Deleted Scenes and Director's Reflections
The DVD contains many deleted scenes with a total run time of 28 minutes. Most are of little interest, although the first two are amusing. The first of these shows a newly married couple having wedding photos taken beside the Han River, and when the bride thinks there's a snake in the grass, she jumps up into the groom's arms. The second shows a man trying to talk to an attractive young woman in a bar about seeing something dark in the river, but she is distracted by a soccer match showing on a big-screen TV. These are both examples of Bong's use of humor, but he did well to cut them because the movie is too long.
Also on the DVD is a curious five-and-a-half-minute Korean-language featurette titled "Director Bong Joon-ho's Reflections." In it he apologizes to various people for things he did while making the film. But this does give us an opportunity to see this apparently up-and-coming young director at the age of about 37.
DVD Details
There are two Region 1 DVD editions of The Host, one a two-disc special edition, the other a single-disc standard edition. Only the latter is reviewed here, and the DVD details for it are given below.
DVD Release Date: July 24, 2007
Number of Discs: 1
Feature Film Run Time: 2 hr. 0 min.
MPAA Rating: R for Creature Violence and Language
Widescreen (1.85:1), Color
English 5.1 Dolby Digital (Dubbed)
English 2.0 Dolby Digital (Dubbed)
Korean 5.1 Dolby Digital
Korean 2.0 Dolby Digital
English Subtitles
Spanish Subtitles
Audio Commentary by Writer-Director and Asian Film Expert
Deleted Scenes (23 min.)
Deleted News Clips (5 min.)
Director Bong Joon-ho Reflections (5 1/2 min.)
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