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Mother 2009
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Bong Joon-Ho:
The mother’s love for her child is very strong in Korean society - almost on the borderline of being an obsession.
I have caught up with all the Bong movies and never would have expected this to be my favorite.
It is imo the most morally ambiguous and outright upsetting story he’s written.
I’m sure mothers are very important across every culture, but particularly in Korean society, the role of the mother is of great importance.
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Mickey 17 2025
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It really feels like Bong Joon Ho uses his Korean films to make very poignant cautionary tales and his English language ones to make fun of how fucking dumb our political culture is
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