Bong Joon-ho Quotes

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• I always write the script by myself.
• I am a fan of the monster and horror genre but that's not my style as a director.
• I don't intentionally make my films with the express goal of surprising the viewer.
• I don't write any kind of sequel or remake.
• I like to draw my storyboards myself.
• I love the Japanese director Shohei Imamura. His masterpiece in 1979 called, the English title was 'Vengeance is Mine.
• I regard remaking a film as creating something again.
• I think each film should be regarded as its own specific text.
• I'm sure mothers are important across every culture, but particularly in Korean society, the role of the mother is of great importance.
• In Korean films there is only really a strong tradition of melodramas.
• In the mid 1990s the Korean film industry was really open-minded.
• 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…
• The mother's love for her child is very strong in Korean society - almost on the borderline of being an obsession.
• The multilevel, the conscious and the unconscious, is natural when I write scripts, when I come up with ideas and stories.
• There is a lot of extreme emotion in Korean film. It's because there are a lot of extremes in Korean society.
• There's hardly any governmental censorship in Korea.
• When I was a kid, I was always watching genre movies on TV.
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…

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