SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Cannes-winning filmmaker Bong Joon-ho has had his name listed in a renowned French encyclopedia for his cinematic achievements and recognition in the European nation, a report showed Thursday. In the latest edition of “Petit Larousse Illustre,” a French-language encyclopedic dictionary launched in 1905, the South Korean director [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Bong Joon-ho, the Oscar-winning director of South Korean black comedy “Parasite,” will be part of a 15-member “ensemble cast” that will present at the Academy Awards later this month. Bong, who directed the 2019 film that fetched four Oscars, including best picture and best director, will join former winners [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Lee Kyung-sook, an 84-year-old Seoul citizen, visited a multiplex theater in the posh southern district of Gangnam on Wednesday afternoon with her daughter and grandson. Wearing a mask to protect herself from the novel coronavirus, she said she was so proud of the homegrown movie “Parasite”‘s triumph in at [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Filming locations that appeared in director Bong Joon-ho’s masterpiece “Parasite” are trending as fans visit the venues in celebration of the film’s historic Oscars win. On Tuesday, fans were busy taking selfies in front of Sky Pizza, a family-run pizzeria that appears as Pizza Age in the black comedy. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Director Bong Joon-ho of “Parasite” anticipates a future in which world cinema is so connected and diverse that a non-English-language winner of the Oscar for best picture will not make news any longer. The South Korean dark comedy on class division made movie history on Sunday (U.S. time) by [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — It took about 40 years for a timid 12-year-old South Korean boy who dreamed of becoming a film director to grow up and capture four Oscar statuettes, including the most prestigious best picture. His black comedy “Parasite” was the biggest winner of this year’s Academy Awards held at Dolby [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Bong Joon-ho’s sensational black comedy “Parasite,” nominated in six categories, including best picture, at the upcoming Oscars, has been invited to 57 film festivals and award events across the world, and collected 55 trophies, its production company CJ ENM said Friday. In May last year, the film about class [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Bong Joon-ho’s sensational thriller “Parasite” will be made into a TV series on U.S. premium cable channel HBO, the film’s production house said Friday. “Director Bong and Adam McKay will participate in the project as executive producers, with HBO,” said an official from the film’s investor-distributor CJ ENM. The [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean director Bong Joon-ho of “Parasite” might be the busiest man in the ongoing U.S. winter awards season, hoisting numerous trophies and delivering acceptance speeches onstage. As the director has been increasingly doing media interviews and making it onto talk shows, moreover, the person next to the eclectic [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Bong Joon ho’s “Parasite” has made history again. The class satire was named best foreign language film at this year’s Golden Globes Awards ceremony on Sunday (U.S. time), becoming the first South Korean movie ever to receive a prize from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which organizes the annual [...]