▲ This photo shows director Bong Joon-ho, famously known for his film "Parasite". 

 

SEOUL, April 14 (Yonhap) -- S. Korean director Bong Joon-ho, who won four Academy Awards for his well-known film "Parasite," urged fellow U.S. filmmakers to stand up against the Asian hate crime issues without fear.

Director Bong made his remarks when he appeared as a guest lecturer in an online master class organized by Chapman University's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts last week.

"It's quite fearful to watch the hate crimes against Asian-Americans as well as the 'Black Lives Matter (BLM)' movement," Bong Joon-ho said. "I think about what the film industry can do at this time."

"Creating a film takes a lot of time and money, and it is not possible to respond quickly to problems in society at the moment," Director Bong said.

"But ironically, because of that, creators and producers can be more courageous with dealing with issues and they shouldn't be afraid to confront them."

The Korean director used "Do The Right Thing" (1989), a movie created by a Black American director, Spike Lee, as an example of a way filmmakers confronted social issues.

Bong Joon-ho explained that while the movie wasn't made to predict the future, it relied on insight to "portray the issues that are currently boiling underneath the surface of society."

"For me, 'Parasite' was a movie where I tried to take that approach," Bong Joon-ho added. "The film started when I began to question what it means to be rich or poor in this modern era."

The director also mentioned, "As creators and artists, you sort of have to see through the essence and central questions in our society and deliver a reply to those questions through your work."

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