Bong Joon-ho
Bong Joon-ho
Bong Joon-hois a South Korean film director and screenwriter. His films include South Korean hits Memories of Murder, based on a true-life serial murder case, monster movie The Host, and his first English-language film, science fiction adventure Snowpiercer...
NationalitySouth Korean
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth14 September 1969
horror-genre style fans
I am a fan of the monster and horror genre but that's not my style as a director.
open-minded korean film
In the mid 1990s the Korean film industry was really open-minded.
mother important culture
I'm sure mothers are important across every culture, but particularly in Korean society, the role of the mother is of great importance.
thinking film should
I think each film should be regarded as its own specific text.
creating creating-something film
I regard remaking a film as creating something again.
goal film surprising
I don't intentionally make my films with the express goal of surprising the viewer.
cutting creative guarantees
No matter where I am working, I cannot make a film without 100% creative control and final cut. If there is such a guarantee, I can work anywhere.
mother strong children
The mother's love for her child is very strong in Korean society - almost on the borderline of being an obsession.
writing ideas stories
The multilevel, the conscious and the unconscious, is natural when I write scripts, when I come up with ideas and stories.
lying character trying
My favourite genre lies inside myself, and as I follow my favourite stories, characters and images, it sums up to a certain genre. So at times even I have to try to guess which genre a film will be after I've made it.
couple coffee writing
I have a group of cafes and coffee shops that I go to regularly. They usually have an area where I can plug in my computer and have a corner seat where I can do a couple hours of writing or whatever, even the noise of the surrounding people walking by. Those things are the things that stimulate me into writing.
korea censorship
There's hardly any governmental censorship in Korea.
writing scripts
I always write the script by myself.
emotion korean film
There is a lot of extreme emotion in Korean film. It's because there are a lot of extremes in Korean society.