," ▁says ▁Hong . ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁June , ▁she ▁came ▁to ▁Korea ▁by ▁herself ▁to ▁begin ▁film ing . ▁ ▁Hu pp ert ▁let ▁herself ▁be ▁transport ed ▁by ▁a ▁project ▁without ▁a ▁script ▁and ▁was ▁delight ed ▁to ▁play ▁the ▁game , ▁travel ing ▁to ▁a ▁beach ▁town , ▁Moh ang , ▁South ▁Korea , ▁in ▁a ▁very ▁ra iny ▁season . ▁" I ▁don ’ t ▁know ▁all ▁his ▁films , ▁but ▁I ▁think ▁he ▁always ▁works ▁the ▁same ▁way . ▁He ▁starts ▁with ▁the ▁place , ▁finds ▁the ▁people , ▁and ▁only ▁then , ▁writes ▁the ▁script . ▁So ▁it ▁gives ▁an ▁en ig m atic ▁cast ▁to ▁everything ▁— ▁and ▁to ▁the ▁way ▁we ▁work . ▁He ▁has ▁a ▁curious , ▁at yp ical ▁relationship ▁to ▁his ▁film . ▁He ’ s ▁very ▁exact ing , ▁and ▁precise , ▁and ▁there ▁are ▁lots ▁of ▁takes , ▁he ’ s ▁not ▁ever ▁in ▁a ▁r ush ," ▁Hu pp ert ▁said . ▁She ▁said ▁she ▁ad ored ▁working ▁in ▁foreign ▁countries , ▁and ▁the ▁cast ▁and ▁crew ▁" all ▁spoke ▁Korean , ▁and ▁English ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁language ▁I ▁could ▁speak ▁with ▁them ; ▁this ▁added ▁to ▁the ▁str angen ess . ▁In ▁Korea , ▁I ▁was ▁really ▁alone , ▁and ▁it ▁felt ▁good . ▁It ▁was ▁a ▁very ▁int imate ▁shoot . ▁He ’ s ▁a ▁director ▁who ▁lik es ▁to ▁shoot ▁close ▁up . ▁Only ▁a ▁few ▁weeks ▁of ▁shooting , ▁but ▁he ▁works ▁both ▁fast