Top 32 Joon-ho Bong Quotes

#1. I like to draw my storyboards myself.

Bong Joon-ho

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#2. We have so many rich people in Switzerland. They should take more responsibility for the general public. There is almost no tradition of philanthropy here anymore, unlike in the U.S.

Hansjorg Wyss

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#3. No matter where I am working, I cannot make a film without 100% creative control and final cut. If there is such a guarantee, I can work anywhere.

Bong Joon-ho

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#4. The mother's love for her child is very strong in Korean society - almost on the borderline of being an obsession.

Bong Joon-ho

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#5. I am a fan of the monster and horror genre but that's not my style as a director.

Bong Joon-ho

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#6. My favourite genre lies inside myself, and as I follow my favourite stories, characters and images, it sums up to a certain genre. So at times even I have to try to guess which genre a film will be after I've made it.

Bong Joon-ho

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#7. I'm sure mothers are important across every culture, but particularly in Korean society, the role of the mother is of great importance.

Bong Joon-ho

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#8. When you first think of making a monster movie you have to realize that a lot of people may be down on you because there is a big prejudice against such films.

Bong Joon-ho

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#9. I have a complex feeling about genre. I love it, but I hate it at the same time. I have the urge to make audiences thrill with the excitement of a genre, but I also try to betray and destroy the expectations placed on that genre.

Bong Joon-ho

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#10. Until the end of elementary school, I lived in a suburban area, so the type of village I used to live in is borderline between village and the city, so I'm familiar with the rustic environment.

Bong Joon-ho

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#11. There is a fine line between seeing something that's lost as missing, and seeing it as something that might be found.

Jodi Picoult

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#12. When I was a kid, I was always watching genre movies on TV.

Bong Joon-ho

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#13. The multilevel, the conscious and the unconscious, is natural when I write scripts, when I come up with ideas and stories.

Bong Joon-ho

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#14. I don't intentionally make my films with the express goal of surprising the viewer.

Bong Joon-ho

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#15. There's hardly any governmental censorship in Korea.

Bong Joon-ho

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#16. I love the Japanese director Shohei Imamura. His masterpiece in 1979 called, the English title was 'Vengeance is Mine.'

Bong Joon-ho

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#17. The superhero is a really popular figure in the West. In Asia or Korea, the young viewers are amused by the figure, but it is not really so sensational.

Bong Joon-ho

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#18. I really hate the creature film convention that says you have to wait until the end to see the monster. One hour and all you've seen is just the tip of the creature's tail.

Bong Joon-ho

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#19. I always write the script by myself.

Bong Joon-ho

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#20. There are things you're supposed to learn in life. My biggest regret was terminating a pregnancy when I was about 18. Every day, I think about who that baby would be now; it still makes me sad.

Suzi Quatro

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#21. In Korean films there is only really a strong tradition of melodramas.

Bong Joon-ho

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#22. I don't write any kind of sequel or remake.

Bong Joon-ho

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#23. the sand was like sugar under his feet. They

Anne Rice

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#24. People have said, 'Why don't you make your own company like Chan-wook Park has his own company,' but my head is full of writing and directing and I don't feel like I want to run a company. That's not really within my personality as well.

Bong Joon-ho

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#25. I regard remaking a film as creating something again.

Bong Joon-ho

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#26. There is no suspense in inevitability.

Damon Lindelof

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#27. In the mid 1990s the Korean film industry was really open-minded.

Bong Joon-ho

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#28. There is a lot of extreme emotion in Korean film. It's because there are a lot of extremes in Korean society.

Bong Joon-ho

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#29. I think each film should be regarded as its own specific text.

Bong Joon-ho

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#30. As a director, or just a film fan who wants to enjoy the festival, Cannes is the worst place to be. But it must be a paradise for distributors and importers.

Bong Joon-ho

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#31. I think when one becomes very close to another person, it can mean loving and intimacy, but on the other hand, there's also the danger of one destructing another under the name of love. I think that is the scariest thing for me in various relationships.

Bong Joon-ho

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#32. I really love 'The Thing.'

Bong Joon-ho

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