The Host
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Short description
The Host centres on the Park family, who run a small snack bar beside Seoul's Han River. When a massive mutant creature emerges from the water and attacks the riverside crowd, Gang-du, the family's immature son, loses hold of his young daughter Hyun-seo, and the monster drags her away. The authorities treat the girl as dead, but a message from her suggests she is still alive somewhere in the city's sewer system, and the family sets out to find her. Their search unfolds while the military struggles against the creature and the government imposes harsh measures on anyone near the river.
Bong Joon-ho directed and co-wrote the film with Baek Chul-hyun and Hah Jun-won. It followed his first two features, Barking Dogs Never Bite and Memories of Murder, and came before Tokyo!, Mother, Snowpiercer, Okja, Parasite, Mickey 17 and Incoherence. Song Kang-ho plays Gang-du, with Byun Hee-bong, Park Hae-il, Bae Doona and Go A-sung as the other members of the family, and Oh Dal-su providing the creature's voice.
Made for about 11 million dollars, the film took roughly 88 million dollars worldwide, a strong return for a Korean production of its scale. On IMDb it holds 7.1 out of 10 from around 142,000 votes, and on TMDB 7 out of 10 from over 3,000 votes. A critics' rating of 7.9 out of 10 from 155 reviews places it noticeably above the audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- The scene at the wake, in which Nam-il (Park Hae-il) hits Kang-du (Song Kang-ho), was improvised.
- The film, featuring a fully computer-generated character, was revolutionary for Korean cinema at the time, and actor Song Kang-ho was very interested in participating in such a project.
- The splashes in the moments where the monster dives were created by throwing metal barrels into the water.
- Director Bong Joon-ho and the film crew nicknamed the creature Steve Buscemi. This is because it reminded them of characters played by Buscemi, and especially his performance in "Fargo".
- Director Bong Joon-ho and the film crew nicknamed the monster Steve Buscemi. This is because it reminded them of the characters played by Buscemi, and especially his performance in the Coen brothers' dramatic thriller 'Fargo' (1995).
- Filming took place from June 29, 2005, to January 8, 2006.
- The film set local box office and attendance records that lasted for 6 years.
- The event depicted at the beginning of the film actually happened. In February 2000, a civilian employee at a military base in central Seoul was ordered to pour formaldehyde into the sewer system that led to the Han River. The Korean bystanders were outraged, but the serviceman, whose last name was McFarland, carried out the order. The South Korean government demanded a trial, but the Americans categorically refused to hand McFarland over to local law enforcement. Subsequently, a South Korean court sentenced McFarland in absentia. The Korean public was shocked by the government's inability to apply the law to Americans on its own territory. In 2005, McFarland finally stood trial.
- The original title of the film translates as "The Monster".
- In a news report covering the panic that has gripped the population, immediately after footage showing the building of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, former Canadian Deputy Prime Minister John Manley briefly appears on screen.
- The film's title translates to "Monster."
- Since the film was shot in real sewage tunnels of the Han River, the entire film crew was required to get tetanus shots.
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