HONG SANG-SOO: CLAIRE'S CAMERA/LA CAMÉRA DE CLAIRE (2017) - SFIFF ISABELLE HUPPERT IN CLAIRE'S CAMERAQuick camerawork[Capsule review]
Whether you think
Claire's Camera (not her knee, eh?) is a dashed-off sketch or a succinct masterpiece, it's another of Hong Sang-soo's characteristic sequences of two- or three-way dialogues - à la Rohmer, the similarity more obvious with a film shot at Cannes and including a major French star. And it's typically about a boozy, womanizing Korean movie director, a long-time gf, and a beautiful young fling who's Wong's own serious new flame, Kim Min-hee. Things go round, and aphorisms are uttered. There is more than this light-hearted, Rohmer-esque entertainment might reveal at first, though the run-time is too short for Hong's usual lengthy, boozy arguments and elaborate overlapping time-schemes.
Claire's Camera/La Caméra de Claire 클레어의 카메라, 69 mins., debuted at Cannes May 2017; 14 other festivals, and was screened for this review as part of the San Francisco International Film Festival. Metascore 80%. A longer review will appear at the time of wider theatrical release.
SHOWTIMES SFIFF:
Saturday, April 7, 2018 at3:30 p.m. at YBCA Screening Room
Monday, April 9, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. at SFMOMA
Thursday, April 12, 2018 at 8:30 p.m. at YBCA Screening Room