Bong Joon Ho, 9781350414662
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Bong Joon Ho’s films: Anarchy, philosophy, and the struggle for justice.
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Bong Joon Ho

philosopher and filmmaker

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    240 pages

  • Release Date

    21 January 2026

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Summary

Bong Joon Ho: A Radically Philosophical Cinema

With the release of Parasite (2019), winner of the Palme d’Or and an Academy Award for Best Picture, the South Korean director Bong Joon Ho secured his place as one of his generation’s leading filmmakers. While scholars and critics have long appreciated his penetrating critique of Korean society and global capitalism, this book presents the first cohesive philosophical analysis of his first seven feature-length films. It argues…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781350414662
ISBN-10:1350414662
Series:Philosophical Filmmakers
Author:Anthony Curtis Adler
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:Bloomsbury Academic
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:240
Release Date:21 January 2026
Weight:454g
Dimensions:216mm x 138mm
About The Author

Anthony Curtis Adler

Anthony Curtis Adler is a professor of German and Comparative Literature at Yonsei University’s Underwood International College, South Korea. His most recent books include Celebricities: Media Culture and the Phenomenology of Gadget Commodity Life (2016), and Politics and Truth in Hölderlin: ‘Hyperion’ and the Choreographic Project of Modernity (2021).

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