Bong Joon Ho on Restoring ‘The Host’ and Why It Still Resonates 20 Years On: ‘We Are Repeating Our Mistakes’
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. Magnolia Pictures will return the...
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Gizmodo Bong Joon Ho Resisted Making Edits to ‘The Host’ as Part of Its Restoration
The Oscar-winning filmmaker explains why he left certain small flaws intact in the 4K version of his 2006 monster movie.
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