Bong Joon Ho Explains the Marvels of ‘Parasite,’ Which Could Be an Oscar Winner

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  • Опубліковано 30 січ 2020
  • Winning the Palme d’Or at Cannes in May does not mean you land a Best Picture nomination in January. But if anyone wondered if “Parasite” had the right stuff to compete for multiple Oscars, they can stop worrying. Nothing is more potent than an awards-caliber movie that generates genuine audience interest.
    And Bong Joon Ho - known by many as Director Bong - who’s created hybrid movies with East/West appeal like “Snowpiercer” and “Okja,” knows how to reach a global audience. In our video interview above, he admits that he does it by keeping himself amused: “I’m thinking about one audience, me. I want to entertain and fascinate myself. It’s impossible to figure out the audience no matter what.”
    “Parasite” came to him in 2013 while he was in post-production on “Snowpiercer,” and still obsessed with the disparity between rich and poor. Over four years he developed a story about a family of con artists from the lower depths (literally, living at the bottom of the social strata in a semi-basement) who infiltrate a rich family far above them in wealth and status, who live in a gorgeous modern house.
    As unlikeable as many of the film’s characters are, along the way you still root for them. “My approach was to describe the people around us in real life,” said Bong. “No one’s a complete villain. They’re in this ambiguous grey zone.” He argues that his actors deliver such realistic performances that however heightened the story becomes, you believe it anyway. “Even if the visual moods change,” he said, “the actors’ realistic tone hold the center.”
    The climactic flood sequence, like everything in the movie, was planned meticulously from pre-production, combining complex production design and visual effects, and even specific camera angles on Bong’s detailed storyboards.
    And as Korean as “Parasite” is in every detail, the story somehow is utterly universal. “The more Korean it is,” said Bong, “the more universal it becomes.”
    And clearly, “Parasite” has global appeal. For a foreign-language movie to reach a Best Picture slot, it needs to break into wide viewership via a box-office hit. Released by Neon, “Parasite” is breaking records. It marked the biggest specialized limited opening ($376,264 in three theaters) of the year, and is the biggest platform release in three or more theaters since “La La Land” in 2016. No foreign-language film has ever opened close to these numbers. This accessible, hilarious, and disturbing dramedy is performing as though it were an English-language specialized success. With $23 million in the domestic till, it’s already grossed $105 million worldwide. That’s mainstream.
    Netflix’s Spanish-language “Roma” made it to ten Oscar nominations including Best Picture, but it never became a mainstream hit and that’s why it did not win more than three Oscars for Alfonso Cuaron. While it lasted in theaters for months (its estimated $4 million gross could have been much higher with a proper theatrical release), the movie was viewed by most people on Netflix, which was far from the ideal way to experience this feat of immersive deep-focus Dolby Atmos cinema.
    While South Korea has never landed a Best International Feature Film Oscar nomination, “Parasite” will be the first. On January 13, the movie could land a possible seven nominations, including Best Picture, Best International Feature Film, Director, Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Production Design, and Editing. That nomination would portend a potential Best Picture winner. “Parasite” could also win because it’s a zeitgeist hit. It shows us who we are, and how we exist on this planet today.
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  • @GC-ku6cq
    @GC-ku6cq 4 роки тому +665

    He obviously does not need a translator. He may have a strong accent but his grasp of the English language is better than most native speakers. He only chooses to switch into Korean when he needs to articulate his ideas in a very precise way.

    • @raziftrinugraha
      @raziftrinugraha 4 роки тому +42

      Yes, he uses Korean to express more what's exactly in his mind and that's so appealing for me

    • @baekdutiger631
      @baekdutiger631 4 роки тому +19

      I still prefer Sharon to interpret his Korean just to see how amazing her interpretation is eventhough my Korean is fluent....

    • @FikiNom
      @FikiNom 4 роки тому +3

      @D E US politics do not move the needle in his world so that's a good thing. A great, great man, that some fringe character will always find something to say about. White America is very threatened by anything and anybody that looks and sounds different. They have also been brainwashed/convinced that speaking English equals intelligence. If that were true, they wouldn't be so triggered. Also if it were true, they wouldn't be lagging behind in creativity and technology. Sad but true. Watch someone be triggered by the truth.

    • @winniethepooh8353
      @winniethepooh8353 4 роки тому

      @D E the right should give him more respect for such an accomplishment if that's what they're saying. Getting an award from a different country and not even speaking the language(even tho he can) 👏kudos to him, that doesn't happen to just anyone

    • @jamiedutton7257
      @jamiedutton7257 4 роки тому

      My English is well gooder

  • @tomsawyer2k
    @tomsawyer2k 4 роки тому +190

    The interviewer have done her assignment, she ask good questions.

    • @studioherald
      @studioherald 2 роки тому

      Sharing it here in case anyone wants to check it out. Meet the son of Parasite Director Bong Joon-ho, Korea’s up-and-coming filmmaker Hyomin 🎬 It's his first video interview! :) ua-cam.com/video/ScNMFbaSSF4/v-deo.html

  • @sangheedahlman1385
    @sangheedahlman1385 4 роки тому +176

    Legendary director. Well deserved the best director at Oscars 2020. Parasite should be the best picture.

    • @Tomiply
      @Tomiply 4 роки тому +13

      And it won!

    • @studioherald
      @studioherald 2 роки тому

      Sharing it here in case anyone wants to check it out. Meet the son of Parasite Director Bong Joon-ho, Korea’s up-and-coming filmmaker Hyomin 🎬 It's his first video interview! :) ua-cam.com/video/ScNMFbaSSF4/v-deo.html

  • @carloseduardoaguilar5099
    @carloseduardoaguilar5099 4 роки тому +65

    I thought he didn't speak English that well but indeed he speaks it very well. Sharon Choi is amazing either way, MVP

  • @stevegoodjobs5455
    @stevegoodjobs5455 4 роки тому +137

    He is really kind of a new-type Hitchcock at the new age. I mean it.

    • @benkim2016
      @benkim2016 4 роки тому +20

      He watched Hitchcock at 8 and got so affected and decided to be a film maker at 12.

    • @jamiedutton7257
      @jamiedutton7257 4 роки тому +1

      You mean it and I agree with it definitely the artist of his generation.

  • @grownupkidzclub3427
    @grownupkidzclub3427 4 роки тому +93

    Bong is my rolemodel i love him so much, such a great mind, love to see his next work

    • @studioherald
      @studioherald 2 роки тому

      Sharing it here in case anyone wants to check it out. Meet the son of Parasite Director Bong Joon-ho, Korea’s up-and-coming filmmaker Hyomin 🎬 It's his first video interview! :) ua-cam.com/video/ScNMFbaSSF4/v-deo.html

  • @IKIGAIofficial
    @IKIGAIofficial 4 роки тому +34

    i really respect this mans brain.

  • @mmimipopo
    @mmimipopo 4 роки тому +78

    He has created his own "Genre" which we have never expected before him. "BONG STYLE"!!!

    • @studioherald
      @studioherald 2 роки тому

      Sharing it here in case anyone wants to check it out. Meet the son of Parasite Director Bong Joon-ho, Korea’s up-and-coming filmmaker Hyomin 🎬 It's his first video interview! :) ua-cam.com/video/ScNMFbaSSF4/v-deo.html

  • @venevldz8772
    @venevldz8772 4 роки тому +19

    kudos to the interviewer for this sensible questions

  • @roloug95
    @roloug95 4 роки тому +13

    Brain full of fireworks. This guy is just pure genius.

  • @hankh.6058
    @hankh.6058 4 роки тому +46

    The best interview about parasite that I have seen!

  • @ahmedanssaien6449
    @ahmedanssaien6449 4 роки тому +5

    7:03 My spirit animal!

  • @user-iu3zm2fd6t
    @user-iu3zm2fd6t 4 роки тому +13

    감독님에게는 묘한 매력이 있는 것 같아요ㅋㅋ
    아빠같은 푸근한 느낌인데 전하시는 말들이 다 현실적이면서도 교훈을 주는 그런...

  • @Vialamesa
    @Vialamesa 4 роки тому +23

    Interviewer brought out the genius mind of this director. Excellent work ms T

  • @tictoc900912
    @tictoc900912 3 роки тому +3

    the man who made Cannes and Oscar to see eye-to-eye for the first time in 65 years

  • @yabujinfan
    @yabujinfan 4 роки тому +8

    i'm so glad this interviewer actually did her research.

  • @7yenaline
    @7yenaline 4 роки тому +76

    this was one of the best Parasite interviews so far! well done! who's the interviewer? Anne Thomson? good job!

  • @shyhappy6810
    @shyhappy6810 4 роки тому +19

    I love you man. I love your movies

  • @venevldz8772
    @venevldz8772 4 роки тому +15

    it's true and i adore bong for this detail when he said that at the last chaotic scene was if you focus on where the kitchen knife was it was always on the havenots' hand or the people who were 'under', who struggled to kill each other but it sorta got out of hand or went over the border line inusmuch as that in mr park's perspective that the 'smell' is going beyond the line that the father of the poor family saw as also going beyond the line as ultimately offensive in his end made him capable of evidently piercing his way through that line and making him capable of doing something he wasn't ought to do which was to go for the kill.

  • @maiochiruhanabira9293
    @maiochiruhanabira9293 4 роки тому +35

    A great interview on Parasite

    • @studioherald
      @studioherald 2 роки тому

      Sharing it here in case anyone wants to check it out. Meet the son of Parasite Director Bong Joon-ho, Korea’s up-and-coming filmmaker Hyomin 🎬 It's his first video interview! :) ua-cam.com/video/ScNMFbaSSF4/v-deo.html

  • @user-iv4cd6gg3z
    @user-iv4cd6gg3z 4 роки тому

    such a great interview!!!!!

  • @user-hd1qf1lk3v
    @user-hd1qf1lk3v 4 роки тому +11

    봉준호!♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

  • @laila893
    @laila893 4 роки тому +1

    It’s a great interview!!

  • @deed_it
    @deed_it 4 роки тому +11

    very good intervieww!!~

  • @igam1969
    @igam1969 4 роки тому +9

    great interview ~~ thankyou~~

  • @rkh7360
    @rkh7360 3 роки тому +1

    The interviewer is intelligent and knowledgeable. Also, so soft spoken yet sounds so strong. Best interview.

  • @HarekaTysiri
    @HarekaTysiri 4 роки тому +3

    i love interviewers like this, very thorough and calm. not too jumpy like the others

  • @peko9896
    @peko9896 4 роки тому +2

    His interviews are always so interesting! Thank you for letting us peek into Mr Bong's mastermind!

  • @user-dn4ke5fs7m
    @user-dn4ke5fs7m 4 роки тому +22

    Excellent interview♥
    I really appreciate this post.
    Spoiler alert from 14:00 !

  • @s.f.694
    @s.f.694 4 роки тому +3

    This guy deserved Oscars years before now with his prior masterpieces such as Snowpiercer. Anyway glad he is now getting the recognition he deserves 👏🏻💝 well done for himself and his country. Great interviewer too btw 👍🏻

  • @1990calum
    @1990calum 3 роки тому +4

    This man is a genius. The film was so incredibly well written.

  • @ramaprasad1028
    @ramaprasad1028 4 роки тому +24

    Parasite Is a Oscar winner

  • @miam1074
    @miam1074 4 роки тому +4

    I am so glad this movie won!

  • @Aikyiomi
    @Aikyiomi 4 роки тому +5

    # bong hives, amazing shot in front of the door..horizontal ;)

  • @ellepaxy5505
    @ellepaxy5505 4 роки тому +8

    When I started watching Korean movies, I too was amazed how they can make a drama that is a real tear jerker but at the same time a comedy. This is true of most Korean dramas and movies. I always say, only the Koreans can get away with this!!! Some of them are really good and can compete with American and European movies.

  • @bokim1061
    @bokim1061 4 роки тому +36

    I am impressed with his very decent English!!

  • @BubblegumCreepydoll
    @BubblegumCreepydoll 4 роки тому +4

    This is interesting, where I live is on a middle of the hill that I live on and live in the middle economic standard.

  • @TheHSoko
    @TheHSoko 4 роки тому +3

    A movie that truly reflects our times. Although very Korean...There is something universal about wealth and poverty. There are lines in the film that will go down in cinematic history...
    "even if she is rich, she is very nice I find" "I would be nice too if I were rich"

    • @meetmoviemaker
      @meetmoviemaker 4 роки тому

      Also..
      "His never crosses the line, but his smell..... "

  • @user-ri4lx4gp6h
    @user-ri4lx4gp6h 4 роки тому +6

    💝💞💓💝💞💝

  • @hur6659
    @hur6659 4 роки тому +3

    4 times academy award winner!!!!!!!!!

  • @Justakatto
    @Justakatto 4 роки тому +1

    6:43 " Yea yea, I _totally_ get it"
    😂

  • @stephanieliang998
    @stephanieliang998 4 роки тому +7

    He studies American films and have Scorsese as idol. Of cuz he speaks fluent English ppl. It’s a choice and I love it.

  • @stevensong8784
    @stevensong8784 4 роки тому +1

    4:07 - 5:00
    Push yourself to illustrate what you want to say, then audience will get more than they expected.

  • @nishanbhujel
    @nishanbhujel 3 роки тому

  • @AW-ex8fn
    @AW-ex8fn 4 роки тому +17

    lol people calling spoiler alert and i've already watched the movie twice - once before new year's and another time 2 weeks after the first; both in theater. Why haven't you guys watched it before watching this interview?! since then, i've been thoroughly enjoying the attention this movie has been getting and it's so well deserved. This interview is spectacular.

    • @HallowedManhattan
      @HallowedManhattan 4 роки тому +2

      First week in UK cinema

    • @AW-ex8fn
      @AW-ex8fn 4 роки тому

      @@HallowedManhattan I actually wasn't going to watch it but then by off chance I did and it was so good, I wanted to go again.

    • @sumairaftab8284
      @sumairaftab8284 4 роки тому

      Same here!

  • @es2903
    @es2903 4 роки тому +4

    I'm looking forward to Bong Joon Ho's next film. I believe it will rival James Cameron's work.

  • @helenhu233
    @helenhu233 4 роки тому +19

    hey put a spoiler alert pls!-- bong joon ho really couldn't help himself from spoiling the ending lmao

  • @ririsasy
    @ririsasy 4 роки тому +7

    Here I am after Parasite win four oscars.

  • @polkawarsmusic
    @polkawarsmusic 4 роки тому

    Memories of Mother Parasite.

  • @romaasrani
    @romaasrani 4 роки тому

    Watched all of his interview
    Bong Jon : It iiiss the dibision betweeen lich and poor aaanddd ..... tchichi bichi kkkondene chuchu kichi kachaw hheeinga manga temga
    Looooove this guy......

  • @helenh8404
    @helenh8404 4 роки тому +11

    Besides Parasite, what other movie by Bong Joonho is worth watching? Any recommendations?

    • @sseiyoni11
      @sseiyoni11 4 роки тому +12

      Helen H Memories of Murder(2003) and The host(2006)! Both thriller and star actor Song Kangho who is the father of poor family in the Parasite.
      Great movies!

    • @user-pb3xn3gl9m
      @user-pb3xn3gl9m 4 роки тому +9

      Everything is a cult classic but the ultimate memorable is MEmories of Murder bcoz it it is actually based on korean true story..

    • @helenh8404
      @helenh8404 4 роки тому +1

      @@sseiyoni11 Thank you

    • @helenh8404
      @helenh8404 4 роки тому +1

      @@user-pb3xn3gl9m Thank you. I'll check it out 👍

    • @helenh8404
      @helenh8404 4 роки тому +2

      @@user-pb3xn3gl9m Really? Is Bong Joonho that good? But if you had to pick one, what would that be? I don't have time to watch everything.

  • @ed-od9sd
    @ed-od9sd 4 роки тому +1

    I feel Parasite has pushed forward film language one step further

  • @ww25_td
    @ww25_td 4 роки тому

    Love you, Bong!

  • @mgparis
    @mgparis 3 роки тому +1

    I love how he switches languages mid-sentence, he is awesome in every way!

  • @username20131
    @username20131 4 роки тому +14

    This film is what The Purge thinks it is

  • @soraksr5574
    @soraksr5574 3 роки тому +1

    I love how he potrayed Kim family as a capable people! I know they are cheating, but they are really competent in their respective fields.

  • @laninfapimentel311
    @laninfapimentel311 3 роки тому

    There was a scene near the end of the movie, a long shot scene, that made me think: "Is he switching genres now? Is this movie going from dark comedy to horror?" I was on the edge of my seat! lol

  • @pathosderdistanz9341
    @pathosderdistanz9341 4 роки тому +6

    I imagined Anne Thomson tinkling a teacup with a teaspoon at some moment during the interview.

  • @antoabel3593
    @antoabel3593 4 роки тому

    I got to watch this. I want to know what happen to the leech

  • @mauricevidalle5018
    @mauricevidalle5018 4 роки тому

    #Parasite

  • @skyhaileducation24
    @skyhaileducation24 4 роки тому

    Director Bong. . 14:00~ U already did spoil the movie. . T.T

  • @futasupastah
    @futasupastah 4 роки тому +2

    SPOILER ALERT should be posted here !

  • @yossyxo
    @yossyxo 4 роки тому +6

    Wait is he speaking English? 🖤

  • @haleohanamalama2967
    @haleohanamalama2967 4 роки тому +6

    Oh no.... He spoiled the movie himself at the end of the clip 😭
    I hope it’s OK by now~

  • @treefarm3288
    @treefarm3288 4 роки тому +3

    The interviewer isn't identified. Great film.

  • @3VLN
    @3VLN 4 роки тому +2

    No show please please dont ruin this !

  • @stargirl6659
    @stargirl6659 4 роки тому +2

    They forgot to ask him something very important, is Snowpiercer a sequel to WillyWonka...

  • @nethbt
    @nethbt 4 роки тому

    Did they intentionally align his head in the middle of the backdrop to make him look like he has horns? alluding that he already sold his soul?

  • @JoaoSilva22222
    @JoaoSilva22222 3 роки тому

    Just another "socialist" political-preacher-social-justice-warrior who whines about capitalism but lives on luxury. He doesn´t fool me.

  • @bobbyrobby3600
    @bobbyrobby3600 4 роки тому

    This Parasite movie looks boring and what's with the terrible Beethoven old type music for a movie score. Horrible. I'm not wasting my money for this flick after seeing the previews.

    • @natashatucker9242
      @natashatucker9242 4 роки тому +8

      your loss

    • @benkim2016
      @benkim2016 4 роки тому +4

      You are missing out a milestone movie in history☺
      It won 4 Oscars voted by 8k film lovers and you are not still convinced because you are either cognitively biased or too white:)

    • @kguerr197
      @kguerr197 4 роки тому +3

      You must one of those horrible Star Wars fans who caused George Lucas to sell his franchise to Disney! You don't know classy and humanity at all by your token.

    • @bobbyrobby3600
      @bobbyrobby3600 4 роки тому

      @@kguerr197
      I stopped watching the Star Wars franchise when they put a little girl in for the lead as the master Jedi.

    • @Exen88
      @Exen88 4 роки тому

      Yea I thought it wouldn’t be fun too after seeing preview that it’s not about actual parasitic monsters. I instead got something better. 💁🏻‍♂️