Bong Joon-Ho Just Wants A Drink But He Can't Stop Winning Oscars

Somebody get Bong Joon-Ho a drink! The Parasite director just pulled off what might be the hugest surprise of the 2020 Oscars by taking residence the Academy Award for Best Director. 1917's Sam Mendes was the preference going into the telecast, and even Bong himself thought he was done accepting golden statuettes soon after Parasite won the award for Best International Feature.


immediately after winning Best International Feature I thought I was done for the day and prepared to relax," the director mentioned in Korean through the his translator, Sharon Choi. All jokes aside, the filmmaker then got sentimental. Any time I was young and studying cinema, there was a saying that I carved deep into my heart: The most personalized is most creative," he mentioned. "That quote was by the wonderful Martin Scorsese."


Scorsese, needless to say, was a fellow nominee in the directing category for his generational mob drama The Irishman. Each person indoors within the Dolby Theatre erupted into cheers, standing for the legendary Hollywood filmmaker while Bong smiled from the podium. Whenever I was in school I studied Martin Scorsese’s films," he mentioned. "Just to be nominated was an enormous honor. I never thought I'd win."


The South Korean filmmaker then thanked Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood's Quentin Tarantino for his support over the years. Any time people in the U.S. People were not familiar with my films, Quentin routinely put my films on his lists," Bong mentioned. "And Todd [Phillips] and Sam [Mendes], excellent directors that I admire," he added. "If the Academy permits, I would like to get a chainsaw and split the award into five and share it with all of you."


Right now, that's a true celebration of cinema and the people who make it. (And very much in the spirit Bong's genre roots.)


Before tonight, Bong and South Korea had zero Oscars — nevertheless Parasite can't stop making history. This directing honor is Bong's third Academy Award of the night. Furthermore to taking house the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, "Parasite" won Best International Feature.