Yes… UK cineastes, and especially Korean film lovers are being spoilt this Summer & Autumn – we have 3 titles which have been, or are about to be screened in cinemas and/or film festivals in the UK (namely “Colony”, “Possible Love” and “Hope”).
Na Hong-jin’s latest film, “HOPE (호프)” intrigued me before I recently witnessed it in England. After all, I was not alone in rating highly his 3 previous feature films, those being “The Chaser”, “The Yellow Sea” and “The Wailing” – in fact, not only have I met and/or interviews stars from some of his films, but there’s at least one review here – from about 17 years ago (!!!) – on my MMM website: https://miniminimovie.com/2011/10/13/the-yellow-sea/
The thing is… Even from the poster and from the particular trailer I saw, I wasn’t even sure this would be anything ‘new’ or simply not the type of film I’d enjoy. Being a filmmaker myself I value originality and real creativity over anything else…
That said, the film techniques and indeed sequences in this film did somewhat blow me away, yet there were other factors [like the 20-year-old, slightly shonky ‘The Host’-like effects, at times] which didn’t sit well with me.
This episode is a crossover episode, between Jason Verney’s “F.L.I.C.K.S.” and/vs “Not So Korean Podcast“.
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