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Bong Joon-ho

29 quotes in 172 categories

[Wikipedia] Bong Joon Ho is a South Korean filmmaker. His work is characterized by emphasis on social and class themes, genre-mixing, dark comedy, and sudden tone shifts. He is the recipient of numerous accolades including three Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, and five Asian Film Awards, as wel

Quotes by Bong Joon-ho

I don't intentionally make my films with the express goal of surprising the viewer.

Cinema

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There's hardly any governmental censorship in Korea.

Censorship

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I think each film should be regarded as its own specific text.

Cinema

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

Directors

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

Emotion

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I always write the script by myself.

Scripts

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The multilevel, the conscious and the unconscious, is natural when I write scripts, when I come up with ideas and stories.

Come up

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I really hate the creature film convention that says you have to wait until the end to see the monster. One hour…

Conventions

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I regard remaking a film as creating something again.

Cinema

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I have a group of cafes and coffee shops that I go to regularly. They usually have an area where I can…

Cafes

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People have said, 'Why don't you make your own company like Chan-wook Park has his own company,' but my head is full…

Business

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I don't write any kind of sequel or remake.

Kind

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

Cinema

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Until the end of elementary school, I lived in a suburban area, so the type of village I used to live in…

Area

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

Borderline

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

Cinema

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I really love 'The Thing.'

Love

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When you first think of making a monster movie you have to realize that a lot of people may be down on…

Against

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

Cinema

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My favourite genre lies inside myself, and as I follow my favourite stories, characters and images, it sums up to a certain…

Certain

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I have a complex feeling about genre. I love it, but I hate it at the same time. I have the urge…

Audience

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No matter where I am working, I cannot make a film without 100% creative control and final cut. If there is such…

Cinema

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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…

Cannes

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

Film

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In the grand scheme of nature, I believe that it is very natural that animals eat animals, and that humans eat animals.…

Animal

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