{"product_id":"bong-joon-ho-paperback-softback-9780252088575","title":"Bong Joon Ho (Paperback \/ softback) 9780252088575","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBong Joon Ho\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJoseph Jonghyun Jeon (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780252088575\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 19 November 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e176 pages, 21 black \u0026amp; white photographs\u003cbr\u003e21 x 14 x 3.8 cm, 0.254 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“Inventive and engaging, with elegant and grounded analyses of Bong’s oeuvre. While there are other English-language volumes now devoted to the director, Jeon’s multifaceted account of the relationship between Korea’s modern history and the trajectory of Bong’s traversal of genres, modes, and production practices yields remarkable insight.” --Michelle Cho, University of Toronto\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSuccessful cult films like \u003ci\u003eThe Host\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSnowpiercer\u003c\/i\u003e proved to be harbingers for Bong Joon Ho’s enormous breakthrough success with \u003ci\u003eParasite\u003c\/i\u003e. Joseph Jonghyun Jeon provides a consideration of the director’s entire career and the themes, ambitions, techniques, and preoccupations that infuse his works. As Jeon shows, Bong’s sense of spatial and temporal dislocations creates a hall of mirrors that challenges us to answer the parallel questions \u003ci\u003eWhere are we?\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhen are we?\u003c\/i\u003e. Jeon also traces Bong’s oeuvre from its early focus on Korea’s US-fueled modernization to examining the entanglements of globalization in \u003ci\u003eMother\u003c\/i\u003e and his subsequent films. A complete filmography and in-depth interview with the director round out the book. \u003cp\u003e Insightful and engaging, \u003ci\u003eBong Joon Ho\u003ci\u003e offers an up-to-date analysis of the genre-bending international director.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e A Note on Romanization \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Global Entanglements \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Increments of Modernity: \u003ci\u003eBarking Dogs Never Bite\u003c\/i\u003e (2000) and \u003ci\u003eMemories of Murder\u003c\/i\u003e (2003) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Parenting Fails: \u003ci\u003eThe Host\u003c\/i\u003e (2006) and \u003ci\u003eMother\u003c\/i\u003e (2009) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Fantasies of Escape (Outside): \u003ci\u003eSnowpiercer\u003c\/i\u003e (2013) and \u003ci\u003eOkja\u003c\/i\u003e (2017) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Fantasies of Escape (Inside): \u003ci\u003eParasite\u003c\/i\u003e (2019) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Coda: Mise en mondial \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e An Interview with Bong Joon Ho \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Filmography \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Bibliography \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Index \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52656058466584,"sku":"9780252088575","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/bong-joon-ho-paperback-softback-9780252088575","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}