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Kim's Video
 
Director_ David REDMON, Ashley SABIN
 
USA, France, UK 2023 88min DCP Color/B&W feature Documentary
Review

Kim's Video is a video rental store and a sacred place for New York-based film enthusiasts in the 1990s and 2000s. In particular, this store in St. Mark's Place in the East Village had more than 55,000 rare art films and underground film videos and DVDs, which cannot be found anywhere else, and 250,000 loyal customers. What touched even more was that the founder was Kim Yongman, a Korean immigrant. However, Kim's Video had to close down due to the growth of online rental companies like Netflix, searching for organizations that might accept the whole collection of rare films. Surprisingly, after rejecting offers from several universities, he accepted an offer from Salemi, an off-the-beaten-track small town in Italy. This documentary Kim's Video visits Salemi ten years later and shows the collection as it is. Moreover, the directors show the true ethics of cinephiles by devising a way to take the collection back and put it into action. This is a must-see film for those who regard themselves as cinephiles. (MOON Seok)

CREDIT
  • DirectorDavid REDMON, Ashley SABIN
  • ProducerAshley SABIN, David REDMON, Deborah SMITH, Dale SMITH, Francesco GALAVOTTI, Rebecca TABASKY
  • CinematographyDavid REDMON
  • MusicEnrico TILOTTA, Eric TAXIER, Matthew DOUGHTERTY, Jean-Marc MONTERA, Jean Francois PAUVROS
  • EditorDavid REDMON, Ashley SABIN, Mark BECKER
  • SoundDavid REDMON
CastKIM Yongman
DIRECTOR
David REDMON, Ashley SABIN 
Filmmaking duo together produce, direct, photograph, and edit critically acclaimed cinematic documentaries that have screened internationally in festivals and on television worldwide. Their work includes Mardi Gras: Made in China (2005), a film linking China and New Orleans through globalized manufacturing of cheap throwaway goods for American leisure pursuit, Intimidad (2008) which has been described as ‘a documentary fairytale of truly humbling proportions,’ Girl Model (2011), a feature documentary about the labyrinthine world of teenage modeling, and Choreography (2014), one of their four ‘animal ethnography’ films based in the world of donkeys. Their new film Kim’s Video premiered at the Sundance FF.
Jeonju Office

(54999) 2F, Jeonju Cine Complex, 22, Jeonjugaeksa 3-gil, Wansan-gu, Jeonju-si, Jeonbuk-do, Republic of Korea

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Seoul Office

(04031) 4F, 16, Yanghwa-ro 15-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea

T. +82 (0)2 2285 0562 F. +82 (0)2 2285 0560

JEONJU Cine Complex

(54999) Jeonju Cine Complex, 22, Jeonjugaeksa 3-gil, Wansan-gu, Jeonju-si, Jeonbuk-do, Republic of Korea

T. +82 (0)63 231 3377