Comments on: LIKE YOU KNOW IT ALL. Cannes Review. http://blog.spout.com/2009/05/18/like-you-know-it-all-cannes-review/ Daily coverage of what is truly interesting in the film world Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:20:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Joon Park http://blog.spout.com/2009/05/18/like-you-know-it-all-cannes-review/#comment-132660 Joon Park Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:03:46 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=14327#comment-132660 As a person who watched most of Hong's movies, I find that there are few changes of characters' personality. Especially, this one (Know It) seems too much like a squeal (or at least a side-story) to "Woman on the Beach." The director's choice of using the same female leading role (Ko) hints that this similarity maybe intentional. Even the leading male characters of the two movies seems like a portrait of a same person - the director himself. Seems to me, he's playing different chess games over and over but the pieces remains essentially the same. Writer Haruki also does it in his stories. Heck, even Haruki's and Hong's creations are too similar to each other to me. Good thing is that this pervasive similarity didn't work against understanding the works, at least, not yet. As a person who watched most of Hong’s movies, I find that there are few changes of characters’ personality. Especially, this one (Know It) seems too much like a squeal (or at least a side-story) to “Woman on the Beach.” The director’s choice of using the same female leading role (Ko) hints that this similarity maybe intentional. Even the leading male characters of the two movies seems like a portrait of a same person - the director himself.

Seems to me, he’s playing different chess games over and over but the pieces remains essentially the same. Writer Haruki also does it in his stories. Heck, even Haruki’s and Hong’s creations are too similar to each other to me.

Good thing is that this pervasive similarity didn’t work against understanding the works, at least, not yet.

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