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NEW YORK (AP) - The giant genetically modified pig of Bong Joon Ho's "Okja" is 8-feet tall, 13-feet long and would, if real, weigh six tons. It looks most like a hippo, but it has big floppy dog ears and moves a little like an elephant.
It's a hybrid creature for a hybrid movie. Like the South Korean director's previous films ("Snowpiercer," ''The Host"), "Okja" is a mishmash of genres: magical fantasy and grotesque political satire. It's a cross between Spielberg
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house. Since its debut at the Cannes Film Festival, "Okja" has been thrust into debates over Netflix's impact on traditional moviegoing. Most large movie theater chains in North America and Bong's native South Korea have refused to screen a film that will simultaneously hit Netflix'
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rvice. This image released by Netflix shows Seo-Hyun Ahn as Mija and the character Okja in a scene from "Okja." The genetically modified pig of Boon Joon-ho's "Okja" is 8-feet tall, 13 feet-long and weighs six tons. It looks most like a hippo, but it has big floppy dog ears and moves a little like an eleph
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ia AP) But on screens large or small, the animal named Okja is a wonder to behold. She snorts and slobbers, does running belly-flops into lakes and shoots poop like a low-caliber machine gun. Up until now, Netflix original films have been largely lower budget affairs or documentaries. The giant pig of "Okja" is Netflix's first sp
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arvel. The largely English-language, international film, made for $50 million, boasts a cast of Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal and Paul Dano. But the heart of it is a young Korean girl named Mija (An Seo Hyun) and her loyal pig companion. After ten years raising Okja, the corporation that created these "super pi
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back. Here's how she
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ON While in Seoul in 2011, Bong's eye caught an animal on the street with a melancholy look. The i
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h him. "The very beginning was from the image of the animal," says Bong. "The face of the animal looked quite sad in my imagination. Sad and shy and a little bit in pain. So I was thinking of why? What's the reason she has such a sad face? What's the origin and destiny of that animal? Naturally, those indus
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e in." Bong began sketching the animal that would become Okja. When he first mentioned the film to Swinton (they were driving to the airport after the Seoul premiere of "Snowpiercer") he merely showed her a pencil dr
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nimal. NEW AND O
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RS To flesh out his own sketches, Bong turned to Jang Hee-chul, the conceptual artist who designed the monster of the director's 2007 thriller "The Host." Bong calls Jang, whose monster for "The Host" looked like a bottom-feeding fish but with leg
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nius." He's no less effusive about visual effects supervisor Erik-Jan De Boer, the Oscar-winning animator who crafted the tiger Richard Parker in Ang
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f Pi." "He's crazy about animals," says Bong. "He goes into the butcher shop and he studies the cuts and the crevices of animal parts. Others usually just look at the outer exterior, but Erik conceived Okja with not just the skin but the arteries, the blood, the fat and
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ture." They first met in late 2014. Bong showed him the concept work but didn't yscripte a script ready. "That was a pretty interesting meeting, being shown that crazy design and having no idea where the story was going t
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Boer. BEAG
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NG De Boer quickly began riffling through YouTube videos to study different animal behaviors, but some of his research was more hands on. Swinton's springer spaniel Rosie (one of her four) was an inspiration. A beagle also largely informed Okja's ear
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look. "For ears, we looked at canines and elephants. For the skin, we looked at hippos and manatees and also elephants a little bit. For behavior and some of the intelligence and connection with the owner, we looked again at canines 블로그 홍보 and Labradors and beagles, especially," said De Boer. "It's a hybrid of references we used to make th
animal." Bong was particularly fond of a YouTube video about a hippo named Jessica living in a house. They also photographed hippos to get a more sinewy skin. Pigs, ironically, were less of an influence
's size. "There's a lot of people nowadays who think they're buying one of those little mini-piglets and they end up with a huge animal walking around their house," said De Boer. "There's a ton of online footage where you see a lot of interesting interactions and behavioral stuff. We defini
f that."
OKJA As much as computer generated effects have advanced in recent years, placing a CGI character amid live-action scenes is still arduous and expensive to do. It changes a film's entire production pipeline and affects
ecision. "We didn't have one of those shots, we had hundreds of those," said De Boer. "Almost in every shot, we had somebody putting their hands on Okja. In some cases we had six people touching Okja and we had to
of it." But the seamlessness and tactile feel of Okja is also what sets it above many others. During filming, they used a foam puppet rig to stand in for Okja - sometimes the whole animal, sometimes just part of it. It was controlled by VFX animation director Stephen Clee, who typically puppeteered the head, himself. Clee stayed connecte
De Boer. It all made for a fairly outlandish looking shoot, from National Parks in Korea to
ew York. "We were running around with these foam pieces and everyone's looking at you wondering what the hell is going on," said De Boer. "It was
" ___ Follow AP Film Writer Jake Coyle on
site This image released by Netflix shows Seo-Hyun Ahn as Mija petting Okja in a scene from "Okja." The genetically modified pig of Boon Joon-ho's "Okja" is 8-feet tall, 13 feet-long and weighs six tons. It looks most like a hippo, but it has big floppy dog ears and moves a little like an el
via AP) This image released by Netflix shows a sketch of Okja a fictional animal from the film, "Okja." The genetically modified pig of Boon Joon-ho's "Okja" is 8-feet tall, 13 feet-long and weighs six tons. It looks most like a hippo, but it has big floppy dog ears and moves a little like an elephant (San
via AP) This image released by Netflix shows a sketch of characters Okja, left, and Mija from the film, "Okja." The genetically modified pig of Boon Joon-ho's "Okja" is 8-feet tall, 13 feet-long and weighs six tons. It looks most like a hippo, but it has big floppy dog ears and moves a little like an elephant. (Sandro Kopp/Netflix via AP)
It's a hybrid creature for a hybrid movie. Like the South Korean director's previous films ("Snowpiercer," ''The Host"), "Okja" is a mishmash of genres: magical fantasy and grotesque political satire. It's a cross between Spielbergr />
house. Since its debut at the Cannes Film Festival, "Okja" has been thrust into debates over Netflix's impact on traditional moviegoing. Most large movie theater chains in North America and Bong's native South Korea have refused to screen a film that will simultaneously hit Netflix'
r />
rvice. This image released by Netflix shows Seo-Hyun Ahn as Mija and the character Okja in a scene from "Okja." The genetically modified pig of Boon Joon-ho's "Okja" is 8-feet tall, 13 feet-long and weighs six tons. It looks most like a hippo, but it has big floppy dog ears and moves a little like an eleph
r />
ia AP) But on screens large or small, the animal named Okja is a wonder to behold. She snorts and slobbers, does running belly-flops into lakes and shoots poop like a low-caliber machine gun. Up until now, Netflix original films have been largely lower budget affairs or documentaries. The giant pig of "Okja" is Netflix's first sp
r />
arvel. The largely English-language, international film, made for $50 million, boasts a cast of Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal and Paul Dano. But the heart of it is a young Korean girl named Mija (An Seo Hyun) and her loyal pig companion. After ten years raising Okja, the corporation that created these "super pi
r />
back. Here's how she
r />
u> INI
r />
ON While in Seoul in 2011, Bong's eye caught an animal on the street with a melancholy look. The i
r />
h him. "The very beginning was from the image of the animal," says Bong. "The face of the animal looked quite sad in my imagination. Sad and shy and a little bit in pain. So I was thinking of why? What's the reason she has such a sad face? What's the origin and destiny of that animal? Naturally, those indus
r />
e in." Bong began sketching the animal that would become Okja. When he first mentioned the film to Swinton (they were driving to the airport after the Seoul premiere of "Snowpiercer") he merely showed her a pencil dr
r />
nimal. NEW AND O
r />
RS To flesh out his own sketches, Bong turned to Jang Hee-chul, the conceptual artist who designed the monster of the director's 2007 thriller "The Host." Bong calls Jang, whose monster for "The Host" looked like a bottom-feeding fish but with leg
r />
nius." He's no less effusive about visual effects supervisor Erik-Jan De Boer, the Oscar-winning animator who crafted the tiger Richard Parker in Ang
r />
f Pi." "He's crazy about animals," says Bong. "He goes into the butcher shop and he studies the cuts and the crevices of animal parts. Others usually just look at the outer exterior, but Erik conceived Okja with not just the skin but the arteries, the blood, the fat and
r />
ture." They first met in late 2014. Bong showed him the concept work but didn't yscripte a script ready. "That was a pretty interesting meeting, being shown that crazy design and having no idea where the story was going t
r />
Boer. BEAG
r />
NG De Boer quickly began riffling through YouTube videos to study different animal behaviors, but some of his research was more hands on. Swinton's springer spaniel Rosie (one of her four) was an inspiration. A beagle also largely informed Okja's ear
r />
look. "For ears, we looked at canines and elephants. For the skin, we looked at hippos and manatees and also elephants a little bit. For behavior and some of the intelligence and connection with the owner, we looked again at canines 블로그 홍보 and Labradors and beagles, especially," said De Boer. "It's a hybrid of references we used to make th
animal." Bong was particularly fond of a YouTube video about a hippo named Jessica living in a house. They also photographed hippos to get a more sinewy skin. Pigs, ironically, were less of an influence
's size. "There's a lot of people nowadays who think they're buying one of those little mini-piglets and they end up with a huge animal walking around their house," said De Boer. "There's a ton of online footage where you see a lot of interesting interactions and behavioral stuff. We defini
f that."
OKJA As much as computer generated effects have advanced in recent years, placing a CGI character amid live-action scenes is still arduous and expensive to do. It changes a film's entire production pipeline and affects
ecision. "We didn't have one of those shots, we had hundreds of those," said De Boer. "Almost in every shot, we had somebody putting their hands on Okja. In some cases we had six people touching Okja and we had to
of it." But the seamlessness and tactile feel of Okja is also what sets it above many others. During filming, they used a foam puppet rig to stand in for Okja - sometimes the whole animal, sometimes just part of it. It was controlled by VFX animation director Stephen Clee, who typically puppeteered the head, himself. Clee stayed connecte
De Boer. It all made for a fairly outlandish looking shoot, from National Parks in Korea to
ew York. "We were running around with these foam pieces and everyone's looking at you wondering what the hell is going on," said De Boer. "It was
" ___ Follow AP Film Writer Jake Coyle on
site This image released by Netflix shows Seo-Hyun Ahn as Mija petting Okja in a scene from "Okja." The genetically modified pig of Boon Joon-ho's "Okja" is 8-feet tall, 13 feet-long and weighs six tons. It looks most like a hippo, but it has big floppy dog ears and moves a little like an el
via AP) This image released by Netflix shows a sketch of Okja a fictional animal from the film, "Okja." The genetically modified pig of Boon Joon-ho's "Okja" is 8-feet tall, 13 feet-long and weighs six tons. It looks most like a hippo, but it has big floppy dog ears and moves a little like an elephant (San
via AP) This image released by Netflix shows a sketch of characters Okja, left, and Mija from the film, "Okja." The genetically modified pig of Boon Joon-ho's "Okja" is 8-feet tall, 13 feet-long and weighs six tons. It looks most like a hippo, but it has big floppy dog ears and moves a little like an elephant. (Sandro Kopp/Netflix via AP)
