Watch the movie again through the poster

Jasen 2022-03-19 09:01:02

Formal poster

Looking back at this poster after reading it, I was really amazed. It brought out the painting of the psychological trauma of the youngest son; the landscape bonsai representing the transportation; the electric light sending the Morse code; the former nanny with only one leg exposed; the Indian arrow With tent . These contextual details are placed in the visual elements of the poster, symbolic metaphors and narrative clues are all present.

What surprised me even more was that the hosts were all well-dressed, and the parasites were all shabby. Barefoot and wearing shoes are not only a hint of a class gap, but also a playfulness of being not afraid of wearing shoes.

This movie is really full of clues. The lines or visual elements that you thought were meaningless were all for the reasonable pavement for the next reversal. It is this kind of foreshadowing that makes the original plot reversal without being abrupt. This is also what we have to learn. It is natural to explain the clues first, and then draw them out.

Make a reasonable pavement for the next male protagonist to recommend his sister

Scout understands Morse code

Reasonably explain why the male protagonist also understands Morse code

The former nanny ate two meals in order to lead out the back room and husband


Symbol

There is also a symbol. The arrival of the landscape bonsai that can bring wealth and luck also brings an opportunity to the male protagonist . Fengshui fortune is our Asian culture. Naturally, this strange stone has become the male protagonist’s sustenance for believing that he can stand up. . So in his eyes, the stone found him, but the reality gave him a blow. He planned to use the stone to murder him because of the accident. Afterwards, he finally wanted to understand and put down the stone. The stone looks ordinary among the piles of rocks on the riverbed. It is not a strange stone, and it is impossible for him to cross the gulf of class.

Tangible symbol

There is an intangible symbol besides the tangible symbol, which is smell

Invisible symbol

It is the smell that abstractly expresses the essential difference between the two classes, a smell that can only be contaminated in the semi-basement, and it is this smell that became the fuse of the final tragedy.

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Finally, in fact, I think the most interesting thing about this movie is the relationship between space and the narrative of the movie. The show scenes in the two different residences are superbly arranged . The symbolic clues in the film are nothing but a linear tool that serves the plot. Without more metaphors and thinking, it is not worth studying. This is why watching movies feels like a roller coaster, but there will be no aftershocks after watching it.

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Extended Reading
  • Jasmin 2021-10-20 18:58:47

    Let me start with the first scoop of cold water. The image of the rich is too simple. Are the rich stupid? ?

  • Magnus 2022-04-24 07:01:02

    This kind of unrestrained genre film can win the Palme d'Or

Parasite quotes

  • Kim Ki-jung: [about Moon-gwang] She may look like a sheep, but inside, she's a fox. Sometimes she acts like she owns the house.

    Kim Ki-woo: Right. Of all the people in that house, she's lived there the longest. She was housekeeper to the architect Namgoong, but then she went on to work for this family. When the architect moved out, he introduced this woman to Park's family, telling them, "This is a great housekeeper, you should hire her".

    Chung-sook: So she survived a change of ownership.

    Kim Ki-woo: She won't give up such a good job easily.

    Kim Ki-jung: To extract a woman like that, we need to prepare well.

    Kim Ki-woo: Right, we need a plan.

    Park Da-hye: [cut to a scene with Ki-woo and Da-hye] I want to eat peaches. I like peaches best.

    Kim Ki-woo: Why not ask for some?

    Park Da-hye: No peaches at our house. It's a forbidden fruit.

    Kim Ki-woo: [cut back to the Kims; referring to Moon-gwang] So according to what Da-hye told me, she's got a pretty serious allergy to peaches. You know that fuzz on the peach skin? If she's anywhere near it, she gets a full body rash, has trouble breathing, asthma, a total meltdown!

    [Moon-gwang falls sick after Ki-woo puts peach fuzz on her]

    Ki-taek: Anyway. I wasn't trying to eavesdrop, but her words came through clearly! So I couldn't help but...

    Kim Ki-woo: Cut, cut! Dad, your emotions are up to here. Bring them down to about there.

    Ki-taek: So I couldn't help but overhear...

    Kim Ki-woo: Keep it focused!

    Ki-taek: [to Mrs. Park] What I'm trying to say is... it's just that, your housekeeper's voice is quite loud, you know?

    Park Yeon-kyo: I understand, it's all right. Just tell me, okay?

    Ki-taek: She said she got diagnosed with active tuberculosis and she was practically shouting over the phone, so upset she could barely control herself!

    Park Yeon-kyo: Tuberculosis? Come on...

    Ki-taek: It's true, she phoned someone saying she had active TB.

    Kim Ki-wooPark Yeon-kyo: Do people still get TB?

    Kim Ki-woo: [cut back to the Kims] Dad, back in the day, people used to buy Christmas Seals, right? Feels like a bygone era.

    Ki-taek: [cut back to Ki-taek and Mrs. Park] But I saw it on the internet. Korea has the #1 rate of TB of all the OECD countries.

    Kim Ki-woo: [cut back to the Kims] But she's still working, as if nothing's wrong - with a kid like Da-song in the house.

    Ki-taek: [cut back to Ki-taek and Mrs. Park] So you've got a young kid like Da-song in the house, and a TB patient is doing dishes, cooking, spraying spittle...

    Park Yeon-kyo: Stop it, please!

    [cut to the Kims putting peach fuzz on Moon-gwang, causing her to fall sick again, and Ki-taek using chili sauce to fake Moon-gwang's blood]

  • [last lines]

    Kim Ki-woo: Dad, today I made a plan - a fundamental plan. I'm going to earn money, a lot of it. University, a career, marriage, those are all fine, but first I'll earn money. When I have money, I'll buy the house. On the day we move in, Mom and I will be in the yard. Because the sunshine is so nice there. All you'll need to do is walk up the stairs. Take care until then. So long.