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

  • 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.