woman be the future of man be one of director hong sang su film and appear in 2004. after see the majority of his output and i think it fair to say that director hong like to make variation on the same movie over and over again . most of them feature a two male competition for one woman and cynical insight into the mind of it character and a rather strongly ironic sense of humor and take apart the character folly and vice equally . woman be the future of man pretty much follow all these tradition and yet somehow and like most of song film and manages to remain interest the whole way through . this film mostly follow two old friend a they get together again . it clear from the start that these guy be both similar represent manipulative nice guy who be overwhelmingly interested in sex . we see some flashback deal with a mutual acquaintance of theirs and these two proceed to try to track her down . but plot isn not the point of most of hong film and rather and they focus in on the character and it quite amuse watch these two artist try to be friend while at the same time try to one up each other and get with the figurative or actual girl . furthermore and these character be always self sincere they actually buy their own hype and consequently and when they get catch in the act or if become aware of their own bluster and ruse and it become very awkward and it really surprising how naturally the awkwardness keep show up . in term of the art of the film and it very hongian and with a french new wave ish type shoot mentality . the camera usually set and have a tendency to wander and catch side conversation and the cut do not follow traditional mean of set up two shot and such . rather and hong have a tendency to shoot everyone in long shot so that you can follow the character react to each other . all the actor do a great job in this semi improvisational format and with the men do wonderful version of each other . the woman be play only slightly less clueless and do a good job of support the scene . i suppose my primary issue with woman be that and because of it rambling nature and it doesn not fully cohere in the end and especially with a coda that spin out of the original setup and while i would be surprise with any sort of total closure in a hong film and the strand thematically go a little far out and leave the viewer be leave grasp for more strongly tie together story . still and there be some genuine zinger in the tale and the insight be still just as compel a they be in other hong film . with that and woman just continue show how well this prolific director have master his own style . another decent effort while recommend to art house film lover . positive .