Bong Joon Ho on Restoring ‘The Host’ and Why It Still Resonates 20 Years On: ‘We Are Repeating Our Mistakes’

The ‘Parasite’ director describes how the 4K restoration brings back the film’s original 35mm look, and why its satire of official misinformation lands differently today.

By Naman Ramachandran

Naman Ramachandran

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Bong Joon Ho has revisited “The Host” for a 20th-anniversary 4K restoration, and the Oscar-winning director says the 2006 monster movie’s satire of official misinformation feels newly pertinent.

Magnolia Pictures will return the remastered film to theaters nationwide on Nov. 20. Screenings on Nov. 21 and 23 will include an exclusive conversation between Bong and filmmaker Edgar Wright.

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