After a sojourn in Hollywood, the film-maker went back to South Korea to do his next film – and produced an undisputed masterpiece. The past year has been a whirlwind for Bong Joon-ho, and he is still in the midst of it. His movie Parasite has whisked him to places few directors – and certainly no South Korean director – have been before. Bong understands English and speaks it a little, but prefers to answer in Korean, trusting her to translate the nuances. “That was one of the things I wanted to talk about with this film,” Bong says.

Source: The Guardian January 31, 2020 06:00 UTC