The first Hong Sang-soo I watched was "Night by the Sea Alone". After that, I fell in love with this old man deeply, even though this is more like Hong Sang-soo's defense and declaration of his strong love for Kim Min-hee, the previous works have faded. All the rich and colorful mechanical calculations, the confusing and changeable forms and structures, not so Hong Shangxiu's works, even if they are simply told in a linear narrative and the chapters are flat and smooth, I also like this full of love and love. Sad story. The story is not like a story. It seems to be Hong Sangxiu's muttering to Jin Minxi, his apologies that he can't get tired of expressing his love occasionally and his dissatisfaction with the world. The temperament of the whole film is so hot. desolate.
As for morality, it is just a meaning passed down from generation to generation, and it has become a rule over time. Most people take these morals as a guide. Obviously, Hong Sang-soo doesn't take it seriously. Otherwise, how could there be such an interesting intertext between reality and this movie? Married Hong Sang-soo started dating Kim Min-hee after "Right Now" Mouth and pen. In the traditional male society, women have become the main target of attack, so she wants to avoid the cusp of this storm, and walks, walks, and wanders away.
The story of the first chapter of "On the Beach Alone at Night" takes place abroad. Young-hee (played by Kim Min-hee) lives a leisurely life with her friends, without the trouble of gossip. Despite this, Young-hee still lives in a haze and has been waiting. With the beloved person giving him a reply, the second director repeatedly shied away and made the return period long and endless. Whether it's making a piety request before crossing the bridge, or repeatedly saying "I am hungry", or being at a loss and not knowing where to look, the eyes all reflect the subtlety of this unfinished love. (Kim Min-hee won the Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival for this film, I think she deserves it.) Just walking on the seaside abroad in a trance, waiting for friends to walk away, listening to the sound of the waves, Lying on the beach alone, at night, missing him.
The second chapter goes back to Korea, reunites with old friends, starts life again, as if everything is over, Young Hee feels as if she no longer needs a man, what is love? Love is the mutual response between the caller and the callee. It is a greeting that is not more than a second, not less than a second. It seems that few people are qualified to be loved, because they all succumb to life and dare not give up. Love is Those who need sacrifice, since there is no way to sacrifice, then I don’t like it, I don’t need love, I don’t need it at all... It’s good to think about comforting myself like this, Yingxi seems to have gradually learned to deceive herself like this. , After being drunk, indifferently indifferent, questioning the qualifications of love and being loved to friends, why do you need love? Stumbled along the beach for a walk, fell asleep accidentally, and lay on the beach again...
Young-hee had a dream in which she dreamed that the director found herself, and read to her a passage from Chekhov's "About Love": "How unnecessary, how insignificant, and how false all those things that prevent us from loving each other. "After waking up quietly, I found that love was still lingering in my heart, and it was still the night alone at the seaside, quietly missing.
This time, Hong Sangxiu reduced complexity to simplicity, still with fixed camera positions, push-pull cameras, and melodious minor-key soundtrack, very affectionately telling such a story of love and morality that led to spiritual dilemma. Movies are both a dream machine and the best way to approach life. This time it became blurred, like having a long, long dream, and then suddenly woke up...
"The wind is blowing, I miss the beautiful you, are you living well? Can you see my heart? Do you know why I live with this feeling?"
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