122. Hong Sang-soo: Yourself and Yours

In this episode, we get into Ben’s favorite Hong film of all time, Yourself and Yours. If On The Beach At Night Alone is Hong’s first reflection on the scandalized reception to the reveal of his relationship with Kim Min-hee, Ben shares the theory that Yourself and Yours is secretly the one about its beginning.  In our discussion, we try to pin down Minjung’s slippery personas, pick apart the film’s dream sequences, define the qualities of Hong’s surrealist and yet mundane approach, and ask, what does it take to be a Hong film that believes in love? Links: Yourself and Yours segmentation (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h...) Inexplicable doppelganger list (https://boxd.it/gaDTY) Hong Sang-soo Notarized: Yourself and Yours (https://taipeimansions.com/2022/05/07...) Break a leg at our FREE patreon, discord server, and our socials @ www.deepcutpod.com (http://www.deepcutpod.com)   Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:00 Film Intro 04:05 General reactions 09:12 AFA Post screening discussion  11:45 Film context 15:20 Structure / segmentation 20:28 Doppelgangers and dreams 26:06 Perception of Mnjung 31:09 The ending 33:47 Context in Hong’s career 36:25 Ben’s favorite scene 40:15 Parallel characters and Hong-isms 46:00 Reflection on discussion 53:45 Outro