Reason why the movie “Crash” about the Itaewon crowd accident will not be released in South Korea = South Korean report

A documentary film called ``Crush'' about a crowd accident in Itaewon has been released in the United States. However, there is no official distribution contract in South Korea.
It is not possible to watch it in Korea. On the 17th, online video service Paramount Plus released the two-part documentary film ``Crash.'' "Crash" in 2017
Directed by Jeff Zimbalist, who directed the documentary film ``11 Minutes'' about the Las Vegas shooting in 2017, the project will be directed by CBS affiliate See It Now.
・Produced by the studio. The movie ``Crash'' is about a mass traffic accident that crushed 159 people to death on a street in Itaewon on October 29, 2022. Many young people enjoy Halloween
They gathered in Itaewon to mourn and are praised for vividly depicting the tragic situation that led to the worst human accident in history. The documentary includes phone calls and security cameras from survivors who were at the scene at the time of the accident.
A total of 1,500 hours of footage is compiled, including footage of La. The work depicts a rescue worker at the scene of an accident shouting, ``Those who give up must give up and save those who can be saved.''
is also included. Director Jeff Zimbalist said in an interview with Britain's Guardian newspaper, ``South Korea has a lot of experience in controlling large crowds, especially after the Sewol Ferry disaster in 2014 and the
"We need to examine why the 2022 Itaewon crowd accident was an exception," he said, adding, "These two tragedies have one thing in common: the majority of participants and victims were young people." talked.
However, even though the movie ``Crash'' is about an accident in Korea, there is no way to watch it in Korea. The production company has a distribution agreement only with Paramount Plus USA.
It's for the purpose of In South Korea, Teabing streams some of Paramount's films, but there are no plans to air the movie ``Crash.''
One industry source said, ``For foreign works that are aired in Korea, distribution contracts are concluded for each work.
It is supposed to be. Usually, a contract is made the previous year for a work to be aired the following year, so it would be difficult to watch it right away."
"I can't do that," he explains.