{"product_id":"bong-joon-ho-joseph-jonghyun-jeon-9780252046483","title":"Bong Joon Ho","description":"Successful cult films like \u003ci\u003eThe Host\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSnowpiercer\u003c\/i\u003e proved to be harbingers for Bong Joon Ho's enormous breakthrough success with \u003ci\u003eParasite\u003c\/i\u003e. Joseph Jonghyun Jeon provides a consideration of the director's entire career and the themes, ambitions, techniques, and preoccupations that infuse his works. As Jeon shows, Bong's sense of spatial and temporal dislocations creates a hall of mirrors that challenges us to answer the parallel questions \u003ci\u003eWhere are we?\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhen are we?\u003c\/i\u003e. Jeon also traces Bong's oeuvre from its early focus on Korea's US-fueled modernization to examining the entanglements of globalization in \u003ci\u003eMother\u003c\/i\u003e and his subsequent films. A complete filmography and in-depth interview with the director round out the book. \u003cp\u003e Insightful and engaging, \u003ci\u003eBong Joon Ho\u003ci\u003e offers an up-to-date analysis of the genre-bending international director.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Jonghyun Jeon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 025204648X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252046483\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Joseph Jonghyun Jeon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46293107704063,"sku":"9780252046483","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f6eaeca9-1c6d-4fa0-b041-a32edbc40078.jpg?v=1730212148","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bong-joon-ho-joseph-jonghyun-jeon-9780252046483","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}