With just three features to his name, Bong Joon-ho has planted himself on the shortlist for favorite South Korean export. Suspense is his forte, but his gorgeously made films are also rich in humor and horror. Take his smash monster hit, The Host, which dizzies and delights with its tonal whiplash. Then there's his latest, Mother, a murder-he-wrote dandy that could be seen as a close relative to his supreme police procedural Memories of Murder. The series also includes debut Barking Dogs Never Bite, Q&As, and a shorts program that rounds up the CCTV-framed Influenza and Bong's delicate segment for the omnibus film Tokyo!.
01 March 2010
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Saw this at the Toronto Film Festival. It's similar to his other work, and yet different. Very good movie.
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