"A fast, complex, exhilarating roadster ride through history and time.... Kino is an intoxicating Euro-brew, written with enormous skill and dedication." — Frederick Barthelme
"Jürgen Fauth's deft mashup of genre and historical period is both a full-throttle literary thriller of ideas and a contemplative examination of film and fascism. Kino is a debut of great intellectual force."– Teddy Wayne
"A surprising alternative history. Kino brings the golden age of German cinema to light with loving, sometimes gritty, detail and great precision." – Neal Pollack, author of Jewball.
"A delirious melange of conspiracy, magic, sex, history, bad behavior, and cinema, Kino is a stellar entertainment, and Jürgen Fauth is a writer of rare, sinister imagination." – Owen King, author of Reenactment
"A light-hearted romp that leads straight into darkness and back through the shadows on the wall."– Ben Loory, author of Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day
"Movie nuts arise! A happy and felicitous debut."– Terese Svoboda
With The Host about to be released in the US, I finally uploaded my footage of the NYFF press conference from October. With the help of a very enthusiastic translator, Bong talks about designing the monster, balancing satire, humor, and horror, and having made the highest-grossing movie in Korean film history. Just off-screen, Richard Peña asks the questions.
More from the NYFF:
http://jurgenfauth.com/2007/03/01/bong-joon-ho/
jhoffman
/ March 1, 2007I think I read that a retrospective of this dude’s work at one of the local places (I forget if it was IFC Center or Anthology or Walter Reade or what. . .) I haven’t seen any of his stuff yet.
Jürgen
/ March 2, 2007Well, he’s only made three features. I used to have Memories of Murder somewhere around here but don’t know what happened to it. I like how unassuming he is in the interview; his answers seem almost painfully obvious but he’s clearly very talented. The Host is terrific. No doubt it’s going to be huge in the U.S., too.