"Parasite" is directed by Feng Junhao, who has filmed "Memories of Murder", and starring Qinglong actor Song Kanghao. The configuration of the director and starring role alone is a must-see, not to mention that he won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival not long ago. .
I wouldn't be surprised if "Parasite" can win the Oscar for the best foreign language film next year.
As a commercial film, "Parasite" discusses many social topics in three parts;
As a masterpiece sweeping Cannes, it is easy to understand and not dull at all.
It is not easy to combine commerce and art ingeniously and popularly, but with high artistic value.
The family of four is a group of poor people living in a semi-basement. The family members include father Kim Ki-taek, mother Chung-sook, son Kim Ki-woo, and daughter Kim Ji-ting.
The four of them have no jobs and can only do some part-time jobs, and even if they are looking for part-time jobs, they have to rub other people's WiFi.
Under the introduction of classmates, Ji Woo became the tutor of President Park and the daughter of Yeon-Jiao’s daughter Dah-hye.
Jiyu is at the bottom of society, and Duohui is at the top of society.
These two families, which would never have an intersection, have therefore collided.
Afterwards, Kiwoo set up a sub-plan and took the whole family over. Ki-ze became the driver, Zhong-sook was the nanny, and Ki-jeong became the tutor of President Park’s son, Dasong.
But there is a problem here: They got these jobs through "deception", and President Park and his wife did not know that they were a family.
A potential problem will always be a problem.
How happy they are in the front, how miserable they will be after being dismantled in the back.
The good thing about this movie is that you know that they will be dismantled later. You are still curious about how they reveal their stuff and what the result will be after revealing their stuff.
Just when the whole family of Keeze "infiltrated" President Park’s house, dreaming of marrying Dahye as his daughter-in-law, and when he became in-laws with President Park and officially entered the upper echelons of society, they did not realize that the gap between the rich and the poor was bigger than they thought. Big.
Moreover, the relationship between the rich and the poor is not a one-way street, but a pyramid extending in all directions.
President Park’s family is indeed very rich compared to the Keize family, but among the rich, they are inconspicuous. There are too many rich people.
vice versa.
The Kize family stayed in the basement, and they used all means to get a job.
When you think they are miserable enough, the movie suddenly reverses: they are not the worst, and there are worse than them.
Kize and the others have at least a basement to live in. The nanny and his wife don't even have their own house, so they can only "parasite" in other people's homes.
If you are rich, there must be someone richer than you; if you are poor, there must be someone poorer than you.
The gap between the rich and the poor is like countless walls, dividing people into different levels.
This wall, despite the wind, the sun, the rain, and the snow, stood firm and motionless.
On one side is the birthday party, on the other is the flooded room.
On one side is the luxurious and soft back garden, on the other is the cold and hard gymnasium.
On one side, there are laughter, and on the other side, all thoughts are lost.
On the one hand, it’s raining and sunny, just in time for a party, on the other hand, it’s homeless and homeless.
In front of the rich, the poor are too weak to help the wind, and a torrential rain can swallow them mercilessly.
People often say that wisdom creates wealth, while others say that labor creates wealth, diligence creates wealth, and everything is said.
Isn’t the Keizer family wise, no labor?
They also have wisdom, so they can successfully get the whole family to work at President Park’s house, but they did not make a fortune.
They also have labor, but their family does not earn as much as President Park in an hour by folding pizza boxes for one day.
In addition, there are companies like pizzerias that squeeze and exploit the poor. They are not willing to hire people who fold pizza boxes. They only ask the poor to serve as cheap labor, making many poor people pay a lot without getting the corresponding compensation.
Class barriers are not so easy to break.
If the gap between the rich and the poor can be broken with wisdom and labor, then it is not a problem.
President Park’s house is rather ignorant. They didn’t notice the plot of Ji Ze and others to frame Yun Driver and the babysitter. They didn’t know that Ke Ze and the others were a family until the birthday party.
Mr. and Mrs. Park look stupid, but they are still getting richer and richer;
The Keizers are so smart, but they still can't turn around.
President Park’s son Do Song Mingming does not have any artistic elements, but his parents can hire the best teacher for him, and he can also say that his son is an artist when he meets people, because being rich is justice.
Let's look at the family of Keize again. Can they not do jobs like tutors, drivers, and babysitters? They can do it, but no one wants them, so they can only get a job by cheating.
Ji Ting is very talented. Doesn't she want to work? It is because she has not been admitted to the Department of Fine Arts, so no company wants her. President Park and his wife want her, isn't she going to teach right away?
The same is true for Keize. His grades are so good. Does he not want to work? It is because he is not a college student and no one wants him, so he forged an admission notice and then went to work as a tutor.
The gap between the rich and the poor is a chasm, a big mountain, it is not something you can cross if you want to cross it, nor can it be changed by wisdom and labor alone. It often takes two, three, or multiple generations to change.
I remembered "The Richest Man in Xihong City", Wang Duoyu randomly invested in a stock in the sunset industry, but he accidentally gained 100 million in appreciation;
The unfinished building that looked so stupid, but actually stupid, was bought by a clever man, and he accidentally built a school district room and made 1 billion.
Wang Duoyu's second uncle gave him one billion and told him to spend it within a month, but the more money he used, the more he used it.
And how do people comment on him, saying that he is selfless, did not leave any real estate for himself, but spent the money on the blade, serving the sunset industry and people’s dreams, is the conscience of the capital market, and even was awarded ten Recognition of outstanding citizens.
A loser who lives at the bottom of society becomes a winner in life just because he has money.
The President Park and his wife in "Parasite" are not like this.
Keize said that they are rich but very kind, but Zhongshu said: It is not rich but very kind, but rich so kind. If I was rich, I would also be very kind.
The Keize family has no money, so they are cockroaches and pests;
President Park’s family is rich, so they are very kind.
They have no worries about food and clothing, and they don’t need to lie about a job like the Keize family did. Of course they are very kind.
If you are the president, you can make money by sitting in the office every day. Who wants to commit a crime?
As Zhongshu said: Money is an iron, which irons everything.
In previous movies, the wealthy were always portrayed as vicious and cunning, while the poor were simple and kind, which seemed too deliberate.
"Parasite" does not deliberately demonize the rich, nor deliberately beautify the poor.
President Park never said that he looked down on the poor, nor did he say that the poor are lazy or stupid.
On the contrary, it was the Keize family who got the job in a deceptive way.
The director did not add too much personal opinion, did not say that the rich must be ugly, or the poor must be simple, did not guide the audience, but calmly tell a story. This is the director's genius.
Some people say, what is wrong with President Park and his wife? They did nothing.
Indeed, they did nothing.
It is precisely because all rich people do nothing, because they only care about themselves;
All the poor did nothing, because they couldn't do anything.
Everyone did nothing, so the gap between rich and poor is getting bigger and bigger.
So, the Keize family is a parasite, and their family is "parasitic" in President Park's house.
The nanny and his wife are also parasites. They have been "parasitic" in President Park's house for many years.
The bottom of the society is parasites, the upper class like President Park, and those pizza shops that treat the poor as cheap labor. They are also parasites. They "parasite" on the poor and "parasite" in this society.
Even their parasitic time is much longer than that of the Keize family and the nanny couple. As long as it is not natural or man-made, they will be equally wealthy for the next two or three generations.
Let's go back and look at the problems that many people think President Park's family is very simple and kind.
Are they really simple?
Some young directors portray the character's character by letting the character say some very straightforward lines, thus highlighting that he is a good person or a bad person.
Bong Junhao's technique is obviously much more advanced.
President Park and his wife have not said anything too extreme, but what they did shows what kind of people they are.
Look carefully at the clip of Yanjiao’s salary payment to Jiwoo. Yanjiao counts the salary and puts it in the envelope. This is obviously the salary of Jiwoo’s classmates.
Then Yanjiao took out some more on this basis, indicating that the salary she paid to Ji Woo was not as much as Min Hyeok's.
As a result, she also told Jiyu that because of rising prices, she raised her wages.
Hypocrisy, and it is hypocritical hypocrisy. If you don't look carefully, you will mistake her for being really kind.
The same is true for President Park. When Keizawa was a driver on the first day, he prepared a cup of coffee and never drank it, just to see if it would spill when he turned a corner.
On the surface it is very kind, but in fact it is very scheming.
When President Park complained to Keize’s wife, Keize said: But you still love her, don’t you?
President Park's face changed immediately.
At the birthday party, Keize once again said to President Park: You love your wife very much.
President Park is upset again.
In his view, the driver is a subordinate, a subordinate, that is, you pay him, and he will do things for you. He only needs to do his own tasks. He is not qualified to care about the life of his boss, and he is not qualified to be a friend. He speaks.
Keizen hasn't asked any unusual questions, just saying that President Park loves his wife, and President Park is unhappy. Is he really kind? He just doesn't take you seriously at all.
When Kee Ting fell in a pool of blood and Kee Ting pressed her wound, President Park didn't care about Ke Ting's situation at all. He just told Ke Ting to throw the car key over and he was going to send his son to the hospital.
Ji Ting was seriously injured, and Zhong Sook was also slightly injured. One was his son’s tutor and the other was a nanny. President Park did not say that he would send them to the hospital together. He only took care of his son. Such behavior made Ji Ze felt his indifference again.
The fate of his son is fate, but the fate of Ji Ting and Chung-suk is not.
You act as a cow and a horse for him, but when danger occurs, you don't even fart in his eyes. This completely subverts Kize's three views, which is why Kize, who has always been honest and honest, will be murderous.
There is also Duosong. He saw the signal sent by Wu Shiqin, the nanny's husband, and solved it. It meant "saving lives", but he didn't tell anyone because he didn't think it was his business.
President Park’s family is really not innocent, not kind, but indifferent, just like humans treat ants.
The ant walks past you without even looking at it. The ant still thinks you are very kind.
Indeed, President Park’s family doesn’t look ugly, because they don’t take the poor in their eyes at all. As long as you don't cross the line, he won't bother to control you.
Of course, President Park’s family is not all indifferent. The director also gave a special feature. Everyone just tried to escape for their lives, but Dahye was still carrying Ji Woo on his back.
By the same token, are the Keizers really evil?
President Park and his wife seem innocent on the surface, but in fact they are hypocritical and indifferent.
On the surface, the Keize family lied, but in fact they were really innocent.
After they drove away Driver Yin, Kize was also worried about his situation, whether he found a new job, and whether he met a better boss.
When the original nanny came knocking on the door, Keize and the others really didn't have any thoughts at all, nor did they stop her from coming in, nor asked her to come back in a few days, but just let her in.
The next day, even though the nanny and his wife threatened them and they still had their handles, they still thought that they hadn’t eaten all night and they wanted to bring them something to eat.
President Park always likes to talk about the problem of crossing the line. He has set a lot of rules. What his subordinates can and cannot do is as clear as Hong Shixian.
Keize and the others don't have so many rules and regulations. They just feel that the rain is so heavy that it is not easy to tell the nanny to leave empty-handed; they just feel that the nanny and the couple are worse than them and need to eat.
The first time kindness caused the nanny couple to hold the handle;
The second kindness even led to the destruction of the family.
President Park and his wife were very scheming, and they had a carefree life until they were killed by Keize;
The nanny couple deceived the owner and lived for nothing for several years;
And the Keize family, because of their kindness, was thrown into eighteen levels of hell.
It is always kind people who suffer.
You think that by finding a good job and having a good salary, you will get rid of your poor status. In fact, you are still a million miles away.
You can wash away the smell of sweat from your clothes, but you can't wash away the smell of the basement that has melted into your blood.
When you have worked so hard to climb ten or twenty floors, you may have just reached someone else’s basement.
For some people, it is just a house, and for him it may be a dream that will never be realized in a lifetime.
They are bugs, so they have a hard life;
They are bugs, so nothing can kill them.
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