The Korean master spoke with Scott Feinberg at the 2020 Santa Barbara International Film Festival and again five years later via Zoom.

Hot off the release of his new movie, "Mickey 17," South Korean film director Bong Joon Ho will be visiting Yale University in New Haven.

While Mickey 17 is adapted from Edward Ashton’s 2022 novel Mickey7, Ashton’s version is a much more straightforward sci-fi story than Bong’s. In the Korean virtuoso’s hands, this story plays out like an extension of nearly every theme and visual approach he’s used throughout his lengthy career.