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Korean Actor Park's Retrospective Exhibition to be Held in New York

Did people ever figure out the truth about Charlie? We might not be able to tell you much about the truth but you can find out more about the actor Park Joong-hoon at his retrospective exhibition that will be held by the Jacob Burns Film Center in April hosted by Jonathan Demme.

The Jacob Burns Film Center is a nonprofit cultural arts center which held many retrospective exhibitions for famous film industry people like Woody Allen, Oliver Stone, Mary Louis Streep and Scarlet Johansson. The organization focuses on presenting the best of independent, documentary, and world cinema to promote visual literacy.

Park is a highly accomplished actor in South Korea and he is the first Korean actor to have a retrospective exhibition in the United States. He is passionate about the film industry and received an M.A. at New York University Graduate School -Education Theatre. He simultaneously studied the film industry as he pursued his career as an actor. Demme, director of the film "The Truth about Charlie" and official host of the exhibition, thought highly of Park and is taking the head in introducing Park to Hollywood.

Demme made flattering remarks like "Park is one of the best actor in Korea. What's more important is that he is one of the most attractive actors in the entire film industry". Demme is inviting many famous officials on Hollywood to show off Park's talent at the exhibition.

The exhibition, which will be held April 11th to 17th, will present six of Park's well known films including "The Truth about Charlie", "Radio Star", and "The Rule of the Game". There will also be time for the audience to converse with the actor, giving them a chance to get to know Park up close and personal. Park is not able to include a lot of films because he has such an extensive body of work but he feels that the six films varies in genre and will represent his ability as an actor very well, showing different sides of him.

"It is strange and I feel very shy when people say that I am the first Asian to have the retrospective exhibition. It's not like I entered a contest and won, it just happened and I am much honored to be able to do this", the modest Park stated at an interview.

Much attention is on Park as the scenario for the Hollywood project "Bibimbap" is also finished. "Bibimbap" is being coordinated by the Academy Award nominee "Little Miss Sunshine" producer Peter Saraf who is also supporting Park's exhibition. Park may feel overwhelmed by the sudden rush of attention but his passion for acting will conquer that.

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