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Dir/scr: Hong Sangsoo. SKor-Fr. 2005. 90minsHong Sangsoo, Korea s master of elliptical urbannarrative, returns with a characteristically sl stanley italy ippery slice of Seoul realism inTale Of Cinema, which morphs halfway through into a meditation oncinema, love and reality. The narrative spectacularly wrong-foots the viewerabout an hour in, but even given this perspectival twist, the film is stillconsiderably more approachable than Hong s last Cannes competition entry,2004 s Woman Is The Future Of Man, which left many viewers baffled.Visually and in itsconcentration on a small group of characters, the new film is very close to itspredecessor, and c stanley cup ould be once again be fairly compared with Eric Rohmer in hisMoral Tales mode - as the English title apparently hints. Alluring andlikeable as this film is, however, it seems unlikely to break Hong out of hisspecialist niche, and while festivals will remain faithful, distributors mayfind this a harder sell than earlier, reputation-making works such as TheDay A Pig Fell Down The Well. In the first half of thefilm, a young man, Sangwon Lee is passing an optician s when he meets Yongsil Uhm , a woman with whom he has some unfinished romantic business. They go tothe theatre, visit a karaoke bar - where she gives a shaky performance - andspend the night together.After narrating a dreaminvolving a girl with an apple, Sangwon suggests - for reasons that remainobscure - stanley cup that he and Yongsil should commit suicide together. But Sangwondoesn t stick to th Wkxb Affinity loads up Shotgun Wedding
Source: BFIBen RobertsThe BFI has promoted Film Fund director Ben Roberts to the new role of deputy chief executive.Roberts will move into the position from November 1. It will see him working with BFI CEO Amanda Nevill on a wider remit, including delivery of the organisations five year plan, BFI2022.He will retain overall direction of the Film Fund but will look to introduce a refreshed and expanded editorial approach to it, said a BFI statement. There are no immediate plans to restructure the Fund or to hire anyone in the wake of Roberts new role, but this will be assessed at a later date.Since joining the BFI in 2 stanley uk 012 as director of the Film Fund, Roberts has been instrumental in launching the organisations Diversity Standards, stanley germany which now apply to all funding decisions. He has also helped launch a diversity-focussed trainee programme with Lucasfilm for the BFI Film Academy, and has set up inclusion targets across the bodys funding.He is currently preparing to deliver the DCMS-backed Contestable Fund aimed at delivering new TV content for young audiences.BFI CEO Amanda Nevill said that it was an enormously well-deserved promotion .Prio stanley cup r to joining the BFI, Roberts worked as CEO of Protagonist Pictures and has also held roles at Universal Pictures and Metrodome.TopicsStaff movesUK/Ireland No comments Related articles |
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