Generic Interventions: Tropes and Topicality in the Films of Bong Joon-ho

South Korean writer/director Bong Joon-ho is known for his fastidious storytelling and skilful forays into genre that, amid action and artful sequences, level accessible sociopolitical critique. Anthony Carew dives into the filmmaker's six features to expose the substance beneath the spectacle.

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Barking Dogs Never Bite, Okja, The Host, Memories of Murder, Snowpiercer, Mother, Asian cinema.