{"id":40298,"date":"2020-10-22T12:57:48","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T16:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenwichlibrary.org\/?p=40298"},"modified":"2023-04-18T10:27:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T14:27:54","slug":"the-host-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenwichlibrary.org\/the-host-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"The Host"},"content":{"rendered":"

Directed by Boon Joon Ho (Parasite<\/em>), who co-wrote the screenplay with Won-jun Ha, The Host<\/a> is ostensibly a film about a giant amphibian creature, created due to an arrogant American military pathologist’s ordering unsafe chemicals dumped into South Korea’s Han River, going on a rampage. But it’s also a terrific character study.<\/p>\n

The film focuses on the efforts of seemingly slow-witted snack bar owner Park Gang-du (Song Kang-ho) and his family as they try to find and rescue Gang-du’s daughter Hyun-seo (Go Ah-sung) after the creature abducts her. Complicating the situation is the government’s declaring martial law after they claim the creature is supposedly host to a mysterious and deadly virus. Along the way, Gang-du manages to become more self-reliant and is able to help destroy the creature, but pays an awful price for his self-redemption.<\/p>\n

Here’s the trailer:<\/p>\n