Film critic and Events Chair of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Ryan Swen joins us to discuss his Hong Sang-soo Deep Cut Pick, Hill of Freedom. Swen has had a huge hand in shaping our Hong series through his ongoing criticism project, Hong Sang-soo Notarized. We all take a look at the non-chronological narrative of Hong’s meditation on misogyny, Japan and Korea, and the unsurprising consequences of drinking too much.
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:40 Ryan Swen introduction
00:04:29 Hong Sang Soo Notarized Project
00:12:21 Hill of Freedom introduction and general reactions
00:21:29 Lost (and Found) in translation
00:27:21 Japan and Korea
00:32:53 Narrative structure
00:39:41 Mori and Misogyny
00:45:47 Hongisms
00:52:57 The ending
01:00:40 Actors
01:03:11 Outro