Clocking just over an hour, The Day After tells an illicit love affair of a small time book publisher and his mousy employee from the point of view of a new employee named Arum (beauty in Korean, played by Hong's muse Kim Minhee). Arum gets tangled up in the publisher's messy life on her first day on the job, when she gets assaulted by his suspecting wife. As always in Hong fashion, The Day After is shot unremarkable and is in ugly black and white. Don't matter, it's still great human comedy about fickle relationships. Not as angry as Alone on the Beach, but just as confessional, Hong makes a case for how hurtful affairs can be. When you are in love nothing really matters- you will sacrifice everything including a stranger who just happens to be there. Love can be a very selfish and ugly thing. It's sad, funny & poignant all the same. Grown to love Hong's naturalism. There is no movie phoniness or over the top self-reflexiveness in his work. #hongsangsoo #thedayafter #kimminhee

What I appreciate about #Hongsangsoo is not only his steadfast consistency in traipsing the stickiness of the human relationship but also his complete disregard for what he deemed unnecessary bullshit - namely excessive title sequence, dramatic music or coverage (hence the excessive used of funny, automated zooms). #RightNowWrongThen also doesn't really care much about the conventions of a do over/what if romantic comedy. The first take isn't an earth shattering catastrophe or anything and completely plausible as much as second scenario which is obviously more desirable. He plays with the notion of the games we play and certain inhibitions in our society on different occasions. It's also a delight to see reversing those roles fueled by alcohol. His jab at film critics and how to behave in front of them were also telling. All in all, the film is yet another great comedy from prolific Hong who continues building a great, unique body of work. #hongsangsoo #KimMinhee #koreancinema

I was looking at Hong's films all wrong. As I see more of his, I realize that I don't need to compare him to anyone who might or might not have influenced him. His is very much his own and original. He has a sense of humor about portraying human vagaries. He's playful in his own small way & puts much trusts in his actors. Unlike the title, Young hee doesn't end up on the beach at night. It's daytime, dusk at best. Love and break up is a painful business. Hong shows how it is under the scrutinizing eyes of the public, physically manifested here as a stranger in jarring surrealist moments - first in Hamburg, asking Young hee what time it is, then as a window washer in the second one. They are minor characters, but they are widely visible, but soundly being avoided and ignored yet their presence felt. For a Hong film, even though it has many funny moments, the over all mood of On the Beach is bitter and sad. #onthebeachatnightalone #hongsangsoo #KimMinhee

In Hong's latest, The Novelist's Film, the conversations revolve around a period of creative stagnation among artists. It unfolds how chance meetings could break such a dry spell & give everyone involved a new direction. So goes another meta auto fiction of Hong as he reveals sliver of his filmmaking process - 'compulsion' to make films in the director's earlier days are gone. But inspirations can't be forced - life always provides them in unexpected ways. #HongSangsoo #KimMinhee #LeeHaeyoung

“Let’s get rid of all men and love each other.” - On the Beach at Night Alone (2017) - Hong Sangsoo
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Heute Mo. 19.12. 20:30 Uhr
DIE FRAU, DIE RANNTE von Hong Sangsoo im Filmmuseum
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