this be a great film . if this be any indication and than hong sang soo really be asian cinema best kept secret . it very similar in style to tsai ming liang and hou hsiao hsien and and cover a lot of the same ground a them thematically and but i think i actually enjoy this more a a whole than any single one of their film . the overt minimalism be slightly less pronounce here than in their work and although it still completely fit that style ( the camera never move even once ) and and somehow i find the film less self consciously slow than tsai ming liang or hou hsiao hsien and which i think be part of the reason i enjoy it more . plus and it doesn not keep it subject quite as detach a hou do . i felt like the film be also somehow more complete and less open end ( just barely ) than some of their work and although that not to say it have much of anything resemble a forward move plot . i would have a hard time believe that sophia coppola wasn not directly influence by this film for lose in translation ( scene of a young woman wander around by herself and and languish in her hotel room wear punk panty can not help but seem familiar ) .