Parasite director Bong Joon Ho was touched to receive a message of support from Martin Scorsese in the wake of his historic Oscars victory.
01.02.2020 - 23:31 / deadline.com
By Mike Fleming Jr
Co-Editor-in-Chief, Film
EXCLUSIVE: Oscar conversations around town bring differing opinions about what might win in an exceptional year for auteur cinema. It was surprising how many people add: boy would it be nice to see Martin Scorsese get an Oscar for his final mob epic, The Irishman. Sure he won for The Departed, but he got robbed on Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, Raging Bull and Casino, those epics with Robert De Niro.
Scorsese shared with Deadline moments from
Parasite director Bong Joon Ho was touched to receive a message of support from Martin Scorsese in the wake of his historic Oscars victory.
'Parasite' picked up four Academy Awards at this month's prize-giving ceremony
As Bong Joon-ho accepted the third Oscar for the night for his masterpiece of a film, Parasite, the South Korean filmmaker made sure to give a major shoutout to his fellow nominees - Martin Scorsese for The Irishman, Quentin Tarantino for Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Sam Mendes for 1917 and Todd Phillips for Joker.
Oscar-winning Parasitedirector Bong Joon Ho said Wednesday the film's "biggest pleasure and the most significant meaning" to him is that it succeeded even though the audiences might feel uncomfortable with his explicit description of bitter wealth disparity in modern society.Bong's dark comic thriller about two families on the opposite ends of South Korea's social spectrum is a history-making film.
Gangsters out, cowboys in
By Tom Grater
*Doo wop music plays*
Parasite director Bong Joon-Ho cannot believe he beat his idol Martin Scorsese to the Best Director Oscar.
Bong Joon Hotook home the award for best director at the 2020Oscars on Sunday night.The Parasitehelmer won over fellow nominees Quentin Tarantino for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Sam Mendes for 1917, Todd Phillips for Joker and Martin Scorsese for The Irishman."After winning best international feature, I thought I was done for the day and was ready to relax," Bong said upon receiving the award. "Thank you so much.
Martin Scorsese was spotted falling asleep during Eminem’s Oscars performance on Sunday night.
Bong Joon-Ho could have easily run out of speeches to give tonight, he still managed to bring the tears on his third trip to the stage.
Bong Joon-Ho accepted the award for Best Director at the 2020 Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood Sunday, marking the first time a Korean film ever won in the category.
Who else saw Martin Scorsese sleep during Eminem’s Oscars 2020 performance? The “Love the Way You Lie” rapper, 47, took the stage at the 92nd annual Academy Awards on Sunday, February 9, and the celebrity reactions were…interesting, to say the least. Among the viral reactions were Billie Eilish and Idina Menzel’s faces and Scorsese nodding off as Eminem performed “Lose Yourself.”