Not exact matches
Verdict: Easily one of our most anticipated of the year, we started to worry if we'd ever see «Snowpiercer,» the English - language debut of
Korean master Bong Joon - Ho («The Host,» «Memories Of Murder,» «
Mother «-RRB-, given the bubbling controversy over the
film and Harvey Weinstein «s intentions to release a severely truncated version.
As Joon - ho Bong's (The Host,
Mother) first English language
film (and comic book adaptation), Snowpiercer brought the visual language of
Korean cinema to a wider American audience before becoming a global hit.
This is the new post-apocalyptic sci - fi
film set on a train in a future world covered entirely by snow, being directed by
Korean filmmaker Bong Joon - ho, of The Host and
Mother.
Sohn showed a rough animation he made about his own life, and how animation showed him the power of visual storytelling — as Disney animated movies were the one type of
film he didn't need to explain to his
Korean mother, who didn't know English.
Reverse Shot's Damon Smith talks to Bong Joon - ho (
Mother, The Host) about the psychological costs of making better
films, the blurring of reality and fantasy, and the drinking habits of
Korean auteurs.
With recent
films like Oldboy, The Host,
Mother and The Good, the Bad, the Weird, South
Koreans have proven time after time that genre filmmaking can be exciting, while unique to their culture and vision.
The new
film by oft - controversial
Korean auteur Kim Ki - Duk is a melodrama about a brutal collector for a loan shark and his odd relationship with his
mother.
«Snowpiercer» Easily one of our most anticipated of the year, we started to worry if we'd ever see «Snowpiercer,» the English - language debut of
Korean master Bong Joon - ho («The Host,» «Memories Of Murder,» «
Mother «-RRB-, given the bubbling controversy over the
film and Harvey Weinstein «s intentions to release a truncated version.