Right Now, Wrong Then

August 28, 2016 · UT Art and Architecture Room 109 · 2:00 p.m.

Note: Due to maintenance at the KMA, this screening will be held in McCarty Auditorium (Room 109) in UT’s Art and Architecture building.

Quite by accident, a film director arrives in town a day early. With time to kill before his lecture the next day, he stops by a restored, old palace and meets a fledgling artist. She’s never seen any of his films, but knows he’s famous. They talk. And together, they go to her workshop to look at her paintings, have Sushi and Soju. More conversation follows, and drinks, and then an awkward get-together with friends where all sorts of secrets are revealed. All the while, they may or may not be falling for each other. Then, quite unexpectedly, we begin again, but now things appear somewhat different.

“A filmmaker beyond category. The prolific anatomist of South Korean romantic disillusionment.” — The New York Times

“It’s a constant pleasure just watching them tentatively thrust and parry, both in relatively quiet moments and in broad, crowd-pleasing set pieces. This is a comedy of embarrassment with a touchingly optimistic streak, and it carves out a space in contemporary cinema that resembles little else.” — AV Club

About the Filmmaker

Hong Sangsoo made his debut with the acclaimed feature The Day A Pig Fell Into The Well in 1996. Since then, through the 16 films that he wrote and directed, Hong has become one of the most established auteurs in contemporary cinema. Hong was born in Seoul and studied at Chung-Ang University, the California College of Arts, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.