The Films of Bong Joon Ho
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19946219 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nam Lee (0000-0001-5320-1672, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-29 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Films of Bong Joon Ho (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Rutgers University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.36019/9781978818941 |
| OpenAlex | W3116841161 |
| Open Library | OL34926952M |
| ISBN | 9781978818941 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
As this timely book reveals, even as Bong Joon Ho has emerged as an internationally known director, his films still engage with distinctly Korean social and political contexts that may elude many Western viewers. The Films of Bong Joon Ho demonstrates how he hybridizes Hollywood conventions with local realities in order to create a cinema that foregrounds the absurd cultural anomie Koreans have experienced in tandem with their rapid economic development. Film critic and scholar Nam Lee explores how Bong subverts the structures of the genres he works within, from the crime thriller to the sci-fi film, in order to be truthful to Korean realities that often deny the reassurances of the happy Hollywood ending. With detailed readings of Bong’s films from Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000) through Parasite (2019), the book will give readers a new appreciation of this world-class cinematic talent
Asian Culture and Media Studies · Psychology · Criticism and interpretation · History · Literature · Motion picture producers and directors · Motion pictures
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |