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Eight Minute Video Analyses The Fear Of American Interference In Bong Joon-ho's THE HOST

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New video asks who the real monster is in Bong Joon-ho's creature feature.







The fractured relationship between the US and the Korean peninsula has been in the news a lot lately, so it's a good time to rewatch Bong Joon-ho's 2006 film The Host.

Inspired by a real life incident in which the US military polluted the Seoul sewer system with formaldehyde, The Host imagines a rampaging, Godzilla-esque monster created from a similar scenario.

A new video essay by Renegade Cut looks at the critique of American intervention in The Host.