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Q&A with Director Bong Joon-Ho on his film "The Host"

Mar 12, 2007

On February 27th, 2007, The Korea Society hosted a special screening of Korean director Bong Joon-ho's new monster movie The Host, followed by a Q&A session with Bong, at the IFC Film Center in New York. At the Q&A, Bong Joon-ho discussed The Host's implicit social commentary and political satire. Bong also discussed how, as a director, he wanted The Host to be a hybrid of several genres: the monster movie, the action film and the black comedy. In response to audience questions, Bong Joon-ho discussed his inspiration for The Host (which included the big-budget blockbusters of director Steven Spielberg) and the differences in Korean and American movie production. The Host opens nationwide in the U.S. on March 9, 2007.