There is a lot of extreme emotion in Korean film. It's because there are a lot of extremes in Korean society.
Interpretation
Korean films reflect the intense emotions and societal extremes present in Korean culture.
Bong Joon-Ho suggests that the emotional depth found in Korean cinema is a direct result of the cultural and social extremes experienced within Korean society. This intertwining of art and life illustrates how filmmakers draw inspiration from their surroundings, allowing audiences to connect with the raw human experiences portrayed on screen.
In practice
In a film studies class while discussing the impact of culture on cinema.
I think when one becomes very close to another person, it can mean loving and intimacy, but on the other hand, there's also the danger of one destructing another under the name of love. I think that is the scariest thing for me in various relationships.
I have a complex feeling about genre. I love it, but I hate it at the same time. I have the urge to make audiences thrill with the excitement of a genre, but I also try to betray and destroy the expectations placed on that genre.
People have said, 'Why don't you make your own company like Chan-wook Park has his own company,' but my head is full of writing and directing and I don't feel like I want to run a company. That's not really within my personality as well.
No matter where I am working, I cannot make a film without 100% creative control and final cut. If there is such a guarantee, I can work anywhere.
The arts and inventions of each period are only its costume, and do not invigorate men.
You can bring out your inner self and moods through dancing. Music does the same.
I wasn't exposed to art as I was growing up, and can't recall the first time I saw a work of art. However, I remember very clearly a vision I had of a little green reindeer when I was a child, and visions emanate from the same mythical area where painting resides. Whatever the reason, I immediately felt comfortable working with visual materials.
It's a funny thing about stories. It doesn't feel like you make them up, more like you find them. You type and type and you know you haven't got it yet, because somewhere out there, there's that perfect thing -- the unexpected ending that was always going to happen. That place you've always been heading for, but never expected to go.
Outlines are the last resource of bad fiction writers who wish to God they were writing masters' theses.
Any woodthrush shows it - he sings, not to fill the world, but because he is filled.
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