Bong Joon-ho Quotations

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.

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

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

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

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

I regard remaking a film as creating something again.

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

I like to draw my storyboards myself.

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

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