In Water suggests Picasso knocking off a sketch on a piece of paper in a matter of seconds.
The film proves that Hong has yet to exhaust his methods of deriving significance and beauty from the most quotidian of details.
The film is a modern melodrama of grit, beauty, jagged edges, and resonant dead ends and false starts.
The film suggests Hong Sang-soo’s fantasy of how women discuss him when he’s not around.