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English or Korean?


Anyone know which this is supposed to be? I love Bong but honestly I prefer his Korean efforts over Snowpiercer. Regardless I'm just curious.

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Apparently both:
http://m.koreanfilm.or.kr/mobile4/jsp/News/KoreanFilmsNewsView.jsp?blbdComCd=601006&seq=3388

"Featuring a Korean female lead and English-language supporting players, Okja will be set 40% in New York and 60% back in Korea, employing a mix of English and Korean."

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I am also a huge Bong fan that strongly disliked Snowpiercer, I hope this film makes up for it.

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Just read Tilda Swinton is attached to play so has to be at least partly in english.

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I love Bong's movies, and REALLY respect Snowpiercer. I think it's tongue in cheek to Akira Kurosawa's idea for Runaway Train. But pays off much bigger. I still think Runaway Train is a great film. But Snowpiercer is amazing! Bong's so humble, and says he's going to scale way down for Okja. But like Kubrick after 2001: A Space Odyssey near broke MGM, and WB giving him a 10th of that budget to do A Clockwork Orange. I have complete faith Bong will deliver something brilliant and memorable in much the same way.

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I agree. I a big fan of his Korean films and Snowpiercer was a great effort.
and Runaway Train is an underrated masterpiece.

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Yeah definitely think Snowpiercer is one of the best sci fi masterpieces of this decade. I think Okja will be a bit more similar in tone and style to The Host but rather then the creature being a dark manifestation of man's arrogance and obliviouness it will be a character who will show the peaceful and dark side of human nature.

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