A weekly discussion podcast for people who love movies! Whether a casual movie-goer or a self-proclaimed cinephile, DOLLY BACK is for everyone! From the Wachowskis to Kurosawa and so many places in-between, join co-hosts Erich and Krishiv as they build their own canon and talk about each amazing entry along the way!
A weekly discussion podcast for people who love movies! Whether a casual movie-goer or a self-proclaimed cinephile, DOLLY BACK is for everyone! From the Wachowskis to Kurosawa and so many places in-between, join co-hosts Erich and Krishiv as they build their own canon and talk about each amazing entry along the way!
Dolly Back is sick with excitement at presenting its latest episode on Bong Joon-Ho's The Host (2006). Perhaps the most eminently celebrated South Korean director of his generation, Bong is at his pulpiest and most elemental in this monster movie, directly challenging American intervention in Korean affairs with a riff on the real-life dumping of formaldehyde into the Han River. Monsters wear many faces - illness, misinformation, and sometimes an unholy kaiju engaging in Korean tradition in its own right. Join your hosts as they discuss Bong's refined storytelling techniques, the film's mythological potency, Korean civic rituals, and everything in between!
Shahim Sheikh's High on Films Essay - Neocolonial Anxieties in Bong Joon-ho’s ‘The Host’ (2006)