Brilliantly illustrated and designed by the London-based film
magazine Little White Lies, Bong Joon-ho examines the career of the
South Korean writer/director, who has been making critically
acclaimed feature films for more than two decades. First breaking
out into the international scene with festival-favorite Barking
Dogs Never Bite (2000), Bong then set his sights on the story of a
real-life serial killer in 2003's Memories of Murder and once again
won strong international critical attention, taking home the prize
for Best Director at the San Sebastian Film Festival. But it was
2006's The Host that proved to be a huge breakout moment both for
Bong and the Korean film industry. The monster movie, set in Seoul,
premiered at Cannes and became an instant hit-South Korea's widest
release ever, setting new box office records and selling remake
rights in the US to Universal. Bong's next feature, Mother (2009)
also premiered at Cannes, once again earning critical acclaim and
appearing on many "best-of" lists for 2009/2010. Bong's first
English-language film, Snowpiercer (2013)-set on a postapocalyptic
train where class divisions erupt into class warfare-followed on
its heels, bringing his work outside of the South Korean and film
festival markets and onto the stage of global commercial cinema.
With 2017's Okja (which became a center of controversy due to its
being produced and released by Netflix), Bong became even more of
an internationally known name, with the New York Times' A. O. Scott
calling the film "a miracle of imagination and technique." Bong's
next film, the 2019 black comedy/thriller Parasite, simultaneously
scaled back-the film is mostly set in just two locations, with two
Korean families taking center stage-and took his career to new
heights, winning the Palme d'Or with a unanimous vote, as well as
history-making Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best
Original Screenplay, and Best International Feature Film.
Parasite's jarring shifts in tone-encompassing darkness, drama,
slapstick, and black humor-and its unsubtle critiques of late
capitalism and American imperialism are in conversation with Bong's
entire body of work, and this mid-career monograph will survey the
entirety of that work, including his short films, to flesh out the
stories behind the films with supporting analytical text and
interviews with Bong's key collaborators. The book also explores
Bong's rise in the cultural eye of the West, catching up readers
with his career before his next masterpiece arrives.
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