'Mickey 17': Bong Joon-ho offers a Trump-era black comedy

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Sci-fi satire about Donald Trump In the new film by star director Bong Joon Ho, ‘Mickey 17’, Donald Trump is the target of wild satire. For Hollywood,…

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Mickey 17 is an absurdist, anti-capitalist, Trump-mocking masterpiece – review

Bong Joon-ho, the Oscar winner behind ‘Parasite’, somehow convinced Warner Bros to finance a costly sci-fi epic about the plight of the working class – and led by an actor doing one of his trademark silly voices

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Oscar winner Bong Joon Ho says 'Mickey 17' demagogue not drawn from present leaders

BERLIN —South Korean director Bong Joon Ho’s villain in “Mickey 17”, a demagogic politician played by Mark Ruffalo, was based on past dictators, but might seem familiar to viewers because “history always repeats itself,” the Oscar winner said in Berlin. “He has, in a comical way, all the faces of the bad politicians we’ve experienced,” he […] The post Oscar winner Bong Joon Ho says ‘Mickey 17’ demagogue not drawn from present leaders appeared fi…

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'Mickey 17': Bong Joon-ho offers a Trump-era black comedy

The Oscar-winning director of "Parasite" returns with an English-language sci-fi film starring Robert Pattinson, with Mark Ruffalo in the role of a narcissistic leader.

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The Berlinale hosted the festival's most anticipated premiere, Mickey 17, whose release date was postponed several times due to disagreements over the final editing between director Bong Joon-ho and Warner Bros., and even the morning press show was symbolically delayed for twenty minutes. Film commentator Irina Karpova explains whether the director's first film shot entirely outside South Korea was worth the wait and whether it was a success. A …

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Warner Bros. has released an extended clip from the sci-fi adventure film with elements of socio-political satire "Mickey 17" from the director of the Oscar-winning "Parasite" Bong Joon-ho. In the clip, the main character Mickey 17, played by Robert Pattinson, apparently once again finds himself in a deadly situation. He can even be saved,