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Hong Sang-soo - Oh! Soo-jung ('Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors') (2000)

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Hong Sang-soo - Oh! Soo-jung ('Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors') (2000)

Hong Sang-soo - Oh! Soo-jung ('Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors') (2000)
1462.6 MB | 2:06:55 | Korean with Eng.+Chinese s/t | XviD, 1340 Kb/s | 672x432

The late Lee Eun-Joo gave a deeply heartbreaking performance in this cryptic romance directed by acclaimed Korean director Hong Sang-Soo. A love-triangle like relationship between a filmmaker, his enigmatic young female assisstant (Lee) and his friend is told twice, with the second version retelling their affair in a completely different light. Shot in beautiful black and white, VIRGIN STRIPPED BARE BY HER BACHELORS is a raw, unflinching look at our search for companionship and how our innocence is lost over time. Tai Seng

Hong Sang-soo - Oh! Soo-jung ('Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors') (2000)

Hong Sang-soo - Oh! Soo-jung ('Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors') (2000)

Hong Sang-soo - Oh! Soo-jung ('Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors') (2000)

A young man arrives at a hotel for an assignation; she calls to say she's not coming. He is Jae-hoon, she is Soo-jung; they've met through Young-soo, an independent filmmaker. Soo-jung writes for him; Jae-hoon may finance his film project. In two long parallel flashbacks, from varying points of view, we see what precedes the date at the hotel. Details differ, and one account includes events missing from the other. Characters are quiet and self-contained, then animated; victims apologize. Each character frequently asks, "Really?" What has really happened? Is one account more accurate? Is a kiss the most enjoyable and promising human contact? Connections are tenuous and fragile. (http://imdb.com/title/tt0253378/plotsummary)

Hong Sang-soo - Oh! Soo-jung ('Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors') (2000)

Hong Sang-soo - Oh! Soo-jung ('Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors') (2000)

Hong Sang-soo - Oh! Soo-jung ('Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors') (2000)

Two attractive young people meet through a mutual friend which slowly turns into a meaningful relationship. The tale is told twice, first from the male perspective, then the female. This is definitely a love story of the mundane kind. It contains no exhilarating expressions of love or carefree emotional outbursts. The only brief moment of openly affectionate behavior between the two would-be lovers comes late in the film finally adding a brief but positive and uplifting note to an otherwise dreary relationship. (amazon.com)

Hong Sang-soo - Oh! Soo-jung ('Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors') (2000)

Hong Sang-soo - Oh! Soo-jung ('Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors') (2000)

Hong Sang-soo - Oh! Soo-jung ('Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors') (2000)

This is a slow moving study in existential longing and alienation presented in a manner that Ingmar Bergman would be proud of. The film is shot in black and white, the season is winter. The trees are barren of foliage, the lake in the park frozen and the sky overcast and gloomy. The mood and atmosphere is so stark and minimal you almost expect to see Sven Nykvists' name in the closing credits. (amazon.com)

Hong Sang-soo - Oh! Soo-jung ('Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors') (2000)

Hong Sang-soo - Oh! Soo-jung ('Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors') (2000)

Hong Sang-soo - Oh! Soo-jung ('Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors') (2000)

The English title "The Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors" is a reference to Marcel Duchamp's glass artwork "The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even" made between 1915 and 1923. Like the film, the work of art is split into two halves: the upper belonging to the bride and the lower belonging to the bachelors. Also as in the movie, their relationship is ambiguous but presumably sexual. (http://imdb.com/title/tt0253378/trivia)

Hong Sang-soo - Oh! Soo-jung ('Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors') (2000)

Hong Sang-soo - Oh! Soo-jung ('Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors') (2000)

Hong Sang-soo - Oh! Soo-jung ('Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors') (2000)