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Down by the River.(The Host)(Movie review)
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How come we get so many films about serial killers, teen-age libidos, and the Second World War, but nothing about giant mutant tadpoles? The imbalance has always struck me as unjust, and some of us have considered forming a pressure group to lobby for the inclusion of giant mutant tadpoles in mainstream cinema. Now the pressure is off, thanks to "The Host." The director is Bong Joon-ho, and the mainstream in question is the Han, which flows through the center of Seoul. The rapid economic advance of South Korea in the nineteen-sixties and seventies is commonly known in the region as "the Miracle on the Han." Here comes the ...
- Bong Joon-ho creates a sympathetic monster in 'The Host'.
- News wire article from: YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea July 5, 2006 700+ words
...4 (Yonhap) -- Audiences at a preview of Bong Joon-ho's eagerly anticipated movie "The Host" laughed, screamed and applauded on Tuesday...appeared in Bong's previous movies, "The Host" revolves over the five-member family who...
- This fish swims: South Korean director Bong Joon-ho restores respectability to...
- Magazine article from: Western Standard McLennan, Neal April 23, 2007 700+ words
...up," and its close-up turns out to be The Host. Directed by Bong Joon-ho, The Host is South Korea's Jaws and Star Wars rolled into...Godzilla and The Parallax View. Watching The Host, it is easy to get excited by the prospect of...
- Gogol in Seoul Gary Indiana on the films of Bong Joon-ho.
- Magazine article from: Artforum International Indiana, Gary January 1, 2007 700+ words
...began working on The Host, thirty-eight...old Korean director Bong Joon-ho had made only...anticipation of The Host's arrival in American...decisively established Bong Joon-ho as a vital force...films Korean director Bong Joon-ho has shot to...masterpiece, The ...
- Film director Bong Joon-ho of South Korea, speaks at Kursaal...
- Picture from: Getty Images RAFA RIVAS September 21, 2009 700+ words
RAFA RIVAS Getty Images 09-21-2009 Film director Bong Joon-ho of South Korea, speaks at Kursaal... Full Size JPG (2314 KB) Film director Bong Joon-ho of South Korea, speaks at Kursaal Palace, after the screening of his film "Mother...
- South Korean fright film evokes 'Host' of emotions.(Movie review)
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) March 9, 2007 700+ words
...Mar. 9--'THE HOST' ***1/2 Like all good hosts, the host in "The Host...writer-director Bong Joon-ho has made a considerable...proven wrong. 'The Host' ***1/2 Written and directed by Bong Joon-ho; cinematography...
- Reading Eagle, Pa., Dvd Review column: Korean sci-fi film 'The Host' has plenty...
- Newspaper article from: Reading Eagle (Reading, PA) June 14, 2007 700+ words
...Byline: Tony Lucia Jun. 14--DVD : "The Host Director : Bong Joon-ho Starring : Song Kang-ho, Byeon Hie...social or political comment. To wit, "The Host," by Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho, in which a monster, slithering out...
- Host' breaks S. Korean box office record.
- News wire article from: YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea September 3, 2006 700+ words
...SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Yonhap) -- Bong Joon-ho's "The Host" climbed to the top of the South...the record will go, but it (The Host) will stick around in theaters...unbeaten overseas sales. "'The Host' showed how far a Korean blockbuster...
- The thing from South Korea: 'Host' whips up a blend of horror and humor, but...
- Newspaper article from: Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) March 23, 2007 700+ words
...unseemly pride in itself, The Host tells what happens when an American...it becomes known as the Host -- springs full-grown from...asphalt. Unfortunately, director Bong Joon-ho isn't satisfied with...The main antagonists to the Host belong to a working-class...
