Notes on "Parasites"

Kylie 2022-03-21 09:01:14

1 He wants to use the shell of a commercial film to make a fable

2 There is no real poor

The protagonist's family and the basement family are not actually poor, but a poor middle class. Their dreams of getting rich are shattered. Because it is the failure of the Guzao cake franchise investment, in my opinion, this is somewhat different from the simple investment failure, because the franchise requires investment. Although the entire Guzao cake scam is designed, it is still more felt than p2p or fraud. I have paid a lot, but also have a great responsibility.

The protagonist's family does not have the survival wisdom of the poor, but also retains the identity of the rich class. A child of a really poor person will not have that smooth hair, not that good English, and the fruit will not be cut so beautifully, let alone close the half-basement window.

3 There is no real rich

The rich family is new money, nouveau riche, and their friends are all young people. There is no real power network relationship. Think about the relationship between South Korean politics and chaebols. Perhaps the director carefully avoided this richest class.

From the feeling that the hostess of the rich family eats fried noodles, she feels that she is not from a wealthy background. Where is the wagyu used for noodles and spoils things. So they are so familiar with the cheap underwear that my sister left in the car. When making love on the sofa, do you imitate the driver and the friend of the gunner or the enthusiastic themselves when they are young and not rich?

The boss man’s sensitivity to boundaries also seems to be unconfident because he is not really rich. He has not yet been able to establish an indestructible sense of authority in his heart, but he already has money and is learning to apply it. Really rich people have an unshakable feeling, they haven't yet. They also worry that the tent is not good enough, they need guidance from the butlers of the former rich, and they also need to disguise and perform various performances. It's just that they got rich first.

Therefore, the basement man would say respect, the same dream of getting rich himself did not succeed, but the boss man succeeded. But I hate it even more, the same dream of getting rich, why did you succeed.

Human emotions are dependent on love and hatred.

If they are not a class struggle, is it not a problem of rich and poor but a problem of fate?

4 spaces

There are many changes in the elevation of the building itself. There are various steps from the outside to the inside to the inside, and there are two floors in the basement.

Why is there a long corridor on the left and right sides of the B2 floor after going down the stairs, one side is the basement man’s residence and the other is the toilet? Why is there a switch with entrance hall lights on the second basement floor? (Yes, yes, yes, the switch is very important, how to send the report without the switch. But there should be a reason for this design. Why is there a ground-based electronic controller connected to the air defense facility?)

There are many long walls in this movie.

Scenery needs to be built, especially in the basement. The space is either descriptive, realistic or metaphorical.

For example, the grassland of the rich. When a professor from Seoul National University came to Tsinghua University, he said, your school is really rich. It is very expensive to spread large grass fields in Korea. Therefore, there are no large areas of grass in Korean universities, and they are spaced like tiles.

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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.