Bugonia

About this episode

The episode discusses the film Bugonia, its Oscars nominations, and compares it to its original version, Save the Green Planet!, while exploring various themes and tangents.

We have a special Oscars episode for you this week with Bugonia which was nominated for 4 categories, but won none. Bugonia is a remake of a 2003 Southern Koren film called Save the Green Planet! directed by Jang Joon-hwan. We get into the differences between the original and this adaptation, the themes, and, of course, the divisive ending. Tangents include: the incredible horror representation at the 2025 Academy Awards, if Hamnet is the new Shakespeare in Love, and how everything is plastic...

People in this episode

Hosts: Tawny Rea, Miriam Conner

Topics covered

• Oscars
• film adaptation
• horror representation
• divisive endings
• thematic analysis

Keywords

• Bugonia
• Save the Green Planet!
• Oscars
• Jang Joon-hwan
• horror films
• film reviews
• adaptation
• 2025 Academy Awards

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Bugonia, Save the Green Planet!, Hamnet, Shakespeare in Love

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