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Ojai Film Society Screening - Woman on the Beach
Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 4:30pm
Ojai Playhouse, 145 East Ojai Avenue, Ojai
Event Description
The Ojai Film Society screens the movie, Woman on the Beach.
South Korea 2006 (1 hr, 40 min) Not Rated
South Korean writer-director Hong Sangsoo belongs to a growing category of international filmmaker: the accomplished master whose work has been shown all over the world, but remains almost unknown in the U.S. Hong has been compared to Eric Rohmer, the French master of low-key, ordinary-life comedies. In this film, wrote Newsday, “Hong Sang-soo reinvents the contemporary battle-of-the-sexes comedy with a precision and confidence we haven’t seen since Eric Rohmer took out the patent.”
Nominated for three Asian Film Awards, the movie is a witty and universal portrayal of how we all get stymied by the impulses and options inherent in the simple acts of living. It begins with filmmaker Joong-rae who finds himself suffering from writer’s block and unable to finish his script. Looking to take a break, he pleads with his friend and production designer Chang-wook to join him on a trip to the west coast.
Chang-wook and his girlfriend Moonsook have already made plans, but eventually agree to join Joong-rae. The three set off to visit the cherry-blossom covered Shinduri Beach Resort. Not long after their arrival, Joong-rae and Moonsook are sneaking off for long walks on the strand. Already a fan of his films, Moonsook falls for Joong-rae’s advances and the two spend a heated night together. The story becomes more convoluted as Joongrae, unable to commit, parts with Moonsook and later succumbs to yet another romantic encounter.
Marvelously acted and memorably atmospheric, this serious-minded romantic comedy-drama beautifully captures the natural flow of ongoing conversation, with its inevitable pauses, quicksilver changes of direction and alterations of tone. This “immaculately constructed movie,” said the Village Voice, is “a rueful tale of karmic irony, self-deceived desire, squandered second chances, and unforeseen abandonment.”
Prices are: $8 - General admission $5 - Seniors 65+ $5 - Students (with ID) FREE - OFS sponsors
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