Baltic Cinema: Tale of Cinema (Geuk Jang Jong)
Hong Sang-Soo South Korea / France 2005 89’ (cert. 15)Korean with English subtitles | 35mm transferred to digital video
Baltic Cinema: Tale of Cinema (Geuk Jang Jong)
Thu 10 July | 18:30
£6 Full price / £4 Students, under 18s, unwaged and 65+
The second of our opening two films for the Baltic Cinema programme is prolific South Korean director Hong Sang-Soo’s mischievous, elliptical love letter to cinema. Playful and bewitching, Tale of Cinema’s casual style and sense of humour belies a complex and meticulous structure, with coincidences and symmetries arising from a film-within-a-film at its core which will continue to reverberate long after you leave the cinema.
In Seoul, a suicidal student meets a young woman who decides to join him in his fatal gesture. Tongsu, an unsuccessful filmmaker, spots a young woman, who happens to be the lead actress in the film he has just seen. Their stories will cross paths thanks to their love for cinema.
"A sublime reflection on the cross-pollination of art and life." —John Berra, Sight & Sound
Doors open 18:30; Film starts 18:45. Baltic Kitchen is open until 18:30 for drinks, which you are welcome to take up to the cinema.