Let's raise a glass to Parasite, and Bong Joon-Ho, tonight.
Upon winning his second Oscar of the night for best International Feature Film, Bong Joon-ho chose his words carefully. “I’m ready to drink tonight!” he exclaimed. The crowd whooped and erupted into applause. Bong Jo was thrilled, and they were thrilled for him.director was a human sunbeam, releasing rays of unmitigated joy when he got up on stage.
It was his Best Director win, however, that brought the crowd to their feet halfway through his speech. He opened it up with some self-deprecating humor— “I thought I was done for the day!” he said through his translator. The rest was a love letter to his fellow nominated directors, delivered with the utmost sincerity. He started with Martin Scorsese, who, via translator, he described studying in school.
director always supported his films, even when he was a little-known entity to the American audience. Bong summed up his feelings in English as this: “Quentin I love you!”, when someone wins in Oscar, even from the telecast, it was clear the room was going crazy. “I will drink until next morning, thank you!” Bong said as he walked off stage.took home the biggest prize of them all: Best Picture. They made history as the first non-English speaking film to do so.
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