Hong Sangsoo retrospective at the Munich Film Museum

Scene from the Tale of Hong Sangsoo film CinemaVom 23.03. 04/15/2012 to show the Munich Film Museum, a complete retrospective of the South Korean director Hong Sangsoo: Thirteen programs with twelve feature films, an episode and a short film. The self-confessed fan of Hong Rudolf Thome is from 06.04. to 9:04:12 in the film museum visits and is chaired by a clock at 21:00 in a film by Hong. At 18:30 the clock will alternate between the Filmmuseum Thome films "The Red Room" (2010) and "Into the Blue" (2012), with Vadim Glowna in his last starring role.

Hong Sangsoo (born in 1960 in Seoul) is with its subtle, intellectual films as a way of "Woody Allen of South Korea." Hong studied in California and in Chicago and spent several months at the Cinémathèque in Paris. His films often deal with the fear of death and occupational failure, of self-pity and neurotic relationships. In the repetition and serial Abwandelung his characters and stories he's like the Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu, on closer inspection, however, can detect a very subtle director. In all his works there are similar characters, and often nearly identical locations, there ensues a loosely woven juxtaposition of tragic and comic scenes.

At festivals and with critics such as Hong's films are "stripped bare by her Bachelors Virgin" (2000) and "Hahaha" (2010) is very popular at the South Korean audience rather limited success. In contrast, European countries, especially in France, they are perceived more strongly than in Hong's home. The films in the retrospective will be shown in the original Korean version with English subtitles.

All titles and dates of the film series, see the program of the Film Museum.

Also visit the Hong Sangsoo retrospective 23.03. until 04.15.2012 at the Film Museum in Munich. The team from Munich Blog wishes much fun.