| Woman on The Beach | 
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Category: DVD
Actor: Hyun-jung Go
Director: Hong Sang-soo
Publisher: New Yorker Video
Studio: New Yorker Video
Manufacturer: New Yorker Video
Label: New Yorker Video
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Letterboxed, Ntsc
Languages: English (Subtitled), Korean (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD
Running Time: 127 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 717119112141
EAN: 0717119112141
ASIN: B001DDBDCW
Release Date: December 30, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
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Product Description
Filmmaker Joong-rae, suffering from writer's block, takes a trip to the coast with his production designer Chang-wook, who brings along the vivacious Moon-sook. Soon after their arrival, Moon-sook falls for Joong-rae's advances; however, the fickle hero can't commit and he awkwardly parts with her. What had been a sardonic Jules and Jim turns into a burlesque Vertigo when Joong-rae returns to the coastal resort and attempts to recreate the original romance with a woman who resembles Moon-sook, until his jilted lover shows up... Deemed by many critics to be Hong Sang-soo's most sheerly enjoyable and satisfying film, Woman on the Beach satirizes the misalignment of art and life, as the mysteries of the heart and the mysteries of artistic creation collide in ways that are both ironic and affecting.Special Features:
- Making of Woman on the Beach
- Interviews with cinematographer Kim Hyung-koo and composer Jeong Yong-jin
- Theatrical Trailer
- Scene Selections
- Dolby Digital 5.1
- Enhanced for 16x9 TVs
- Optional English Subtitles "Incredibly captivating... a gifted filmmaker, a smart and funny script, and capable actors fuse into one perfect cinematic experience that leaves the viewer in a state of bliss. Charming and delightful." Rudy Joggerst, REEL.COM "Beatiful, drily funny.... Hong's best. Grade: A." Lisa Schwarzbaum, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY "A dazzlingly astute reading of male-female relationships." Scott Foundas, LA WEEKLY "Exhilarating! Profoundly rewarding." Aaron Hillis, PREMIERE "A deadpan, melancholy erotic comedy...like mid-period Woody Allen." J. Hoberman, THE VILLAGE VOICE
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Sharp Satire on the Making and Breaking of Romantic Couples. January 8, 2009
Writer and director Hong Sang-soo has created an insightful comedy of romantic relationships in "Woman on the Beach", an equal opportunity mockery of the neuroses, pretensions, and desires of men, women, and even filmmakers. Kim Jung-rae (Kim Seung-woo) is a South Korean film director from Seoul. He's having trouble finishing his latest script, so he imposes upon friend and fellow writer Won Chang-wook (Kim Tae-woo) to accompany him to the seaside resort town of Shinduri, where he hopes to be inspired. Feeling put-upon, Chang-wook insists on bringing his girlfriend Kim Moon-sook (Go Hyun-jung) along. Director Kim is immediately taken with her and takes every opportunity to come between the couple. Moon-sook seems to prefer the director to her more down-to-earth companion, as well.
"Woman on the Beach" always plays it straight: Moon-sook's sassiness, director Kim's bumbling attempts at flattery, his pretentious film, his self-conscious intolerance, Chang-wook's posturing. The first half of the film pits one savvy and manipulative woman against two male egos who fight over her, probably because they have nothing better to do. It's hilarious. This trio speaks bluntly, and they always do and say the unexpected. The second half of the film didn't work as well for me, because the tone is difficult to express in subtitles. Once there is nothing to keep Director Kim and Moon-sook apart, their neuroses take over, of course. Without being able to understand how the actors are expressing themselves, it looks like either straight drama or parody. It is undoubtedly intended to be parody, and the situations are still funny, but the dialogue isn't effective in subtitles. I enjoyed the smart, straight-faced satire, though, and I'm sure "Woman on the Beach" is even better if you understand Korean.
The DVD (New Yorker 2008): "Making-of" (16 min) is behind-the-scenes footage, including some brief interviews with director and cast. "Interview: Cinematographer Kim Hyung-Koo" (6 min) interviews the DP about the director's style, long takes, the static camera, and the beach location. "Interview: Music Director Jeong Yong-jin" (7 min) interviews the film's composer about working with director Hong Sang-soo, the tone of the music for this film, and the progression of his music through various films. There is a theatrical trailer (2 min). The film and bonus features are in Korean with optional English subtitles.
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