Parasite Comments

  • Tre 2022-03-24 09:01:16

    Coincidentally, Lee Cangdong and Bong handed over works aimed at class differences (it seems that this is a theme that every Korean director will get involved, including the accused Hong Changxiu), but the two are very outdated in form. Use a figure full of (minimalism/decorativeism in 60s art films or) Antonioni to tell the illusory lower-level pain, and Bong? He specializes in genre play. Like Kim Ki-young, who was admired by their generation of directors, he creates a viewing experience that...

  • Zelda 2022-03-24 09:01:16

    I finally saw the film that won the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Although you will get less information if you watch it with English subtitles, it has been completely conquered by its excellent artistic quality! The absurd comedy is extreme, with sadness in the joy; the audiovisual performance is even better, especially the paragraph of the contrast between the upper and lower urban classes in the rain; the two reversals in the play will shock you to the end. There are a lot...

  • Ferne 2022-03-24 09:01:16

    2.5. A fully enclosed structure formed by the causalization of a high degree of psychological motivation, the intention is straightforward like a political textbook. Constructing a complete and one-to-one corresponding action/reaction system itself is the operating mode of capitalism. No matter how carefully the content is set up close to the preset social class issues, it still stands unconsciously on the side of its opponents in terms of methodology. The conceptualization becomes more serious...

  • Marlin 2022-03-24 09:01:16

    Niubi, Niubi, Niubi. Analyze its good point, everyone has already said almost, let me say something else. Still looking at our mainland China, unfortunately, with a population of 1.4 billion, there are only a few famous directors who can make art films. There really isn't a director who can make brilliant commercial films and is constantly improving. Which of Ning Hao's later works surpassed "Crazy Stone"? There is still no director who can show the connotation of artistic films in the core of...

  • Raphaelle 2022-03-24 09:01:16

    Unlike "Mother", which focuses on temporality, this film focuses on spatiality, which is about the most profound "spatial politics". The first and last shots are all about pulling down. This action deeply interprets what “downflow” is: rain and sewage flow to the lower layer, but never flood the upper layer. The space here maintains the (re)production of movement and position: no matter what, the family will never be able to control where they are and what they see (in front of their own door...

  • Christine 2022-03-24 09:01:16

    As a commercial film, the degree of completion is quite good. From actor performance, plot arrangement to scene scheduling, "Parasite" has achieved a level of dripping water. The precise and accurate video narrative makes it condense strong spatial tension and grand class confrontation. The theme also easily influences the audience's mood of watching the movie. But compared with Bong Joon-ho’s previous local creations in Korea, "Parasite" is actually closer to a perfectly crafted but lifeless...

  • Evelyn 2022-03-24 09:01:16

    It seems that he has missed Bong Junhao. During the watching process, I repeatedly raised my forehead and asked in prayer, "Why don't you really shoot like this?" I didn't expect it to be like this. It is a pity that the text that should have been open is filled with straightforward and single simile games (just as loyal to one way of decoding like Morse code), and it is a pity that the interpretation path is too narrow, and the feeling level is the first time The sense of surprise when going...

  • Claude 2022-03-24 09:01:16

    The best mentality of the family is the mother, so she enjoys a certain degree of freedom in life, and only her mental state stays in the middle class. When the other three people rushed out of the mansion house all the way up the stairs to the half-underground of the rat generation, the son He was not reconciled, so he laughed all the time when there was a problem with his nerves; his daughter is the most ego genius player, she has the low-level wisdom that can change the class, but she bears...

  • Allene 2022-03-24 09:01:16

    Let me give you examples of key plots that you simply cannot agree with: Why are the rich so stupid to cheat? The slum situation design after the rainy night escapes, Song Kanghao's final killing. Bong Joon-ho and the Korean film creators really achieved the ultimate, with the ultimate theme first, plot calculation, meaning instillation, and the functionalization of characters. It is rare to see a creator so forcefully trying to feed the audience. Mentality. Feng Junhao's teacher, Chabrol,...

  • Cathy 2022-03-24 09:01:16

    From "The Thief Family" to "Parasite", Hirokazu Ke and Junhao Bong used their best methods to achieve the same goal on the subject of grassroots family. Class is smell, and even children can smell people and divide them into groups. The intersection of two families of different classes is like a big cross that is impassable, reflecting the ruthless solidification of social hierarchy. Who is the real parasite being fed? The title is...

Extended Reading

Parasite quotes

  • Ki-taek: [message to Ki-woo] Perhaps you, if no one else, will be able to read this. You were a Scout, so I'm writing this just in case. Have your injuries healed? I'm sure your mother is plenty healthy. I'm doing fine in here. Though thinking of Ki-jung makes me cry. Even now, what happened that day doesn't seem real. It feels like a dream, and yet it doesn't. That day as I went out the gate, I suddenly knew where I needed to go. A house where such a grisly thing took place would surely not be easy to sell. I've struggled to hold on in this empty house. Still, thanks to the house being empty - what was her name, Moon-gwang? - I was able to give her a proper send off. I hear treeside burials are trendy. So hell, I did my best. Those real estate sharks sure are clever. They duped some people who had just arrived in Korea and managed to sell the house. With the parents working and the kids attending school, the family is usually out. But the damned housekeeper stays here 24 hours a day. Each time I go upstairs, I take my life into my hands. And it turns out Germans eat more than just sausage and beer. What a relief. Passing the time down here, everything starts to go hazy. Today at least, I was able to write you this letter. If I send out the letter this way every night, maybe someday you'll see it. So long.

  • Kim Ki-woo: [narrates] Opening my eyes for the first time in a month, I saw a detective who looked nothing like a detective. Then the doctor who looked nothing like a doctor spoke. Even when I heard how much Ki-jung bled that day... even when I heard the words "forgery", "trespassing", "foul play", "murder", and that we were lucky to get away with probation... even when I finally got to see Ki-jung's face, I kept laughing. Though when I went back and watched the news reports, I didn't laugh.