https://www.scmp.com/rss/323091/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The stand-off between Bong Joon-ho and Harvey Weinstein over the United States cut of Snowpiercer (2013) had all the hallmarks of a scene the director might shoot himself. High drama. The Korean auteur versus the bullish American. Philosophical questions of artistic integrity in the time of mass consumption. Gallows humour. Snowpiercer is a unique hybrid. It looks like a slick Hollywood action movie but with revolutionary themes, depicting a class rebellion set in a sci-fi dystopia led by none... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3032190/director-bong-joon-ho-getting-his-way-harvey?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3032190/director-bong-joon-ho-getting-his-way-harvey?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Oct 2019 23:15:11 +0000 The last time John Cho went to the South Korean capital, Seoul, from which his family emigrated when he was six, he was described with a word he had never heard before. “I didn’t know whether to be flattered or not,” Cho says. “But I had to admit that maybe I have this quality. The word is um-ah-chin.” “Um-chin-ah,” I correct him. It’s an abbreviated phrase that roughly translates to “your mother’s friend’s son”. That is, the kid you’re exhaustively compared with growing up: the one who gets... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2001762/why-everyone-loves-korean-american-actor-john-cho?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2001762/why-everyone-loves-korean-american-actor-john-cho?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Aug 2016 12:00:15 +0000