Scorsese to Bong joon-ho: waiting for your next movie!
While ‘Parasite’ was making history in the Oscars 2020, the whole film fraternity present at the annual event applauded and supported the movie and its cast in a monumental way. Bong mentioned ‘Martin Scorsese’ in his speech at the Oscars. Accepting the ‘Best Director Award’, Bong had cited a remark by Scorsese, “The most personal is the most creative.”
And now, Bong said that the Hollywood veteran (Scorsese) offered congratulations and expressed expectations for his next film in a letter. “He told me to take rest, but just a little bit of it and get back to work, as he is awaiting my next movie,” Bong said.
Bong has said he was working on two projects, one of which he described as being based on a ‘fearful’ incident in Seoul, while also producer for an HBO limited series on ‘Parasite’. But he dismissed recent U.S. media reports that Tilda Swinton and Mark Ruffalo would star in the television adaptation, saying it was at a ‘very early stage’.
Bong added, “Regardless of whether I won the awards, it was meaningful and pure joy that the global audience responded to my work. Why they did it should be a long-term task, but my job is to prepare for the next film, as Scorsese told me not to rest for a long time.”
