Screening from Series Director's Inspiration: Bong Joon Ho
Bong Joon Ho’s first English-language feature is a postapocalyptic epic based on Le Transperceneige, a graphic novel series by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand, and Jean-Marc Rochette. It takes place on a nonstop express train that carries the survivors of the Earth’s new ice age, a disaster caused by a failed experiment to address global warming. The passengers are segregated into different socioeconomic categories, with the rich at the front of the train and the poor crammed in the rear cars. Bong’s dystopian fantasy is realized with horror, humor, and magnificent visuals, and is coded with social commentary. It features a stellar cast including Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, Ed Harris, and Song Kang-ho.
Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.
Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.
2013 | 126 min | South Korea | Color | English, Korean | Rated R | DCP
DIRECTED BY: Bong Joon Ho
WRITTEN BY: Bong Joon Ho, Kelly Masterson
WITH: Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Tilda Swinton, Ed Harris
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Screenings
Mother (마더) in 35mm
Actor Kim Hye-Ja, known to be the prototypical mother figure in Korea, stars in Bong Joon Ho’s psychological thriller as the titular “mother” who takes extreme measures to free her only son, imprisoned for the alleged murder of a teenage girl. Kim is brilliant in her subversive depiction of a Korean mother, going against the grain of the types of characters she’s played since the 1960s, all popular and familiar to Korean audiences. Heavily driven by the mother’s agenda, the film’s narrative constantly shifts and reroutes its direction, unfolding new elements derived from the mother’s subjective, instinctual investigation in which the line between truth and deception is neither crucial nor corroborated.
Mon, Mar 31, 2025 | 7:30pm | 35mm
Ted Mann Theater
Screenings
The Host (괴물) in 35mm
Oscar-winning director Bong Joon Ho’s third feature film, The Host, is a monster blockbuster starring Song Kang-ho as Park Gang-du, the head of a dysfunctional family.
Thu, Apr 3, 2025 | 7:30pm | 35mm
Ted Mann Theater
Screenings
Memories of Murder (살인의추억) in 4k
Inspired by a true story, Memories of Murder centers around the gruesome serial killings of women in South Korea in the 1980s, investigated by Doo-man (Song), a detective who relies on instinct rather than factual objectives.
Sat, Apr 5, 2025 | 7:30pm | 4K DCP
Ted Mann Theater
Screenings
Barking Dogs Never Bite (플란다스의개) in 35mm
Barking Dogs Never Bite is centered around an unemployed academic and his satirical battle against barking dogs in his apartment building.
Mon, Apr 14, 2025 | 7:30pm | 35mm
Ted Mann Theater