Bong Joon-ho Film Quotations

I regard remaking a film as creating something again.

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

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

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

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

There is a lot of extreme emotion in Korean film. It's because there are a lot of extremes in Korean society.

As a director, or just a film fan who wants to enjoy the festival, Cannes is the worst place to be. But it must be a paradise for distributors and importers.