Several of the directors, including Parasite director Bong Joon-ho, "emerged from the period of 1980s civic turmoil that ended the military dictatorship. They were all members of the university cine-clubs that showed films banned under censorship laws, on campuses boiling over with pro-democracy fervour. Hence the taste for exploring off-limits parts of the national psyche." […]
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:32AM on February 3, 2020