Bong Joon Ho on Restoring ‘The Host’ and Why It Still Resonates 20 Years On: ‘We Are Repeating Our Mistakes’

Bong Joon Ho on Restoring ‘The Host’ and Why It Still Resonates 20 Years On: ‘We Are Repeating Our Mistakes’ hakkında magazin dünyasında yaşanan en son ayrıntılar ve sıcak gelişmeler netleşti. Nov 9, 2026 3:08pm PT Bong Joon Ho on Restoring ‘The Host’ and Why It Still Resonates 20 Years On: ‘We Are Repeating Our Mistakes’ The ‘Parasite’ director describes how the 4K restoration brings back the film’s original 35mm look, and why its satire of official misinformation lands differently today. By Naman Ramachandran Plus Icon Naman Ramachandran Latest China Box Office: ‘Traces of Justice’ Reclaims Top Spot as Local Debuts ‘Embers’ and ‘The Coffin Swap’ Arrive 20 hours ago ‘Gangs of London’ Director Kim Hong-sun Shoots Korean Martial Arts Action Film ‘The Hit List’ With Jung Woo-sung, ‘Squid Game’ Star Wi Ha-jun 22 hours ago ‘Cheers,’ ‘Taxi’ Showrunner Ken Estin and Mentalist Banachek Take Psychic Fraud Series ‘Psychic Predators’ From Taiwan Creative Content Fest to American Film Market (EXCLUSIVE) 23 hours ago See All Add us as a Google Preferred Source Comments Bong Joon Ho has revisited “ The Host ” for a 20th-anniversary 4K restoration, and the Oscar-winning director says the 2006 monster movie’s satire of official misinformation feels newly pertinent.

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In “The Host,” Song Kang-ho plays Gang-du, who nods off on the job at his snack kiosk beside Seoul’s Han River. A monstrous creature crawls out of the water, tears through the crowds on the riverbank and snatches his schoolgirl daughter Hyun-seo, played by Ko A-sung.

Authorities declare the creature the carrier of an unknown virus. When Gang-du gets a phone call from Hyun-seo, terrified but alive, he resolves to slip into the sealed-off zone by the river and bring her back.

Byun Hee-bong, Park Hae-il and Bae Doo-na co-star as members of his family. New Zealand’s Weta Workshop built detailed models of the creature, and The Orphanage handled visual effects and animation.

Bong’s later film “Parasite” won the Palme d’Or in 2019 and went on to win four Oscars, including best picture, making it the first non-English-language film to take the top prize. Bong wrote “The Host” with the SARS outbreak in mind.

A scene in which U.S. lawmakers concede there never was a virus spreading through Korea was his satire of the misinformation behind the Iraq War, launched over weapons of mass destruction that turned out not to exist.

Since then, Bong notes, the world has lived through the coronavirus pandemic. “Now we’re in the thick of the Iran War and we’re still in the midst of an ongoing war, and whether it’s good history or bad history, it seems like we as a community, as a whole, are repeating our mistakes,” Bong says.

“Although the film has stayed the same, the history is repeating itself and making the film relevant again.” The aim of the restoration, Bong says, was to recreate the experience of watching a fresh 35mm print, as the film was shown when it premiered at Cannes in 2006. “The Host” was shot on Fuji stock rather than Kodak, and Bong wanted to bring back the subtle color qualities he first worked out with his

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