Looks like Woman on the Beach is getting re-released in "virtual cinemas" next Friday. Maybe a new disc on the way? I was able to snag a library copy off eBay, it's one of his best, glad it'll be widely available soon.
― flappy bird, Saturday, 13 June 2020 20:18 (three years ago) link
these films make me think of lydia davis more than anything else
― plax (ico), Friday, 6 August 2021 05:48 (two years ago) link
I cried watching The Woman Who Ran.
He's got another out now.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 10 May 2022 14:37 (one year ago) link
Apparently I just missed my chance to see it at MSPIFF. I regretfully hadn't paid attention this year, which is clearly as much the year of Hong Sangsoo as last year was the year of Ryusuke Hamaguchi.
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Tuesday, 10 May 2022 14:46 (one year ago) link
Clarification: Missed my chance to see the newer one, In Front of Your Face.
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Tuesday, 10 May 2022 14:47 (one year ago) link
The National Museum of Asian Art (formerly known as the Freer Gallery) has resumed in-person screenings with its annual Korean Film Festival (https://asia.si.edu/events-overview/films/). The programming will include In Front of Your Face and Introduction.
Tickets are free but you have to register online. Is anyone else going to any of these screenings?
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Thursday, 9 June 2022 14:21 (one year ago) link
I dunno...I'm beginning to think quantity has begun to outweigh quality.
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Sunday, 12 June 2022 22:14 (one year ago) link
Bunch of stuff on MUBI USA, some leaving soon.
― The Crazy World of Encyclopedia Brown (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 June 2022 23:19 (one year ago) link
don't know which are leaving, but think Right Now, Wrong Then and On the Beach At Night Alone are both great
― Dan S, Sunday, 12 June 2022 23:44 (one year ago) link
Hills of Freedom leaving tomorrow, Woman on the Beach leaving later in the week.
― The Crazy World of Encyclopedia Brown (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 June 2022 23:52 (one year ago) link
FInished WotB. Still processing but was intrigued. Wonder which one I will watch next. Wonder if Morbius wrote anything long form about it.
― Ride into the Sunship (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 24 June 2022 17:05 (one year ago) link
I’ve got my eye on The Woman Who Ran.
― Ride into the Sunship (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 24 June 2022 17:50 (one year ago) link
Well, you know what I think.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 24 June 2022 17:53 (one year ago) link
actually, see them all
they are all interesting
you should watch The Day He Arrives (2011) and Right Now, Wrong Then (2015)
in retrospect On the Beach Alone at Night (2017) is still stuck in my mind, it was surreal in a way that was different for him
― Dan S, Saturday, 25 June 2022 01:01 (one year ago) link
(On the Beach At Night Alone)
― Dan S, Saturday, 25 June 2022 01:05 (one year ago) link
I think there is a film that he wrote and directed in which a woman says that she has had an abortion X times for the male protagonist. Why does the expression of affection (platonic or not) among Koreans seem so unnatural to me (horrible awful stereotype) and why is this comment made so casually in this film (as an indication of what)?
― youn, Monday, 27 June 2022 21:30 (one year ago) link
If I only have time to watch one of the two about to leave MUBI, those being VIRGIN STRIPPED BARE BY HER BACHELORS and THE POWER OF KANGWON PROVINCE, which is preferable?
― Huey “Piano” Smithers-Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 26 February 2023 00:36 (one year ago) link
The Power of Kangwon Province
― cakelou, Sunday, 26 February 2023 08:45 (one year ago) link
Yes. Kangwon Province by a mile.
― Cherish, Sunday, 26 February 2023 13:15 (one year ago) link
Just saw In Front of Your Face, my first foray into this guys work. It sure helps to be a Rohmer fan.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 1 March 2023 22:13 (one year ago) link