An extensive new series at Film at Lincoln Center showcases very nearly everything the prolific director Hong Sang-soo has made, arranged in a series of shifting double features.
Uhm Ji-won in 'Tale of Cinema,' part of 'The Hong Sangsoo Multiverse' and subject of a new book by Dennis Lim.Uhm Ji-won in 'Tale of Cinema,' part of 'The Hong Sangsoo Multiverse' and subject of a new book by Dennis Lim.South Korean film director Hong Sang-soo has accumulated a passionate following among New York film buffs over the past few decades with his intimately scaled, structurally slippery films about men and women trying and often failing to connect.
They all revolve around relationships, romantic complication, the difficulties of men and women trying to get together, failing to get together. Alcohol plays a big role. They're films that tend to be focused on some of the mundane in-between moments of life. But there's something, I would say, kind of addictive about Hong's work, in that if you tune into his wavelength, I think chances are you will keep coming back for more.
Well, I think this is also key to the appeal of Hong, the myth of Hong. He goes into production without a script. He starts with the bare minimum: he knows where he's going to shoot, and he knows who he's going to work with. But he writes the scenes that he will shoot every morning of the production. He writes them on the spot, and then gives his actors their lines and shoots them.
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