Fight for South Korean Screens
October 31st, 2005 by Andre Soares
Quote: "The United States fears that South Korea will set an example of a country that succeeds in maintaining its own film culture and that other countries will follow us." South Korean actor Ahn Sung Ki, the leader of the movement to retain South Korea’s screen quota - 146 days a year devoted to South Korean films - much to the chagrin of Holywood producers and distributors. As quoted in Barbara Demick’s article "U.S., South Korea in a Cinema War" found in the Los Angeles Times.
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