"Why bring your child into a criminal transaction?"
Tag - Kim Min-hee
A nihilistic cinematic game of rock-paper-scissors with several bottles of soju.
The original premise of the book was to discuss all of Hong’s films by writing about just one of them
"Why live long? What's the point?"
"Why live long? What's the point?"
While Hong doesn't exactly venture into uncharted territory, he nonetheless manages to spin his usual preoccupations into some interesting new directions.
Continues Hong's established formal approach but it has rarely felt this vulnerable.
«Αν το μόνο που κάνει είναι να επαναλαμβάνεται, πως μπορεί να είναι ειλικρινής;»
A true triumph of both style and substance