Bong Joon Ho had a lot to celebrate on Sunday night, as “Parasite” made history several times over.
The South Korean movie was the first non-English language release to win the Oscar for Best Picture, as well as the Best International Feature Oscar.
Bong — who also won awards for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay — had a lot of help from his North American distributor over the last few months, and three-year-old Neon had much to toast as well.Co-founder Tom Quinn has been positioning the company as an aggressive player since its first awards season, when Neon bought “I, Tonya” at the Toronto International Film Festival and sped into an awards season that landed Allison Janney her first Oscar.
Over time, the company has remained a competitive buyer with a robust theatrical strategy that reached its apex with “Parasite.”Quinn, whose relationship with Bong goes back to the executive
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