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
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.
titles directors vengeance
I love the Japanese director Shohei Imamura. His masterpiece in 1979 called, the English title was 'Vengeance is Mine.
draws
I like to draw my storyboards myself.
goal film surprising
I don't intentionally make my films with the express goal of surprising the viewer.
horror-genre style fans
I am a fan of the monster and horror genre but that's not my style as a director.
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.
hate expectations feelings
I have a complex feeling about genre. I love it, but I hate it at the same time. I have the urge to make audiences thrill with the excitement of a genre, but I also try to betray and destroy the expectations placed on that genre.