Thanks to jsjirn over at the discussion forums at Darcy Paquet's Koreanfilm.org for pointing the way to the online video of the fully restored print of Kim Ki-young's masterpiece The Housemaid. Forum member kyunghk, who served as one of the producers on the restoration project, says that Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Foundation has a deal with Criterion, and that a shiny disc might be at our doorsteps within a year. Could this mean a Blu ray is in the works for one of the finest creations by one of Korean cinema's most transgressive filmmakers? The online streaming is hosted by The Auteurs.
[Korean Film News] Fully-Restored Print of Kim Ki-young's 'The Housemaid' Now Available Online