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Bong Joon-ho Biography

Bong Joon-ho (Hangul: 봉준호, Korean pronunciation: [poːŋ tɕuːnho → poːŋdʑunho]; born September 14, 1969) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. His films include monster movie The Host (2006) and sci-fi action movie Snowpiercer (2013), both of which are among the highest-grossing films of all time in South Korea. His most recent film, Okja, debuted at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, where it received a four-minute standing ovation.

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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.

Cannes, Cannes Film Festival, Directors, Fans, Paradise, Place

I regard remaking a film as creating something again.

Creating, Creating Something, Film, Regard

I am a fan of the monster and horror genre but that's not my style as a director.

Director, Genre, Horror Genre, Monsters, Style

I love the Japanese director Shohei Imamura. His masterpiece in 1979 called, the English title was 'Vengeance is Mine.

1979, Director, Directors, Imamura, Titles, Vengeance

There is a lot of extreme emotion in Korean film. It's because there are a lot of extremes in Korean society.

Emotion, Extreme, Film, Korean, Society

When you first think of making a monster movie you have to realize that a lot of people may be down on you because there is a big prejudice against such films.

Against, Films, Monster, Monsters, People, Thinking

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.

Coffee, Couple, People, Regularly, Writing

In the grand scheme of nature, I believe that it is very natural that animals eat animals, and that humans eat animals. It is only in the last couple of decades that meat-processing factories have come to rise, and I believe we should take time to reflect on that reality.

Animal, Believe, Couple, Rise

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.

Creative, Cut, Cutting, Film, Finals

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.

Character, Follow, Images, Lying, Sums, Trying

When I was a kid, I was always watching genre movies on TV.

Genre, Kid, Kids, Tvs, Watching

There's hardly any governmental censorship in Korea.

Censorship, Governmental, Korea

I'm sure mothers are important across every culture, but particularly in Korean society, the role of the mother is of great importance.

Across, Culture, Important, Mother, Mothers

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.

Hands, Loving, Mean, Person, Relationships, Thinking

In the mid 1990s the Korean film industry was really open-minded.

Film, Industry, Korean, Mid, Open Minded

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.

Convention, Film, Hate, Monsters, See, Waiting

In Korean films there is only really a strong tradition of melodramas.

Film, Films, Korean, Melodramas, Strong

The mother's love for her child is very strong in Korean society - almost on the borderline of being an obsession.

Children, Korean, Mother, Obsession, Strong