Tilda Swinton's line "I took nature and science, and synthesised," is simple e**ugh, but in the first teaser to director Bong Joon-ho's upcoming Netflix film, Okja, it carries a lot of meaning.*
The follow up to S**wpiercer, Bong's new movie explores the liminal state between animal and man.*
The film co-stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Da** and Lily Collins. It's central character, however, is Mija — a young girl who seeks to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her friend.
Her friend happens to be a massive "synthenised" beast called named Okja, that kind of looks like a pig-ish, elephant-skinned creature with very human eyes.* Read more...