“When a parent’s heart breaks, the sound travels for miles.”
The podcast turns toward South Korea as we examine the work of Bong Joon Ho. In today’s episode, we look at his 2006 blockbuster The Host. This action-packed film was the highest grossing of all time in South Korea when it came out, and it’s a real crowd-pleaser with its family drama and humor right alongside horror and political commentary.
Read the full episode transcript here
SEASON 5 LINEUP
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Cemetery of Splendor
Bong Joon-ho
The Host
Snowpiercer
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Shoplifters
The Truth
LINKS
What Omaya’s been watching:
- Advocate (2019) (‘לאה צמל, עורכת דין’), Directed by Rachel Leah Jones, Philippe Bellaiche
- Advocate on PBS’s POV
What Andrew’s been watching:
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Directed by Stanley Kubrick
- Y Tu Mamá También (2001), Directed by Alfonso Cuarón
- Babette’s Feast (1987) (‘Babettes gæstebud’), Directed by Gabriel Axel
- Silence (2016), Directed by Martin Scorsese
Previous podcast episode about Parasite: 014: Parasite (2019) discussion w/ Donavon Thompson | Arthouse Garage
Gene Hackman film we mention: Uncommon Valor (1983) – IMDb
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