Writer, film curator, and leading Hong Sang-soo scholar Dennis Lim brings a personal favorite from Hong’s oeuvre–– 2022’s The Novelist’s Film–– to Deep Cut. As the DC trio and their esteemed guest enjoy the luxuriate in Hong’s complex, joyous depiction of collaborating artists-in-exile, Dennis shares his background with Hong, this film’s shape, and the model Hong sets for young, independent filmmakers.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

02:08 Introducing guest

03:47 Lim's background with Hong

11:15 DC trio's current thoughts on Hong

15:41 Why the Novelist's Film / general reactions

26:13 Hong's regular actors

28:04 Formal discussion

38:33 Shapes

41:16 Lee Hye-young

46:25 Ha song-guk

47:06 Waste, exile, potential

50:19 Hong's business, life, and art model (good for young filmmakers)

55:53 Outro