Isabelle Huppert Says ‘A Traveler’s Needs’ Filmmaker Hong Sangsoo’s Minimalism Is “A Reflection About Money And Time”
deadline.comIsabelle Huppert joked that the 13-day shoot of Hong Sangsoo’s A Traveler’s Needs was “a super-production” by the Korean filmmaker’s usual standards.
The actor and director’s two previous collaborations, Claire’s Camera and In Another Country, took six and nine days to shoot, respectively, she recalled.
Huppert was speaking onstage at the New York Film Festival with fest Artistic Director Dennis Lim, about A Traveler’s Needs.
The film, which won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize in Berlin last February, had its North American premiere in New York. “I love doing it,” Huppert said of Sangsoo’s ultra-minimal productions, whose sets feature only a “tiny” camera, the director, his assistant and the actors. “It says so much about what it means to do a film. … It tells you how the cinema is flexible.
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