Rent Woman is the Future of Man / Tale of Cinema (2005)
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2h 57min
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- Synopsis:
This collection brings together 'Women is the Future of Man' and 'Tale of Cinema', the fifth and sixth films by Hong Sangsoo, the masterful South Korean filmmaker who has been favourably compared to that great French observer of human foibles, Eric Rohmer.
Woman is the Future of Man (2004)
Movie tells of two long-time friends, a filmmaker (Kim Taewoo) and a teacher (Yoo Jitae), who have had an affair with the same woman (Sung Hyunah). The friends decide to meet the girl one more time and see what happens...
Tale of Cinema (2005)'Tale of Cinema' uses the trope of a film within a film to tell two stories, that of a depressive young man (Lee Kiwoo) who forms a suicide pact with a friend (Uhm Jiwon); and the tale of a filmmaker (Kim Sangkyung) who sees see a film that he believes was based on his life, and who meets the actress from the film with view to turning their onscreen relationship into reality. - Actors:
- Ji-tae Yu, Tae-woo Kim, Hyeon-a Seong, Ho-jung Kim, Yun-beom Bae, Su-Jeong Eom, Seung-chae Lee, Dal-su Oh, Sang-kyung Kim, Ji-won Uhm, Ki-woo Lee, Kyung-jin Lee, Myoeng-su Kim, Han-chul Jo, Seung-ah Lee, Moo-Seong Choi, Bo-Kwang Choi, Joong-hyeon Bang, Seong-Yong Kye, Moonsu Bang
- Directors:
- Sang-soo Hong
- Producers:
- Lee Hanna, Marin Karmitz, Han-na Lee
- Voiced By:
- Ho-jung Kim
- Writers:
- Sang-soo Hong
- Aka:
- Yeojaneun namjaui miraeda / Geuk jang jeon
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- New waves of Korean Cinema, What to watch by country
- Countries:
- Korea
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 16/07/2018
- Run Time:
- 177 minutes
- Languages:
- Korean Dolby Digital 2.0, Korean DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Newly filmed introductions to both films by Asian cinema expert Tony Rayns
- Introduction to 'Woman Is the Future of Man' by director Martin Scorsese
- The Making of 'Woman Is the Future of Man', a featurette on the film's production
- Interviews with Kim Taewoo, Sung Hyunah and Yoo Jitae, the stars of 'Woman Is the Future of Man'
- Interviews with Kim Sangkyung, Lee Kiwoo and Uhm Jiwon, the stars of Tale of Cinema
- Original Trailers
- Stills Gallery
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Reviews (1) of Woman is the Future of Man / Tale of Cinema
Circling the Past - Woman is the Future of Man / Tale of Cinema review by griggs
Two old friends bump into each other, get drunk, and decide to look for an ex, like she's a lost phone charger. That's the plot on paper. What actually makes it interesting is the thing neither of them says out loud — Munho slept with her while Hunjoon was away, and Hunjoon still doesn't know.
Munho teaches art and drinks like it's part of the job. Hunjoon's just back from film school in America, quietly pleased with himself. Between them sits Sunhwa, a woman they've each built a version of, and I don't think either version does her many favours.
What works is how flat the film stays on purpose. It never gets close to Sunhwa's inner life, and that's not laziness — these two have always treated her as an idea rather than a person, and the film just goes along with it.
The trouble is it runs slow, and the repetition tips into padding once or twice. By the time Hunjoon finds out and storms off, it barely registers as a twist. Nobody here was ever thinking about the future. They're circling the past, hoping it'll pay them back.
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