Born in 1969, Bong Joon-ho was raised in an artistic family, since his father was a designer and his grandfather a noted author. This fact was a major factor in his decision to become a filmmaker, a goal he’d focused on since middle school. He majored in sociology at Yonsei University in the late 1980s […]
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6 Reasons Why “Ran” Is Akira Kurosawa’s Late Masterpiece
Akira Kurosawa’s last epic was probably the most notorious entry in his vast filmography, since it was the most expensive Japanese film ever produced up to that point, with a budget of $11 million. It was also almost dropped for lack of funding, and the 75-year-old master lost his wife during the shoot, in an […]
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All 10 Park Chan-wook Films Ranked From Worst To Best
Park Chan-wook was born in Seoul and studied philosophy at Sogang University, where he aspired to be an art critic. However, after he watched Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo”, he decided to become a director. His first two films, “The Moon is… the Sun’s Dream” and “Trio”, were low budget productions, with Park later stating that he […]
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7 Reasons Why “Ghost in the Shell” is an Anime Masterpiece
Continuing from where “Akira” left off, “Ghost in the Shell” established cyberpunk as one of the main themes of the genre, and pawned a huge franchise that continues to produce masterpieces. In that fashion, the franchise includes three animated TV series, four movies, and four video games, while a live-action remake starring Scarlett Johansson was […]
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4 Reasons Why “Snowpiercer” is a Criminally Underrated Movie
With the growing popularity South Korean cinema has been enjoying internationally, the transfer of Korean filmmakers to Hollywood was an inevitable action. From the three directors that made the step, Park Chan-wook with “Stoker”, Kim Jee-woon with “The Last Stand”, and Bong Joon-ho with “Snowpiercer”, the latter was the most successful, both artistically and commercially. […]
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5 Reasons Why “Stoker” is a Criminally Underrated Movie
With the growing popularity South Korean cinema has been enjoying internationally, the transfer of Korean filmmakers to Hollywood was inevitable. From the three directors that made the step, Park Chan-wook with “Stoker”, Kim Jee-woon with “The Last Stand”, and Bong Joon-ho with “Snowpiercer”, the first one was the most controversial film among the critics, since […]