Bong Joon Ho: Filmmaker and Philosopher - Anthony Curtis Adler Family Set in 1930s Chicago

Set in 1930s Chicago

the recollections of a dying poet flash before our eyes

but whose devotion to an unreliable gambler (a charismatic Omar Sharif) brings drama and heartbreak into her life

Abbas Kiarostami first came to international attention for this wondrous

and actor Tom Cruise

Bong Joon Ho: Filmmaker and Philosopher - Anthony Curtis Adler Family Set in 1930s Chicago'Bong Joon Ho: Filmmaker and Philosopher' by Anthony Curtis Adler (Bloomsbury Academic 344 page paperback) While scholars and critics have long appreciated Bong Joon ho's penetrating critique of Korean society and global capitalism, this book presents the first cohesive philosophical analysis of his first seven feature length films. It argues that Bong's cinema not only engages with philosophy, but is radically philosophical. Writing as an intimate