Post by drama watcher on Oct 1, 2005 2:11:08 GMT -5
Shamelessly stole from www.koreanfilm.org/ drama page.
This translation was made by Priscella
TRANSFERRED FROM SOOMPI
***Creidesca wrote:
Prisci, this would be a good starting place for translations of things related to Resurrection...it discusses the "symbols" within the drama:
dramamob.mediamob.co.kr/Drama/DramaArticle/DramaArticleView.aspx?List=DramaArticleListAll&page=1&articlepkid=161>http://dramamob.mediamob.co.kr/Drama/Drama...articlepkid=161
and here's a good article (in english) on Picasso's secret Guernica:
web.org.uk/picasso/secret_guernica.html>http://web.org.uk/picasso/secret_guernica.html
***My Answer:
Hi Creidesca... I finally got to do this... Wow! It was soooooo hard I'm sweating! :sweating: I feel like Park Heesoo, mumbling things I don't understand... :wacko: Some parts, I ain't sure if I'm right... just going with my gut feelings...
But at the same time, I was soooo excited translating this article. I keep on thinking of this drama, and after this article, I think I'm able to tell more WHY I love RESURRECTION soooo much! And whoever wrote this article must be a RESURRECTION PANIC too... although I did find the reporter made a few mistakes in terms of name (calling UTW Shinhyuk when it should be Ganghyuk...), which I only took the liberty of fixing it only once.... it's understandable why the mistake, right? It's so hard for us at times, to know how to call him... I also wanted to add... that in another article, it talked about how the word "die" also pointed to death... not just fate.
HIDDEN SYMBOLISMS AMONG THE IMAGES OF
¡°RESURRECTION¡±
*Translated by Priscilla
The viewers are starting to wonder~ Why is it that well made dramas do not get high rating? MBC ¡°LAWYERS¡± could not get pass the 10%, still fighting a lost battle, while for KBS ¡°RESURRECTION,¡± the rating may have doubled after the nationally popular drama ¡°MY NAME¡¯S KIM SAM SOOM¡± ended, but before this, the rating could not pass the 9% either. However, regardless of the low rating, presently these two dramas are the possessors, especially ¡°RESURRECTION,¡± of tremendous fan following. These fans are strong not just because they post a great number of writings at the public board. They re-watch their drama again and again, and they rehearse the plot, writing reviews, meeting at the internet board to discuss about the drama all day long. ¡°Tremendous fans¡± mean this type of loyal fans. These are a special type of viewers which rating itself could not measure, so it may be the wrong question to ask why the ratings are not higher. Rather, it would be better to divide the category of viewers and analyze those who like ¡°RESURRECTION¡± and those who do not¡¦ Personally, I believe what differentiates ¡°RESURRECTION¡± from other dramas are the hidden symbolisms.
1. Special Hidden Images and Symbolisms
The images presented in ¡°RESURRECTION¡± belong to a different category, not what we typically would call beautiful. The way those images are presented, are more like what we see in movies. The pictures or frames, the lighting, are not meant to pictorial beauty but rather they are used to reveal a truth within the story. The sketches in the drama are tools that hid symbolisms and metaphors to help decipher ¡°RESURRECTION,¡± or key words that make the viewers desire to solve the mystery.
Symbolism of Sky Blue: -The color theme of Resurrection is blue, a dark, ultra marine sky blue. At the beginning when we see Uhm Tae Woong in the small town, often surrounded by blue lights, it was not in order to point at the dead living or the after-life. The symbolism in ¡°RESURRECTION¡± of the sky blue~ which signifies truth, devotion, revelation, wisdom, loyalty, integrity, purity, prudence among others great virtues, such as contemplation or cool-headedness~ points to Uhm Tae Woong¡¯s Suh Ha-eun or Yoo Shin-hyuk¡¯s personalities and their destinies. The irony is that in the Mayan culture, sky blue signified ¡°enemies death.¡± (ChamCho~ World Culture Encyclopedia, Jean Cooper/ Lee Yoon-gi, Lee Ha Dong Il)
Truth, devotion, revelation, wisdom, contemplation, cool-headedness, prudence
Symbolism of Yellow: The place Uhm Tae Woong frequents a lot, or in the background lightings, there is the sky blue contrasted in yellow. The yellow color means two things. It points at the brightness of the sun, while at the same time it also means betrayal, rebellion, jealousy, ambition, greed, secrecy, defection, mistrust. Therefore, after officer Kim betrayed Shin-hyuk, there was the yellow when Shin-hyuk met officer Kim. Also in the scene where the ¡®hidden¡¯ evil, President of Mooreung Construction Company, was looking at Secretary Ahn, they were in a place were the sky blue was contrasted against yellow because of the symbolism of such colors. In addition, the scene where he was struggling over the Congressman¡¯s (who betrayed Uhm Tae Woong¡¯s father and who killed brother) fate, drinking alcohol, the yellow there pointed at their destiny or their present psychological estate.
When Yoo (Gang) hyuk meets the friend who betrayed him, Officer Kim
Conversation between Mooreung Company¡¯s president and Secretary Ahn...
While meeting reporter Lee Gang-joo, who is indeed his enemy¡¯s daughter
Congressman Lee Tae Joon, who betrayed his friend, and whose daughter is after that secret...
DIE- The set of dice which Yoo Shin-hyuk carried like marbles in his hands has deep significance. The throwing of the dice mean destiny, one that cannot be reversed, or it can mean change.
GUERNICA: The picture of Picasso¡¯s Guernica that is hanging in Yoo Shin-hyuk¡¯s room is shown quite often. Generally Guernica is understood to be a portrait of a tragedy in the Civil War in Spain, but as a cubic art, Picasso¡¯s images are open to many interpretation. The three women that appears in Guernica~ the woman that cradles a child and wails hysterically, the woman carrying a lamp, the woman that is running away from a burning house~ we can find these three women¡¯s emotions expressed inside the drama.
Shin-hyuk¡¯s room, painting of ¡°GUERNICA¡±
Yoo Shin-hyuk¡¯s mother, Lee-hwa, after mourning the lost of her son, her first born, she will eventually suffer the loss of her second son. She is the wailing woman holding the child. And Suh Eun-ha, who always believes Yoo Shin-hyuk will return to the ¡®lighthouse,¡¯ being a lighthouse herself, she¡¯s the woman holding a lamp. And reporter Lee Gang-joo, the woman who uncovers the secret that will destroy her father and her entire family, she is the woman escaping from the house that¡¯s on fire.
The Three Women inside GUERNICA
This is an arbitrary interpretation, there are many other possible interpretations beside these. Every picture hanging inside the main character¡¯s room, or each character of the drama are somehow connected with the story, which makes the drama ¡°RESURRECTION¡± all the more fun to watch. Moreover, it¡¯s very full of cryptic symbolism and images. This is the world of ¡°RESURRECTION,¡± where all the pre-arranged images are like a game of cross-words, that helps unveil the hidden crime. Negatively speaking, could it be that these metaphors and symbolisms make the generally straightforward audience to lose interest?
2. The opposite side of the same coin
It is right to say that ¡°RESURRECTION¡± feels like a well made movie. The minute detailed movements of the character doing the revenge, the script, the visual images, the cryptic symbolisms inside the ¡°RESURRECTION¡± world, they are all cast under the same perfect mold. Uhm Tae Woong¡¯s final end is decided when he follows his destiny, walking towards pre-arranged points. He follows the yellow path of inner conflict, confusion, hatred, mixed with emotional love. Positively speaking, in no way we can blame the character, but negatively speaking, this character could be so suffocating as if we were hurt by the tip of a needle. The character is presented to us with enough faults for us to call him abnormal (the same goes with the other characters in Resurrection). This can be the spell-bounding power of ¡°RESURRECTION.¡± The audiences who were getting irritated by watching dramas with overly idealistic characters, they may have been overjoyed in finding more realistic characters through this drama. Besides, learning the clues thrown towards the beginning of the drama, and the lineup of the different images one by one, these are things we could not find in Korean dramas before
In the later episodes, the strength of ¡°RESURRECTION¡± can become the reason one likes Resurrection, or they can also be the reason Resurrection becomes too overwhelming. Regardless of the quality, since even very well made movies divide the audiences. For although ¡°STAR WARS¡± is a great movie, for the audiences who feel overwhelmed by the world inside the STAR WARS they could care less if Ana and Padma are in love or not or who¡¯s whose abbi. They just don¡¯t like STAR WARS. And although ¡°THE LORD OF THE RINGS¡± was able to show a fantasy world with incredible visuals, and although Legolas was very handsome indeed, there are those who refused to watch this for the mere reason this is a fantasy movie. The same goes with ¡°RESURRECTION.¡± The fact that the audience had fun tasting the different dramas and choosing, that means the audiences were blessed. However, the drama ¡°RESURRECTION¡± was too molded into a special genre, it was hard from the beginning to become a nationally popular drama that could surpass the 50% rating. Like the two faces of the same coin, the strength of Resurrection became the cause of its downfall~ but so what? There are those genres that are pioneered, and then overturned, that eventually creates a new one. This kind of movement always start from the non-mainstream. This means that what the dramas that tasted the sweetness of going over the 50% rating (and those that tried to adjust to such a system) couldn¡¯t do, the 10% rating of ¡°RESURRECTION¡± has already started it.
@homodramaqs_dramamob.com
dramamob.mediamob.co.kr/Drama/DramaArticle/DramaArticleView.aspx?List=DramaArticleListAll&page=1&articlepkid=161>http://dramamob.mediamob.co.kr/Drama/Drama...articlepkid=161
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I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds..
This translation was made by Priscella
TRANSFERRED FROM SOOMPI
***Creidesca wrote:
Prisci, this would be a good starting place for translations of things related to Resurrection...it discusses the "symbols" within the drama:
dramamob.mediamob.co.kr/Drama/DramaArticle/DramaArticleView.aspx?List=DramaArticleListAll&page=1&articlepkid=161>http://dramamob.mediamob.co.kr/Drama/Drama...articlepkid=161
and here's a good article (in english) on Picasso's secret Guernica:
web.org.uk/picasso/secret_guernica.html>http://web.org.uk/picasso/secret_guernica.html
***My Answer:
Hi Creidesca... I finally got to do this... Wow! It was soooooo hard I'm sweating! :sweating: I feel like Park Heesoo, mumbling things I don't understand... :wacko: Some parts, I ain't sure if I'm right... just going with my gut feelings...
But at the same time, I was soooo excited translating this article. I keep on thinking of this drama, and after this article, I think I'm able to tell more WHY I love RESURRECTION soooo much! And whoever wrote this article must be a RESURRECTION PANIC too... although I did find the reporter made a few mistakes in terms of name (calling UTW Shinhyuk when it should be Ganghyuk...), which I only took the liberty of fixing it only once.... it's understandable why the mistake, right? It's so hard for us at times, to know how to call him... I also wanted to add... that in another article, it talked about how the word "die" also pointed to death... not just fate.
HIDDEN SYMBOLISMS AMONG THE IMAGES OF
¡°RESURRECTION¡±
*Translated by Priscilla
The viewers are starting to wonder~ Why is it that well made dramas do not get high rating? MBC ¡°LAWYERS¡± could not get pass the 10%, still fighting a lost battle, while for KBS ¡°RESURRECTION,¡± the rating may have doubled after the nationally popular drama ¡°MY NAME¡¯S KIM SAM SOOM¡± ended, but before this, the rating could not pass the 9% either. However, regardless of the low rating, presently these two dramas are the possessors, especially ¡°RESURRECTION,¡± of tremendous fan following. These fans are strong not just because they post a great number of writings at the public board. They re-watch their drama again and again, and they rehearse the plot, writing reviews, meeting at the internet board to discuss about the drama all day long. ¡°Tremendous fans¡± mean this type of loyal fans. These are a special type of viewers which rating itself could not measure, so it may be the wrong question to ask why the ratings are not higher. Rather, it would be better to divide the category of viewers and analyze those who like ¡°RESURRECTION¡± and those who do not¡¦ Personally, I believe what differentiates ¡°RESURRECTION¡± from other dramas are the hidden symbolisms.
1. Special Hidden Images and Symbolisms
The images presented in ¡°RESURRECTION¡± belong to a different category, not what we typically would call beautiful. The way those images are presented, are more like what we see in movies. The pictures or frames, the lighting, are not meant to pictorial beauty but rather they are used to reveal a truth within the story. The sketches in the drama are tools that hid symbolisms and metaphors to help decipher ¡°RESURRECTION,¡± or key words that make the viewers desire to solve the mystery.
Symbolism of Sky Blue: -The color theme of Resurrection is blue, a dark, ultra marine sky blue. At the beginning when we see Uhm Tae Woong in the small town, often surrounded by blue lights, it was not in order to point at the dead living or the after-life. The symbolism in ¡°RESURRECTION¡± of the sky blue~ which signifies truth, devotion, revelation, wisdom, loyalty, integrity, purity, prudence among others great virtues, such as contemplation or cool-headedness~ points to Uhm Tae Woong¡¯s Suh Ha-eun or Yoo Shin-hyuk¡¯s personalities and their destinies. The irony is that in the Mayan culture, sky blue signified ¡°enemies death.¡± (ChamCho~ World Culture Encyclopedia, Jean Cooper/ Lee Yoon-gi, Lee Ha Dong Il)
Truth, devotion, revelation, wisdom, contemplation, cool-headedness, prudence
Symbolism of Yellow: The place Uhm Tae Woong frequents a lot, or in the background lightings, there is the sky blue contrasted in yellow. The yellow color means two things. It points at the brightness of the sun, while at the same time it also means betrayal, rebellion, jealousy, ambition, greed, secrecy, defection, mistrust. Therefore, after officer Kim betrayed Shin-hyuk, there was the yellow when Shin-hyuk met officer Kim. Also in the scene where the ¡®hidden¡¯ evil, President of Mooreung Construction Company, was looking at Secretary Ahn, they were in a place were the sky blue was contrasted against yellow because of the symbolism of such colors. In addition, the scene where he was struggling over the Congressman¡¯s (who betrayed Uhm Tae Woong¡¯s father and who killed brother) fate, drinking alcohol, the yellow there pointed at their destiny or their present psychological estate.
When Yoo (Gang) hyuk meets the friend who betrayed him, Officer Kim
Conversation between Mooreung Company¡¯s president and Secretary Ahn...
While meeting reporter Lee Gang-joo, who is indeed his enemy¡¯s daughter
Congressman Lee Tae Joon, who betrayed his friend, and whose daughter is after that secret...
DIE- The set of dice which Yoo Shin-hyuk carried like marbles in his hands has deep significance. The throwing of the dice mean destiny, one that cannot be reversed, or it can mean change.
GUERNICA: The picture of Picasso¡¯s Guernica that is hanging in Yoo Shin-hyuk¡¯s room is shown quite often. Generally Guernica is understood to be a portrait of a tragedy in the Civil War in Spain, but as a cubic art, Picasso¡¯s images are open to many interpretation. The three women that appears in Guernica~ the woman that cradles a child and wails hysterically, the woman carrying a lamp, the woman that is running away from a burning house~ we can find these three women¡¯s emotions expressed inside the drama.
Shin-hyuk¡¯s room, painting of ¡°GUERNICA¡±
Yoo Shin-hyuk¡¯s mother, Lee-hwa, after mourning the lost of her son, her first born, she will eventually suffer the loss of her second son. She is the wailing woman holding the child. And Suh Eun-ha, who always believes Yoo Shin-hyuk will return to the ¡®lighthouse,¡¯ being a lighthouse herself, she¡¯s the woman holding a lamp. And reporter Lee Gang-joo, the woman who uncovers the secret that will destroy her father and her entire family, she is the woman escaping from the house that¡¯s on fire.
The Three Women inside GUERNICA
This is an arbitrary interpretation, there are many other possible interpretations beside these. Every picture hanging inside the main character¡¯s room, or each character of the drama are somehow connected with the story, which makes the drama ¡°RESURRECTION¡± all the more fun to watch. Moreover, it¡¯s very full of cryptic symbolism and images. This is the world of ¡°RESURRECTION,¡± where all the pre-arranged images are like a game of cross-words, that helps unveil the hidden crime. Negatively speaking, could it be that these metaphors and symbolisms make the generally straightforward audience to lose interest?
2. The opposite side of the same coin
It is right to say that ¡°RESURRECTION¡± feels like a well made movie. The minute detailed movements of the character doing the revenge, the script, the visual images, the cryptic symbolisms inside the ¡°RESURRECTION¡± world, they are all cast under the same perfect mold. Uhm Tae Woong¡¯s final end is decided when he follows his destiny, walking towards pre-arranged points. He follows the yellow path of inner conflict, confusion, hatred, mixed with emotional love. Positively speaking, in no way we can blame the character, but negatively speaking, this character could be so suffocating as if we were hurt by the tip of a needle. The character is presented to us with enough faults for us to call him abnormal (the same goes with the other characters in Resurrection). This can be the spell-bounding power of ¡°RESURRECTION.¡± The audiences who were getting irritated by watching dramas with overly idealistic characters, they may have been overjoyed in finding more realistic characters through this drama. Besides, learning the clues thrown towards the beginning of the drama, and the lineup of the different images one by one, these are things we could not find in Korean dramas before
In the later episodes, the strength of ¡°RESURRECTION¡± can become the reason one likes Resurrection, or they can also be the reason Resurrection becomes too overwhelming. Regardless of the quality, since even very well made movies divide the audiences. For although ¡°STAR WARS¡± is a great movie, for the audiences who feel overwhelmed by the world inside the STAR WARS they could care less if Ana and Padma are in love or not or who¡¯s whose abbi. They just don¡¯t like STAR WARS. And although ¡°THE LORD OF THE RINGS¡± was able to show a fantasy world with incredible visuals, and although Legolas was very handsome indeed, there are those who refused to watch this for the mere reason this is a fantasy movie. The same goes with ¡°RESURRECTION.¡± The fact that the audience had fun tasting the different dramas and choosing, that means the audiences were blessed. However, the drama ¡°RESURRECTION¡± was too molded into a special genre, it was hard from the beginning to become a nationally popular drama that could surpass the 50% rating. Like the two faces of the same coin, the strength of Resurrection became the cause of its downfall~ but so what? There are those genres that are pioneered, and then overturned, that eventually creates a new one. This kind of movement always start from the non-mainstream. This means that what the dramas that tasted the sweetness of going over the 50% rating (and those that tried to adjust to such a system) couldn¡¯t do, the 10% rating of ¡°RESURRECTION¡± has already started it.
@homodramaqs_dramamob.com
dramamob.mediamob.co.kr/Drama/DramaArticle/DramaArticleView.aspx?List=DramaArticleListAll&page=1&articlepkid=161>http://dramamob.mediamob.co.kr/Drama/Drama...articlepkid=161
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I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds..
