In Another Country: Isabelle Huppert on finding the language of emotion in Hong Sang-soo’s A Traveler’s Needs • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine
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In Another Country: Isabelle Huppert on finding the language of emotion in Hong Sang-soo’s A Traveler’s Needs • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine
The most interesting scenes stem from my interest in vision and perception, the process of recognising images and how the brain sorts through and makes sense of them. One of the doctors in the film talks of showing a poster of a fly to the villagers, who had never seen photographs or images of any sort. “We don’t have that problem,” they said. “Our
... See moreDespite what they sometimes believe, directors and actors aren't really concerned primarily with fame and wealth. The mind of love is very strong, and if they could touch this love, they would become bodhisattvas, and create films that lead people to awakening.
The images in my films are your images too. Somehow, deep in your subconscious, you find them, dormant, lurking, like sleeping friends; they correspond with the inner landscapes inside us all and strike directly into the soul of man. Occasionally – perhaps only a dozen times throughout my life – I have read a text, listened to a piece of music, wat
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