Deep Cut partners with Asian Film Archive which is presenting Twin Tales: Éric Rohmer and Hong Sang-soo, a special programme featuring six pairings of films by French New Wave director Éric Rohmer and prolific Korean filmmaker Hong Sang-soo. Buy tickets here!
We’ve teased this for YEARS! And it’s finally here. The DC Trio break the ice by introducing notorious Korean director Hong Sang-soo to the canon by talking about a 2006 deep cut, Woman on the Beach. We talk about the pairing with Rohmer’s The Green Ray (our ep. 24), discuss why this feels odd in Hong’s filmography, and debate on what shape this movie looks like. Join us for a lively first foray into the work of Hong Sang-soo.
Links:
Film at Lincoln Center: Hong Sangsoo on Woman on the Beach
The New Yorker: Hong Interview with Dennis Lim
Hong Sang-soo Notarized: Woman on the Beach by Ryan Swen
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:13 Twin Tales: Hong x Rohmer
00:05:00 Our journeys with Hong
00:15:34 Hong Sang-soo Overview
00:24:02 Woman on the Beach Summary and Reactions
00:31:40 Notarized Hong
00:34:03 Whose story is this?
00:41:31 Men vs Women
00:43:09 Some scenes
00:45:06 Characterizations
00:47:28 Comparison with The Green Ray, and others
00:54:38 Cinematography
00:57:21 Diagrams
01:00:54 Restaurant scene
01:02:32 Triangulation
01:05:58 The Ending
01:10:36 Outro