(aka "Keuk jang jeon" )
directed
by Hong Sang-soo
South Korea 2005
One of the greatest new talents working today, the films of
South Korean filmmaker Hong Sang-soo are essentially non-existent for American
audiences. Not one of his six remarkable features have secured US
distribution, and if it were not for confident festival programmers and the
freedom granted us by owning an all region DVD player, these films would
continue to remain as hard to see as they are great.
Hong’s latest film, a last minute entry at this year’s Cannes Film Festival,
takes on the structure of a film-within-a-film as it tells the story of two
hopeless romantics who fall in love with the same woman. The less you know
about the film’s structure the better, suffice to say that it’s a magical way
for Hong to deal with his familiar theme of the romantic triangle. As is
typical of a Hong film, a great amount of time is spent watching these people
drink booze as they converse about love and life. It’s no surprise that Hong’s
films have often been compared to the work of Eric Rohmer in their handling of
talk heavy adult infatuation, however there is an underlying theme of
alienation and a focus on history and memory in all of his works that places
his films closer to Antonioni and Resnais in my book. Unique to this film, is
a distinctive abandonment of Hong’s typical stationary camera for one that
frequently zooms to convey emotion, an interesting device that serves as a
stepping-stone into unlocking the wonders that this film has to offer. After all, a
“tale of cinema” can only be told in the language of cinema, as perfect a case
as ever for life imitating art. 
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Theatrical Release: May 19th, 2005 Cannes Film Festival (In Competition)
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DVD Review: Woo Sung DVD (Korean release) - Region 3 - NTSC
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| Runtime | 1.29.15 | |
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| Subtitles | Korean, English, None | |
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Release Information: Studio: Woo Sung DVD Aspect Ratio:
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The Korean
DVD releases of Hong's films are usually all we ever get, so love it or
hate it, this will more than likely be the only way you will ever get to
see this film. Fortunately here, we have an above average DVD. There is
slight combing evident in some of the earlier outdoor sequences,
indicating a non-progressive transfer, but for the most part the image is
crisp and finely presented. The subtitles and audio are both high quality, placing this in the upper tier for R3 DVD’s in both categories. The special features include a commentary by 2 Korean film critics (unsubtitled unfortunately) and interviews with each of the three principal leads (also unsubtitled).  out of
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