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I’ve always been very unsure about how I should approach the work of Hong Sang-soo because his style is something so hard to pinpoint, but it’s one that I know I need to see more of. It’s something that I just know that I need to see more of because something about it rings a peculiar bone within my own sensibilities that isn’t so easy to point right at. In a case like Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, what we do have at hand is one of his most intriguing narrative experiments to date; because the dry nature of his work finds itself working wonders within an equally fitting style and it makes every conversation feel meaningful.
Cinema from the Spectrum 