Neon's co-founder discusses Bong Joon Ho's Parasite awards haul, its statement about world cinema and what his own mother had to say about his epic Oscars night
Heading into Sunday's Academy Awards, the Neon co-founder thought it was possible that the. Secretly, that's what he hoped for simply because he liked the way four looked when he raised that number of fingers, "but the reality is, I was worried we were going to win nothing," Quinn explained just after 10:30 p.m. from the dining room deck inside Soho House West Hollywood.
Quinn was also quick to point out that the wins also represent the power of Bong Joon Ho. Neon acquired the South Korean director's script forin 2018, carrying it all the way through production, a world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in 2019 and a dizzying awards season during which Bong cast a charming spell on critics, audiences and awards groups. To the casual Oscars observer, it may have seemed like an overnight success, but Quinn says the industry knows better.
"It's a brilliant movie but Bong has been making brilliant movies for over 20 years. He's never made a bad movie, and he's been building currency and fans across this industry steadily back to 2000," explained Quinn, who name checked the filmmaker's previous works like
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