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
hate waiting tails
I really hate the creature film convention that says you have to wait until the end to see the monster. One hour and all you've seen is just the tip of the creature's tail.
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.
writing scripts
I always write the script by myself.
korea censorship
There's hardly any governmental censorship in Korea.
kids tvs genre
When I was a kid, I was always watching genre movies on TV.
cannes-film-festival fans paradise
As a director, or just a film fan who wants to enjoy the festival, Cannes is the worst place to be. But it must be a paradise for distributors and importers.
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.
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.
mean thinking names
I think when one becomes very close to another person, it can mean loving and intimacy, but on the other hand, there's also the danger of one destructing another under the name of love. I think that is the scariest thing for me in various relationships.
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.
running writing people
People have said, 'Why don't you make your own company like Chan-wook Park has his own company,' but my head is full of writing and directing and I don't feel like I want to run a company. That's not really within my personality as well.
writing ideas stories
The multilevel, the conscious and the unconscious, is natural when I write scripts, when I come up with ideas and stories.
mother strong children
The mother's love for her child is very strong in Korean society - almost on the borderline of being an obsession.
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.