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1. www.rollingstone.com › tv-movies › tv-movie-newsLee Isaac Chung Interview: Director Talks 'Minari,' Parents ...

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   Apr 20, 2021 · 'Minari' director Lee Isaac Chung talks about where he grew up, Korean heritage, Oscar nominations, and what it means to find success.

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3. www.npr.org › 2021/02/24 › 971100339'Minari' Director Reflects On The Yi Family's ... - NPR

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   Feb 24, 2021 · Lee Isaac Chung's new film Minari takes its name from a leafy, edible plant that grows seemingly everywhere in East Asia. And the film, even when it's planted in the U.S., it flourishes....

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   Mar 3, 2021 · Director Lee Isaac Chung's inspiration for Minari, his semi-autobiographical film about a Korean American father who moves his family to a farm in rural Arkansas, began with a list.

5. www.pluggedin.com › blog › director-lee-isaac-chungDirector Lee Isaac Chung Talks About Faith, Family and the ...

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   Mar 5, 2021 · When the movie Minari won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign-Language Film Feb. 28, director Lee Isaac Chung (pictured above with the hat) was joined on video by his 7-year-old daughter, who in about three seconds became one of the broadcast’s biggest stars.

6. www.cpr.org › 2021/02/12 › denver-born-director-leeDenver-Born Director Lee Isaac Chung’s ‘Minari’ Blends ...

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   Feb 12, 2021 · Parents Monica (Yeri Han) and Jacob (Steven Yeun) work tirelessly to start their own farm and provide for their children, Anne (Noel Kate Cho) and David (Alan Kim). Later, the children's...

7. gazette.com › arts-entertainment › oscar-nominatedOscar-nominated 'Minari' based on Colorado Springs family

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   Mar 31, 2021 · The Colorado Springs woman happens to be the older (by three years) sister of Lee Isaac Chung, the man who wrote and directed the Oscar-nominated, semiautobiographical film “Minari,” inspired by...

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   Where did the Chung family live?

   • From Denver, the Chung family made their way to Atlanta before settling down in Arkansas. “For me, it was a big adventure to go to this wild plot of land that my dad was so excited about,” Chung said. “He was always talking about the color of the dirt and that's something you see in the film. He started a farm, and we had 50 acres of land.

   Denver-Born Director Lee Isaac Chung’s ‘Minari’ Blends Childhood

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   Is Lee Isaac Chung based on a true story?

   • Director Lee Isaac Chung's film is loosely based on his childhood. He tells NPR he's not trying to refute the idea of the American dream, but to speak to the feeling of "maybe waking up from a dream."

   'Minari' Director Reflects On The Yi Family's Experience, And ... - NPR

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   What inspired Lee Isaac Chung to make Minari?

   • Director Lee Isaac Chung's inspiration for Minari, his semi-autobiographical film about a Korean American father who moves his family to a farm in rural Arkansas, began with a list. Chung had been struggling to settle on a new project. Inspired by Willa Cather's writing about her Nebraska roots, he decided to look into his own past.

   Lee Isaac Chung Jotted Down Some Family Memories - NPR

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   What did Chung think of his grandmother's herbal medicine?

   • Chung also made a note of the mysterious herbal medicine his grandmother brought over when she joined the family from Korea, and of the minari plants that she sowed on the family's farm. "Once I had this set of memories, I realized that there was an arc of a story there," Chung says.

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9. apnews.com › article › minari-movie-review-5e8f9a21aReview: An essential portrait of a family in ‘Minari’ | AP News

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   Feb 10, 2021 · Filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung based the film on his own childhood in the 1980s, when his Korean American parents moved to Arkansas to start a farm. And it’s the specificity of this delicate tale that makes it so universal and so great.