What do Inception, Tim Robinson, Luis Buñuel, Woody Allen, and Chantal Akerman have in common? They all get compared to Hong Sang-soo’s On the Beach at Night Alone in this episode of Deep Cut! Listen on as we unpack the movie that’s loosely about Hong’s and Kim Min-hee’s career-changing relationship, digest more awkward dinner scenes, and discuss the merits of going to the beach in the winter.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:31 General reactions
08:00 Context / Hong+Kim relationship
14:32 SG public opinion survey
18:04 Hong Sang-soo's 'Inception'
20:08 Hong Sang-soo / Tim Robinson
21:43 Hong / Buñuel
25:45 Hong not planning era
27:17 Ryan Swen Notarized and dinner scene
33:16 What to do with this movie?
38:13 Hong's Chantal Akerman
41:10 Hong as Woody Allen 😬
43:35 Shape of this film
46:43 Outro