Hong Sangsoo born October 25 1960 is a South Korean writerdirector He has directed 30 films as of 2023 Certain elements are commonly found in Hongs films A typical Hong film highlights a theme of domestic realism with many of the scenes set on residential streets cafes hotels schools and in the stairwells of apartment buildings Characters are seen walking around the city drinking soju and having sex The main characters are often movie directors or actors and scenes typically consist of a single shot often beginning and ending with a camera zoom The budgets for his movies average about 100000 Hong is often spontaneous when shooting delivering the days scene on the morning of the shoot and frequently changing stories while on set He rarely prepares scripts in advance Hongs style has been compared to Eric Rohmers and it has even been argued that allusions to Rohmers films appear in some films directed by Hong
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