With the news of the Parasite's winning international film festivals, Bong Joon-Ho emerged as a 'nuclear insa' in Hollywood, the center of the global film market.

The New York Times (NYT) reported Bong's popularity at various events in Hollywood in an article titled `` Golden Globe Party: Everybody Wants to Meet Someone Who Made the Parasite ''.

Newspapers reported that Bahrain's interest in Bahrain, including Lenado DiCaprio, attended a 'parasite' party at the Sunset Tower Hotel in Los Angeles on the 3rd ahead of the 77th Golden Globe Awards.
DiCaprio, wearing a baseball cap, shook hands with Bong and said, "Amazing movie."

He is also an actor in Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, where he competes with the Parasite for Golden Globes.

Other Golden Globe candidates attended the party, including Noah Baumback from Marriage Stories, actor Laura Dunn and Jay Loch from Bamshell.

"The parasite party was a mess, but at least the party on Friday (3rd) was much better than that," he said. "The parasite" party ticket was the most popular of the many weekend parties ahead of the Golden Globe awards. .

Bong's popularity was also confirmed the next morning at a brunch event hosted by the Independent Spirit Awards.

NYT said, "Bong was surrounded by people so hard to move," he said. "People wish him good luck and ask him to take a picture."

Bong told NYT, "I like to meet filmmakers and artists, but these parties are very strange." In Korea, everyone is sitting at an event like this. Everyone is standing here. Sometimes my legs hurt. "

Ryan Johnson of Naives Out and Star Wars Last Jedi also told Bong that "I'm a big fan of him," and "I've made Bong shy before me on the plane."

NYT said at a party hosted by Netflix yesterday, Johnson was busy talking about the 'parasite' party he had attended the day before.

"One of the reasons why the awards season is good is to have a chance to meet people you respect, like Bong," Johnson said.

Parasites were nominated for three categories: Golden Globe Director Award, Screenplay Award and Foreign Language Film Award.

Parasite is the first time that Korean content has been nominated for the Golden Globe Award in both movies and dramas.

Foreign media heralded the Golden Globe's Best Foreign Language Film Award for Parasites.

Attention to the 'parasites' is reaching beyond the Golden Globes to the Academy Awards next month.

NYT earned US $ 120 million worldwide after winning the Golden Palm Award at the Cannes International Film Festival in May last year for the story of "parasites" and those who didn't have it. The American Film Actor Guild Awards (SAGA Screen Actors Guild Awards) He was nominated for the Outstanding Performance by Cast (Ensemble) in Motion Picture category, and he said, "Many experts point out that it will be the first foreign language film to win Oscars next month."

Bong will stay in the US throughout January to attend awards and 'parasites' promotions and attend awards and events.

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