Tilda Swinton and Bong Joon-ho on Snowpiercer | Q&A

Tilda Swinton and director Bong Joon-ho talk about class warfare, Margaret Thatcher and giant pigs as they explain how their 2013 collaboration, Snowpiercer, got made.
A ‘mild-mannered man in a suit’ was how Bong Joon-ho’s script originally described the bureaucrat quelling an uprising in Snowpiercer, a post-apocalyptic thriller set on a train. Swinton delighted in transforming the role into a sadistic monster, complete with dentures and furs.
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[@_oli_4]

I think the friendship between Bong and Swinton is quite impressive and beautiful

[@studioherald]

Meet the son of 'Parasite' Director Bong Joon-ho, Korea’s upcoming filmmaker Hyomin 🎬 Check out his first video interview!!!📢 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZSxfnmYlriGfJY

[@23kazel]

Just like Sharon, the interpreter is also amazing. And her accent is soo soothing

[@csrmervz88]

These two are both legendary of their respective fields.

[@cooljeansguy]

I can listen to this interpreter all day...

[@benkim2016]

She is so beautiful as well!!

[@tootall432]

I love how they can still have such an amazing relationship even through language barriers.

[@vikingqueen9372]

I love Tilda Swinton for her unconventional looks and great acting skills. I’m beginning to fall in love with Bong Joon-Ho as I have had the opportunity to watch almost all of his films except for two. What a brilliant cast, director and writer!

[@kimhaebin]

15:06-15:09 interaction is so cute!

[@passion_proh-jects]

Ms Swinton did THE MOST AMAZING job in this role! Absolute stuff of teaching! Her portrayal brought EVERYTHING together. The false teeth removal? PRICELESS!!!!!!!! Strange that that the movie didn't do so well on American cinemas initially.

[@styleexnietz1900]

Creative, free and daring director and actor. (and translator with dignity.)

[@roverdover4449]

Tilda Swinton seems to understand some Korean by now.

[@aa-rz9tm]

lol i love your pic. that's papago probably

[@dhgemein2]

@Test86 One4 Isn't Korea the Asian country with the highest proportion of Christians, after the Philippines?

[@PrideDefiler]

@Test86 One4 LOL are you ill in the head?

[@Timskieee1028]

@@PrideDefiler lol im late for years, what did he say? Why this had to do with religions??

[@cjcicco]

What a great Q&A! Love both Tilda Swinton & Bong Joon-Ho’s work so great hearing them talk. Nice natural interpreter too..

[@meh62]

Tilda+Bong = ❤

[@joanneweiss3864]

They truly are soulmates, I rewatched this & Okja after seeing Parasite twice ❤️

[@iamalone5375]

@@joanneweiss3864 . What is their relationship, are they friends for a long time, or what is their relationship? Can you please tell me?

[@JohnY-jw1qp]

Tong?

[@infinteloveforfilm]

Tilda is the best persona except Song Gang Ho in Bong's films. They understand and respect each other as fellow artists.

[@j.o3586]

great Q&A!!Thanks!

[@corsaentertainment7338]

The interpreter was great being very natual, accurate, and smooth, but just one correction. He casted the actors from the movies he liked, not the actors he liked. That's what he said. Of course I guess he probably also likes the actors though. Additional info: He also doesn't prefer to audition ppl much but he would rather watch and check lots of the works of the candidate actors when selecting and casting actors.

[@thetoothbrushfromnisemonog8340]

Two of the best people working in the film industry today.

[@foreverrain9240]

I googled the reference to ''Snowpiercer'' after listening to Bts Spring Day, and watched this masterpiece. 💜💜💜

[@rca2097]

설국열차 에 대한 이런 대화 영상이 너무 좋네요.... 설국열차를 더 잘 이해하게 됬습니다...

[@dancollins3999]

great stuff

[@komokosai]

A talented director and a talented actress. Wowwwww! For Narniaaaaaaa!!!!!

[@samzzagura]

what a beautiful friendship

[@SaeedAbdullaXO]

Swinton’s performance was legendary. a True Actress.

[@brandon3985]

Such a sweet friendship between these two ❤❤❤

[@healingpower300]

The legends!

[@gracekim2616]

Wow... Are all Korean translators this perfect and elegant in translating?!

[@wkatyt]

yes, we are. lol

[@modugasarang4988]

She is beautiful and perfect in translation

[@fun2badult]

Well there are lot of Koreans first of all, secondly, English is being taught in schools so more and more people are getting better in english

[@gracekim2616]

@@fun2badult yes I know I was being rhetorical

[@rhd5373]

She's been living and studing in London for over 20 years, I heard.

[@podoke]

ive been meaning to watch snowpiercer ever since it was referenced by namjoon in spring day but i finally got around to it! really what a great movie (also love bongjoonho's sense of humour in interviews lmao)

[@everglades_n_co.]

the translator must be super smart instantly translating the language.

[@benkim2016]

I think she is doing her Ph,D in Oxford!!

[@RClover2461]

Really random comment, but Tilda and Director Bong should have switched places, so the interpreter could whisper/talk privately with him if he feels like he's missing some of the English conversations. Other than that, what a fun and informative talk. Thank you for uploading!

[@toniisaacson6282]

Whenever an interpreter is used, the person for whom they are interpreting should have the final say on positing. So I am quite sure Director Bong would have been sitting next to his interpreter, should he have wanted to.

[@BenM.Davies]

I'd love to know what he thinks about his film being made canon with the original books.

[@joonslostairpod2459]

The moment I saw snowpiercer My mind: BOGOSHIPDAAA~~~ (if you get it, we'd be best friends ) ( Bong Joon Ho has made phenomenal movies. Both parasite as well as snowpiercer. )

[@Dan-gi6tf]

Nothing will beat Memories of Murder. I love Parasite very much but MoM is still his best work.

[@shingo336]

15:08 눈만 마주쳐도 빵터지는 사이 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 케미 뿜뿜 옥자 때 부터 느꼈지만 둘은 가족같은 친구 같음 솔직하고 아이들 사이처럼 천진난만 ㅋㅋㅋ

[@user-lh1wl4ph2v]

interpreter is so beautiful

[@modugasarang4988]

She is Half korean ?

[@user-lh1wl4ph2v]

Mongoloid ~ She is the original Asian

[@Xentradi97]

@@modugasarang4988 Just educated in the UK. I find her voice and accent rather soothing.

[@Ismisha]

Bong Joon-ho is a master of cinematic class analysis

[@fffcc9133]

6:24 ~ 😂😂😂

[@foreverrain3579]

Tilda nhìn yêu quá u//u

[@SL-qi9vr]

Interpreter was very good, but I miss Sharon Choi.

[@modugasarang4988]

She is perfect and beautiful as choi.

[@fabiolaabarca3550]

excelente película, genial el nombre de la película, pero tengo una critica, porque los de clase alta tienen mucha seguridad, protección en sus casas, y esta familia no la tenia? como cámaras de seguridad dentro de la vivienda? y pensé en un final menos trágico, menos violento.

[@kzzongw3461]

fabiola abarca Realmente en Corea, los de clase de alta no tienes la seguridad. Solamente tienen los cameras(cctv) y sistema de electrónica.

[@hellojake91]

Bong Joon-ho's next work is based on a news story that actually happened in England

[@BenM.Davies]

What is it going to be?

[@j.o3586]

@@BenM.Davies Dir. Bong didn't say exactly what about. but what he said is he read this event in small corner on a news paper. He is working on two scrits, a Korean and an English. He hasn't decided which one he writes first. however, we will know soon since he starts in earnest one of the scripts for next film in April. This is what I know so far. Sorry about my poor English. Enlish is not my first language. I hope you understand what I write :)

[@user-hx3lr1qf1w]

@@BenM.Davies He metioned that, the actual case happended in London, 2016. Do you have any ideas..?

[@anjong1234]

Who is this interpreter? Excellent. I also love her thick posh British accent.

[@onlinename8066]

yes. she's excellent

[@username20131]

Is there an interview of Mark Kermode +Tilda on the way?

[@britishfilminstitute]

Yes! Just finalising the edit.

[@username20131]

@@britishfilminstitute yes lord

[@shineJ91]

15:06

[@hsdonn664]

틸다 덕분에 만들수 있었던 거 같아요 는 진짜 한국적인 말이다 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[@2biorap308]

왜요

[@woosok]

TOTORO=BONG

[@studioherald]

Meet the son of 'Parasite' Director Bong Joon-ho, Korea’s upcoming filmmaker Hyomin 🎬 Check out his first video interview!!!📢 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZSxfnmYlriGfJY

[@dabda8510]

The interpreter is at the same level as Sharon Choi but with British mannerism (vocabulary, mannerism, stiff upper lip, etc).

[@aa-rz9tm]

i was kinda annoyed with her habitual 'sorta...' thing haha..

[@benkim2016]

Sharon is slightly better as she knows a lot of films to begin with as a student of film making!!

[@clifflee5193]

she looks like falling love with bong lol

[@plastic_cleopatra]

song kang ho looks at him the same way. they love him deeply

[@june.park.]

35:30 LOVE.

[@depp5275]

pro interpreter is scary good

[@victorzziyi]

최신꺼야??? 재방송이야????

[@ashe2216]

3.1.2020 BFI

[@blue-xf5rj]

@@ashe2216 저도 언제 영상인지 궁금했어요. 설국열차는 예전영화인데 봉감독님 모습은 최근이라..

[@ed-od9sd]

if Tilda and Bong-Joon-Ho get married, what u get ? Tilda Bong.

[@animezingamerjojonoradio174]

9:11

[@imeesaniel1694]

Wonkapeircer

[@ed-od9sd]

배가....엄청나다😨

[@seanoh432]

통역사 정말 잘하네요 이번엔 유럽영어로 발음해줌

[@bi63728]

샤론 최 아닌데요

[@seanoh432]

@@bi63728 그럼 누구죠?

[@modugasarang4988]

샤론 최와는 다른 분인데 잘하네요 이분도 덤으로 미모도 아름답고 ㅎㅎ

[@Rilna779]

@@seanoh432 나세현 통역사님이래요

[@elsi8224]

@@seanoh432 노세현

[@user-kr5bm4ki2r]

23:34 it was a fucking lie

[@user-yc2bz6dy5o]

22:14 Fxcking lie

[@Genchans]

영국인터뷰라 영국발음하는 통역사가한듯

[@benkim2016]

Wow Sharon Choi can speak British.lol😁

[@padhiltazali]

kim benk thats not her

[@user-du4bd5xm5i]

와 통역 영국영어 개간지네. 근데 역시 샤론최가 그립다

[@akina65713]

전형적인 영국식 억양과 발음 신선하게 들리네요

[@blue-xf5rj]

영어인데 중국어 억양같이 들리네요.신기해요. 중국분이 영어하는 느낌..

[@laynestaley6512]

확실히 샤론 초이님이 통역을 매끄럽고 정확하게 하는듯

[@MrKinamyun]

봉준호가 아니고 문세윤 아니에요?

[@yoonseokjang9030]

@@user-xs4yl6me8n Wls

[@modugasarang4988]

@@user-xs4yl6me8n 조크로 한 말 ㅎㅎ 문세윤이 봉준호 흉내내서

[@user-cl6rm9jm9m]

The interpreter needs to work on her diction. I needed to make extra efforts to hear her clearly.

[@dan339dan]

I thought she was pronouncing perfectly clear though, in BBC English.

[@onlinename8066]

she's an uk interpreter. she was beyond excellent. Im so glad Bong's been getting these excellent interpreters.

[@benkim2016]

She is much better in diction than many Brits surprisingly!!

[@user-jh1kb9cw2d]

봉준호 살 너무 찌셨다 건강 관리 좀 하셔야 좋아하는 영화 많이 보고 많이 찍지 않겠슴?

[@ingssen5240]

ㄹㅇㅇㄱㅈㅉㅂㄸㅇㄴㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[@hm14uk]

Please no more casting Tilda Swinton as an Oriental character.

[@dancollins3999]

In both Okja and Snowpiercer this isn't the caste so what films are you referencing here?

[@csrmervz88]

@@dancollins3999 Maybe pertaining to the movie Doctor Strange where she plays "The Ancient One"?

[@denniszenanywhere]

bong would not let that happen in his movies.

[@ljyljy88]

Blame China for that f up.

[@jessica5497]

in joon ho film the caracter was never oriental. and if youre not talking about joon ho film, why say it here ?

[@original.dwornboy]

Awful movie. Was looking forward to it on Netflix but after the first hour I couldn't watch any more. Nothing about it I enjoyed. No doubt the comic is great but the film version, no.

[@badegg7915]

better than joker for sure

[@badegg7915]

only morons would say this is awful. this movie is beautiful, every aspects of this movie is amazingly good, details, minor scenes, maybe there's some lack of actings by some the actors. but tilda and chris even delivered it really good. i find this kinda movie is really entertain you better start watching more movies bud if you're saying this movie awful LMAO

[@JohnDoe_x0]

@@badegg7915 only morons call other people on web morons 😁

[@ROKN267]

It was not that awful.

[@sheikhmasudrana1860]

Bro you should watch Terminator 3.4.5.. I guess...your kind of movie..😂🤣😂🤣