Neoliberal Forms: CGI, Algorithm, and Hegemony in Korea’s IMF Cinema

This paper examines the co-implications of CGI filmmaking, US hegemony, and neoliberal financialization as manifested in Korea’s “IMF crisis cinema.” These films are populated by what I termneoliberal formsthat epitomize the effort in this cinema to reflect on the innate proximity of popular filmmak...

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Veröffentlicht in:Representations (Berkeley, Calif.) Calif.), 2014-03, Vol.126 (1), p.85-111
1. Verfasser: Jeon, Joseph Jonghyun
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This paper examines the co-implications of CGI filmmaking, US hegemony, and neoliberal financialization as manifested in Korea’s “IMF crisis cinema.” These films are populated by what I termneoliberal formsthat epitomize the effort in this cinema to reflect on the innate proximity of popular filmmaking to finance, and specifically on the proximity between its own material apparatus and the economic apparatus that the IMF crisis inserted into the center of Korean public discourse.
ISSN:0734-6018
1533-855X
DOI:10.1525/rep.2014.126.1.85