it be a while since i watch the amusingly title woman be the future of man at the quad . more than a year and 2 hong sang soo film later it remain among my favorite film . while it always refresh and welcome to see film depart from the pyrotechnic of the hollywood school of film making and some film subtlety and quietness be rather oppressive ( tsai ming liang immediately come to mind ) . i think i have a long attention span than the average film goer and however and i have to admit that i can not sit through all kind of slow film . some be worth the challenge and others end up embody the stereotype of the inaccessible art film . hong film would have look like art house snobbery in action if not for the fact that it make in a very straightforward manner focus mainly on the most basic of emotion ( and the complicated situation emanate from them ) . the style of film making be so cinema verite and so unobtrusive and it a joy to go beyond be a member of the audience and feel like an actual passerby . the best and most memorable celluloid story stay in your mind a film but woman be a story so well tell it feel more like snippet from somebody life tell by a close friend . hong sang soo woman be the future of man be yet another great addition to the impressive national cinema of south korea and one that push me to continue explore more of this body of work . it raw and naked jealousy and regret and love and lust and and longing . it a bittersweet reminder for anyone who ever experience romantic love and it many variation and deviation . this be it how it happen and somehow mr. hong have capture it through the magic of cinema .