The Craft of the Director with Bong Joon Ho (Ep. 274)

The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Directors Guild of America

Tv & Film

4.6 • 806 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2021

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

Director Bong Joon Ho participates in a conversation with Rian Johnson on Director Bong's beginnings in the industry, how his early life informs his voice, and what guides him in his collaboration with actors. Director Bong discusses his directing process drawing examples from Parasite, Memories of a Murder, Mother, The Host, and Snowpiercer.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to the Director's Cut, brought to by the Directors Guild of America.
0:07.0	Today's episode features the DGA Special Projects Committee's recent event, the craft of the director Bong Junho.
0:14.0	This series of conversations with master filmmakers features an in-depth discussion about the directing process from pre-production through post.
0:21.9	Director Bong's credits include the feature films The Host, Mother, Snowpiercer, and Okja.
0:28.5	His DGA Award-nominated feature, Parasite, became the first foreign language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2020.
0:37.3	Please enjoy the conversation between Director Bong, accompanied by his translator to win the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2020.
0:37.6	Please enjoy the conversation between Director Bong,
0:40.3	accompanied by his translator Sharon Choi
0:42.8	and fellow director Ryan Johnson.
0:47.8	Hello.
0:48.9	Hi, hi, hi, hi.
0:50.4	Director Bung, it's so good to see you guys again.
0:53.1	So good to see you again. Is it your working place?
0:57.2	Yes, it's my office that I kind of like set up as my working place.
1:01.8	The problem is I made a huge mistake and I put all of my toys in it.
1:06.6	So I have like my old computer.
1:08.8	I have my guitars.
1:10.5	And so I never get any work done here.
1:12.6	I usually write at the dining room upstairs.
1:15.6	You were saying that you are a big cafe writer, that you're writing cafes and restaurants.
1:21.6	This is my working place office, but I never write here.
1:25.6	I always write in the coffee shop, in the corner of coffee shop or cafe.
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