Words matter. These are the best Bong Joon-ho Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
In the mid 1990s the Korean film industry was really open-minded.
The multilevel, the conscious and the unconscious, is natural when I write scripts, when I come up with ideas and stories.
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.
I regard remaking a film as creating something again.
I am a fan of the monster and horror genre but that’s not my style as a director.
I think each film should be regarded as its own specific text.
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.
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.
I don’t intentionally make my films with the express goal of surprising the viewer.
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.
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.
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.
When I was a kid, I was always watching genre movies on TV.
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.
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.
