대구 경북 지역의 영화 배급사 연구

Abstract

The study on the local film history has been an excluded field in the study on the Korean film history. Moreover, the ‘indirect distribution system by regions’, so-called ‘pre-sale’, has been kept for a long time, so the study on the film distribution or distribution history in Korean film industry which should have dealt the ‘region’ importantly has always discussed around the ‘film production companies in Seoul’ than the ‘region’. As a part of its goal for reconsidering the study on the film distribution or distribution history in Korean film industry which has been discussed around the ‘film production companies in Seoul’, this paper investigated the change process of film distribution composition in ‘Daegu-Gyeongbuk region’ from the late 1950s when the indirect distribution system was started after the film’s commercial blocks by region had been divided into 6 areas to 2000s when it was replaced by the direct distribution system with the opening of Korean film market and the start of multiplex cinema age. For this study, I carried out some interviews toward distributors and cinema staff who have worked in Daegu-Gyeongbuk region from the past until now. These interviewees’ testimonies could correct the distorted or ignored ‘local’ filmmakers’ activities and fill the gap of ‘local’ film history which has been emptied.