- Overview
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- Book Intro
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(English) The World of Bong Jun-ho Through the Eyes of Lee Dong-jin
Director Bong Joon-ho won the Palme d'Or at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival for Parasite, and won four categories including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards. The world is enthusiastic about Parasite, the first film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture for a non-English-speaking film, and the record to win both the Palme d'Or and the Academy Award for the first time in 64 years. This is a book in which Korea's best film critic, Lee Dong-jin, examines the world of Bong Joon-ho, who rewrote film history not only in Korea but also around the world.
- About the Author
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Lee Dong-jin
Lee Dong-jin is a film critic. There was no great, dramatic moment during his youth at which point he decided to make cinema his life. Cinema still found him, however, and he has been with it for many years. He lives his life and lives it once again through cinema. He wants nothing more than to "touch" movies.
Lee's books include Walking through Films, Lee Dong-jin's Boomerang Interviews: The Secrets, Daydreaming on the Road, A Book at Night, Lee Dong-jin's Boomerang Interviews: The Time, and Lee Dong-jin's Make Reading Fun. In addition, he co-authored The Novels We Loved and Books Asking Questions with Kim Jung-hyeok.
