Bong Joon-ho did not take the big head. A Palme d’Or in 2019, a César and four Oscars for Parasite did not get the better of his humor or his modesty. He is back on the Croisette with a beautiful green fan because it is very hot in Cannes.
Bong Joon-ho is here! Back in Cannes after his Palme d’Or. @Festival_Cannes @20 minutes pic.twitter.com/bi0esSfD6k
– Vié Caroline (@Caroklouk) July 6, 2021
“When Thierry Frémaux asked me to come for the opening, I said to myself ‘Why me?’, He confides in 20 minutes. Then, he explained to me that it would be a way to act as if there had been no interruption of the festival between the Palme d’Or of Parasite and this new edition. “
A nice transition
Proud to be the architect of this transition, the director is just as proud to participate, this Wednesday at 11 am, in a ” Appointment Friendly with festival-goers during which he will talk about his career and his cinephilia. “I am still a
otaku, a pure geek who loves chatting like crazy. I just hope it doesn’t revolve around me too much or people will get bored. I have already asked friends to come and support me in the room, but I’m afraid that they will be the first to sneak out discreetly, ”he jokes.
His only regret is that he missed the broadcast of Parasite in prime time on France 3 Monday evening. “I would have loved to hear Song Kang-ho speak French even if I couldn’t understand the film! It must be very funny to hear him speak in your language, ”he laughs.
Industrieux during the pandemic
The director, vaccinated before coming to Cannes, has not suffered too much from the pandemic. He led a studious and uneventful life. “In South Korea, we are so disciplined that it was not necessary to confine us,” he says. I took the opportunity to work on two scenarios: an animated film and another in English that I plan to shoot soon. He should give the first turn of the crank of this second project still kept secret this fall.
Impossible to know more even by threatening to make him drink. “I don’t handle alcohol well, but I don’t plan to get drunk this year,” he says. This is the first time that I come to Cannes relaxed because I do not present a film and I am therefore not afraid of being insulted after the screening. He is in no danger of being attacked: the many fans who are waiting for him want only to compliment him.