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Bong Joon-ho
Bong Joon-ho
South Korean Director
Born: Sep 14, 1969
Director Film Love Myself People Society
Related authors: Alfred Hitchcock David Lynch George Lucas Martin Scorsese Steven Spielberg Tim Burton Woody Allen
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. Bong Joon-ho
Love Time Hate Try Feeling Complex Destroy About Betray Thrill Excitement Also Genre Make Audiences Expectations Same Same Time Placed Urge
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. Bong Joon-ho
Director Paradise Enjoy Worst Must Distributors Festival Just Cannes Fan Wants Place Who Film
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. Bong Joon-ho
Myself Try Will Made Guess Sums Characters Lies Favourite Inside Follow Genre Up Times Stories After Which Certain Even Film Images
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. Bong Joon-ho
Love Me Think Other Relationships Intimacy Danger Scariest Various Name Also Another Becomes Hand Very Close Person Loving Mean Thing
The superhero is a really popular figure in the West. In Asia or Korea, the young viewers are amused by the figure, but it is not really so sensational. Bong Joon-ho
Young Superhero Korea West Sensational Asia Really Viewers Figure Popular Amused
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. Bong Joon-ho
Me Noise People Writing Coffee Whatever Group Corner Those Plug Area Computer Hours Couple Stimulate Go Surrounding Walking Shops Where Regularly Even Seat Coffee Shops Things
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. Bong Joon-ho
You People Writing Personality Own Run Directing Park Head Feel Like Well Make Within Said His Want Really Your Full Company Why
Until the end of elementary school, I lived in a suburban area, so the type of village I used to live in is borderline between village and the city, so I'm familiar with the rustic environment. Bong Joon-ho
School Live Type Borderline City Rustic Area Environment Between Until End Familiar Suburban Used Village Elementary Lived Elementary School
There's hardly any governmental censorship in Korea. Bong Joon-ho
Censorship Korea Any Hardly
I always write the script by myself. Bong Joon-ho
Myself Write Always Script
I don't write any kind of sequel or remake. Bong Joon-ho
Kind Remake Write Any Sequel
I am a fan of the monster and horror genre but that's not my style as a director. Bong Joon-ho
Director Style Monster Horror Genre Am Fan
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. Bong Joon-ho
Work Creative Matter Control Final Final Cut Make Without Am Where Cannot Anywhere Cut Working Creative Control Film Guarantee
The mother's love for her child is very strong in Korean society - almost on the borderline of being an obsession. Bong Joon-ho
Love Strong Mother Society Borderline Almost Obsession Korean Very Child Being Her
In Korean films there is only really a strong tradition of melodramas. Bong Joon-ho
Strong Films Only Korean Tradition Really
The multilevel, the conscious and the unconscious, is natural when I write scripts, when I come up with ideas and stories. Bong Joon-ho
Natural Write Unconscious Come Ideas Up Stories Scripts Conscious
When I was a kid, I was always watching genre movies on TV. Bong Joon-ho
Kid TV Genre Always Movies Watching
I regard remaking a film as creating something again. Bong Joon-ho
Something Regard Again Creating Film

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