplained deaths. The store is also the target of demonstrators wanting compensation for an earlier staff fire tragedy. The man becomes intrigued by a disturbed woman. She claims her sister, who died in the fire, is exacting revenge, using mirrors as a gateway back into the living world. Mirrors is a remake of "Into the Mirror" (South Korea/2003) directed by Kim Seong-ho and starring Yu Ji-tae.

Director: Alexandre Aja

Country: USA
Runtime: 110 mins
Opening: Thursday 18th September

Trailer: Mirrors

Films in Daejeon:Nazarin [Nazarin]

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The protagonist, Nazarin, is a priest who tries to live a life that is as faithful as it can be to the one prescribed by Christ. The question many would ask is whether such endeavor would be possible, without incurring in the hostility, incomprehension and mockery of your fellow human beings. As it happens, he suffers a lot of indignities, yet he remains stubborn (until the controversial final shot) to this objective.

Director: Luis Buñuel
Country: Mexico
Year: 1958
Runtime: 94 mins
Cinema: Daejeon Art Cinema
Opening: 16th September 2008

Films in Daejeon:The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz

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Archibaldo De la Cruz (Ernesto Alonso) tells in the police station the story about the murder of a woman, which he insists to be the author. He's a talented potter, with refined manners but mentally unstable. One night, he says, he went to spent the night in a casino, where he met a beautiful woman (Rita Macedo). After having a fight with her lover, the woman crashes her car and De la Cruz offers to ride her home, place where he thinks he committed the murder. Archibaldo's engaged with a pretty and very catholic girl (Ariadna Welter), but before that, he gets fascinated with a nice and beautiful woman, Lavinia (Miroslava Stern). One afternoon, he invites her to his workshop, moment when she seizes the opportunity to make a joke to the nervous Archibaldo. Are these events the product of a compulsive and unstable mind, sexually frustrated? Written by Alejandro Frias

Director: Luis Buñuel
Country: Mexico
Year: 1955
Runtime: 90 mins
Cinema: Daejeon Art Cinema
Opening: 16th September 2008

Films in Daejeon:Illusion Travels By Streercar [La Ilusion Viaja En Tranvia]

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A series of hallucinatory images, experienced by two senior citizens while taking their last ride on the Mexico City public transit system.

Director: Luis Buñuel
Country: Mexico
Year: 1953
Runtime: 90 mins
Cinema: Daejeon Art Cinema
Opening: 16th September 2008

Films in Daejeon:This Strange Passion [El]

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A wealthy, middle-aged man marries a young woman and then develops a paranoid obsession with her supposed infidelity.

Director: Luis Buñuel
Country: Mexico
Year: 1952
Runtime: 92 mins
Cinema: Daejeon Art Cinema
Opening: 16th September 2008

Films in Daejeon:Mexican Bus Ride [Subida Al Cielo]

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A young man and woman's honeymoon is cut short when the man learns that his mother has fallen ill back at home. The newlywed couple rush there to discover the other sons neglecting their mom in order to plot their squandering of the inheritance. The newlywed son takes quite an adventurous bus-ride to a distant city to get his mother's will notarized to the contrary, and is faced with multiple temptations along the way. Written by Mark Toscano

Director: Louis Bunuel
Country: Mexico
Year: 1952
Runtime: 85 mins
Cinema: Daejeon Art Cinema
Opening: 16 September 2008
Exerpt: Mexican Bus Ride

Films in Daejeon:The Young and The Damned [Los Olvidados]

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A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent and crime-filled life in the festering slums of Mexico City, and the morals of young Pedro are gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.

Director: Luis Buñuel

Country: Mexico

Year: 1950

Runtime: 88 mins

Cinema: Daejeon Art Cinema

Opening: 16th September 2008

Exerpt: Young and the Damned

Films in Daejeon:Mexican Film Festival: Louis Bunuel

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The Daejeon Art Cinema will be a hosting a retrospective of some of the films made by the great 20th century Director Luis Bunuel (22 February 1900 – 29 July 1983) Born in Spain, Bunuel was a naturalized Mexican who while working mainly in Mexico and France, also worked in his native Spain and the United States. He is considered one of Mexico's finest directors, and one of the most important directors in the history of cinema. The retrospective focuses on some of the films he made while in Mexico.

The Young and The Damned (Los Olvidados, 1950)
Mexican Bus Ride (Subida Al Cielo, 1952)
This Strange Passion (El, 1952)
Illusion Travels By Streercar (La Ilusion Viaja En Tranvia, 1953)
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (Ensayo De Un Crimen, 1955)
Nazarin (Nazarin, 1958)

Event: Mexican Film Festival: Louis Bunuel

Cinema: Daejeon Art Cinema

Dates: 16 - 21st September 2008

Films in Daejeon:10th - 16th September 2008

Among the films currently showing in Daejeon at the moment are below. Click on the films title to read more about the film and view a trailer.

1. Bangkok Danergerous [US]
2. Rough Cut [Korea]
3. ET at My School [Korea]
4. 2oth Century Boys [Japan]
5. Boys Over Flowers [Korea]
6. Star Wars: The Clone Wars [USA]
7. Earth [UK]
8. Mama Mia! [UK]
9. The Divine Weapon [Korea]
6. Spare [Korea]
7. A Gentle Breeze in the Village [Japan]
8. Broken English [USA]
9. The U.S. VS. John Lennon [USA]
10. The Midnight Meat Train [USA]
11. Death Bell [Korea]
12. The Dark Knight: Batman Begins 2
13. WALL-E [USA]
14. Eye For An Eye [Korea
15. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor [USA]
23. The Good, the Bad, the Weird [Korea].

To get an idea of screening times in Korean, click on the program links for the individual cinemas below. The Links for the Mainstream Cinemas are for Wednesday the 3rd of September.

Daejeon Art Cinema
Daejeon Art Cinema: 8th-15th September

Lotte Cinema
Lotte Cinema: Daily Program Link
Lotte Cinema: Program Wednesday 10 September

Time World
Time World: Daily Program Link [Korean]
Time World: Program Wednesday 10th September

Rodeo Cinema
Rodeo Cinema: Daily Program Link [Korean]
Rodeo Cinema: Program Wednesday 10th September

Cinewe Cinema
Cinewe Cinema: Daily Program Link [Korean]
Cinewe Cinema: Program Wednesday 1oth September

Primus Cinema
Primus Cinema: Daily Program Link [Korean]
Primus Cinema: Program Wednesday 10th September

GCV Cinema
GCV Cinema: Daily Program Link [Korean]
GCV Cinema: Program Wednesday 10th September

MCV Academy
MCV Academy: Daily Program Link
MCV Academy: Program Wednesday 10th September

Films in Daejeon:Boys Over Flowers [Korea]

A Korean drama version of the popular manga "Boys Over Flowers" (Hana Yori Dango).

Country: Korea

Films in Daejeon:2oth Century Boys [Japan]

The movie is the first in a 6-billion-yen (US$55-million) trilogy adaptation of Urasawa's suspense manga. In the story, Karasawa's character Kenji learns that mysterious deaths and calamities around the world are connected to idle plans he and his childhood friends made decades ago.

Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi

Country: Japan

Trailer: 20th Century Boys

Films in Daejeon:ET at My School [Korea]

A guy who became a PE teacher but had to become and English teacher due to difficult circumstances carries around random English notes and goes through many ordeals with his reckless students.

Director:

Country: Korea

Trailer: ET at My School

Films in Daejeon:Rough Cut [Korea]

"Rough Cut" interweaves two plots in the film. One is the story evolving through a film shooting scene; the other is a gangster element that blurs the line between reality and fiction similar to that of "A Dirty Carnival" by director Yoo Ha.Gangpae (So Ji-sub) is offered a part in a movie when action movie star Suta (Kang Ji-hwan) beats up his co-star while shooting the movie. Gangpae, who once wanted to do movies, accepts on the condition that their fighting scenes are real.


Director: Jang Hoon (장훈)
Country: Korea
Runtime: 99 mins
Trailer: Rough Cut

Films in Daejeon:Bangkok Danergerous [US]

The life of an anonymous assassin takes an unexpected turn when he travels to Thailand to complete a series of contract killings. Joe (Nicolas Cage), a remorseless hitman, is in Bangkok to execute four enemies of a ruthless crime boss named Surat. He hires Kong (Shahkrit Yamnarm), a street punk and pickpocket, to run errands for him with the intention of covering his tracks by killing him at the end of the assignment. Strangely, Joe, the ultimate lone wolf, instead finds himself mentoring the young man while simultaneously being drawn into a tentative romance with a local shop girl. As he falls further under the sway of Bangkok’s intoxicating beauty, Joe begins to question his isolated existence and let down his guard …just as Surat decides it’s time to clean house.

Director: Oxide Pang Chun & Danny Pang

Country: USA

Runtime: 99 mins

Trailer: Bangkok Dangerous

Films in Daejeon:3rd - 9th September 2008 [Updated]

Among the films currently showing in Daejeon at the moment are below. Click on the films title to read more about the film and view a trailer.

1. My Darling FBI [Korea]
2. Star Wars: The Clone Wars [USA]
3. Earth [UK]
4. Mama Mia! [UK]
5. The Divine Weapon [Korea]
6. Spare [Korea]
7. A Gentle Breeze in the Village [Japan]
8. Broken English [USA]
9. The U.S. VS. John Lennon [USA]
10. Action Boys [Korea]
11. Nowhere to Turn [Korea]
12. Solstice [USA]
13. The Midnight Meat Train [USA]
14. Superhero Movie [USA]
15. CJ7 [Hong Kong]
16. Dachimawa Lee [Korea]
17. Baby and I [Korea]
18. Death Bell [Korea]
19. The Dark Knight: Batman Begins 2
20. WALL-E [USA]
21. Eye For An Eye [Korea
22. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor [USA]
23. The Good, the Bad, the Weird [Korea].


To get an idea of screening times in Korean, click on the program links for the individual cinemas below. The Links for the Mainstream Cinemas are for Wednesday the 3rd of September.


Daejeon Art Cinema
Daejeon Art Cinema: 1st - 7th September

Lotte Cinema
Lotte Cinema: Daily Program Link
Lotte Cinema: Program Wednesday 3rd September

Time World
Time World: Daily Program Link [Korean]
Time World: Program Wednesday 3rd September

Rodeo Cinema
Rodeo Cinema: Daily Program Link [Korean]
Rodeo Cinema: Program Wednesday 3rd September

Cinewe Cinema
Cinewe Cinema: Daily Program Link [Korean]
Cinewe Cinema: Program Wednesday 3rd September

Primus Cinema
Primus Cinema: Daily Program Link [Korean]
Primus Cinema: Program Wednesday 3rd September

GCV Cinema
GCV Cinema: Daily Program Link [Korean]
GCV Cinema: Program Wednesday 3rd September

MCV Academy
MCV Academy: Daily Program Link
MCV Academy: Program Wednesday 3rd September

Films in Daejeon:My Darling FBI [Korea]

Mimi falls in love with Albert while working for the Korean embassy in the United States. But Albert disappears on the day he is supposed to propose to her. In fact, he is an FBI agent and has to conceal that fact. Mimi returns to her hometown when her visa expires. Albert follows her to Korea but Mimi and her neighbors are not happy with his belated apology. [http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/]


Director: Lee In-soo (이인수)
Country: Korea
Runtime: 90 mins
Trailer: My Darling FBI

Films in Daejeon:Star Wars: The Clone Wars [USA]

As the Clone Wars sweep through the galaxy, the heroic Jedi Knights struggle to maintain order and restore peace. More and more systems are falling prey to the forces of the dark side as the Galactic Republic slips further and further under the sway of the Separatists and their never-ending droid army. Anakin Skywalker and his Padawan learner Ahsoka Tano find themselves on a mission with far-reaching consequences, one that brings them face-to-face with crime lord Jabba the Hutt. But Count Dooku and his sinister agents, including the nefarious Asajj Ventress, will stop at nothing to ensure that Anakin and Ahsoka fail at their quest. Meanwhile, on the front lines of the Clone Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Master Yoda lead the massive clone army in a valiant effort to resist the forces of the dark side ... Written by Warner Bros. Pictures

Director: Dave Filoni
Country: USA
Runtime: 98 mins
Trailer: Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Films in Daejeon:Earth [UK]

Over the course of a calendar year, Earth takes the viewer on a journey from the North Pole to the South, revealing how plants and animals respond to the power of the sun and the changing seasons. The film focuses on three particular species, the polar bear, African elephant and humpback whale. An award-winning natural history film from the BBC Natural History Unit, it is narrated by Patrick Stewart.

Director: Alastair Fothergill & Mark Linfield

Country: UK

Runtime: 95 mins

Trailer: Earth

Films in Daejeon:Smart People [USA]

Lawrence Wetherhold is miserable and a misanthrope: he's a widower, a pompous professor at Carnegie Mellow, an indifferent father to a college student and a high-school senior, and the reluctant brother of a ne'er-do-well who's come to town. A seizure and a fall send Lawrence to the emergency room where the physician, a former student of his, ends up going on a date with him. His daughter, Vanessa, lonely and friendless, whose been bonding with his brother, tries to sabotage dad and the doctor's relationship, but Lawrence is good at that without help. Is there any way these smart people can get a life? Can happiness be pursued beneath layers of irony? Written by {jhailey@hotmail.com}
Director: Noam Murro
Country: USA
Runtime: 95 min
Trailer: Smart People

p.s this film is currently showing at selected cinemas including Primus