121. Hong Sang-soo: On the Beach At Night Alone

What do Inception, Tim Robinson, Luis Buñuel, Woody Allen, and Chantal Akerman have in common? They all get compared to Hong Sang-soo’s On the Beach at Night Alone in this episode of Deep Cut! Listen on as we unpack the movie that’s loosely about Hong’s and Kim Min-hee’s career-changing relationship, digest more awkward dinner scenes, and discuss the merits of going to the beach in the winter.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

02:31 General reactions

08:00 Context / Hong+Kim relationship

14:32 SG public opinion survey

18:04 Hong Sang-soo's 'Inception'

20:08 Hong Sang-soo / Tim Robinson

21:43 Hong / Buñuel

25:45 Hong not planning era

27:17 Ryan Swen Notarized and dinner scene

33:16 What to do with this movie?

38:13 Hong's Chantal Akerman

41:10 Hong as Woody Allen 😬 

43:35 Shape of this film

46:43 Outro