I watched the whole Hong Sang-soo filmography in a couple months, and a movie like The Day He Arrives or Our Sunhi or Nobody's Daughter Haewon, you look at those and realize that a story can be a lot simpler, and it’s just the accumulation of interactions. That, for me, was a huge, huge shift in how I thought about what it means to tell a story and what a movie can be.
You look at those films and realize that a story can be a lot simpler, and it's just the accumulation of interactions. That was a huge shift in how I thought about what it means to tell a story and what a movie can be.
A story can be a lot simpler, and it's just the accumulation of interactions. That was a huge shift in how I thought about what it means to tell a story and what a movie can be.
— Hong Sang-soo · IndieWire interview: 'Listen Up Philip' Director Alex Ross Perry: 'Nobody Else Makes Movies That Look Like Mine,' Which Is the Problem