- Han Kiju, a pulp fiction writer, needs to write a new best seller every month for his publishing house. Still reeling from his youth experience as a volunteer infantryman in the South Korean Army's highly decorated White Horse Division, which fought alongside American troops in Vietnam, Han suffers a textbook case of Vietnam syndrome. The burdens of guilt and alienation make his private life b
Includes the film "R2PC: Road to Park City" and the book "How to Shoot a Feature Film for Under $10,000--and Not Go to Jail" "R2PC: Road to Park City" - When naive first-time filmmaker John Viener discovers everyone and their brother is making a film, he decides that he too can be the next Steven Spielberg. He sets out to make a film that will win at Sundance. In a stylized fashion, the film follows John's pilgrimage from New York and shows how he overcomes the bumps in the road to Park City. "How to Sh! oot a Feature Film for Under $10.000--and Not Go to Jail" - Anything you ever needed to know about indie filmmaking, preproduction, the shoot, post production and distribution accompanied by 10.000 helpful hints and indispensable learnings-by-mistake by Bret Stern. Han Kiju, a pulp fiction writer, needs to write a new best seller every month for his publishing house. Still reeling from his youth experience as a volunteer infantryman in the South Korean Army's highly decorated White Horse Division, which fought alongside American troops in Vietnam, Han suffers a textbook case of Vietnam syndrome. The burdens of guilt and alienation make his private life barren and constantly sabotages his career and marriage.
Using flashbacks to the combat fields of Vietnam the film depicts, in a graphic way, how Han and his frontline infantry experienced the war uniquely as Asians yet felt the same nightmare of fear and meaningless sacrifice as their American counterparts.
Whi! le Sgt. Han's platoon is being decimated by an unseen Viet Con! g enemy during a long range reconnaissance mission behind enemy lines, one of his fellow soldiers slips into insanity causing untold carnage and death. A reunion with this man forces Han to confront the past and the most painful events of his life.
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