Movie check list.
The picture above shows how the South Korea family in PARASITE uses their cell phone, feeding off the airwaves of the people that live above them.
PARASITE won the Best Picture award at he Academy Awards Sunday night. Because of that we just had to see it to see what all the fuss is about.
It has been accurately described as a black comedy. It really gets black (bloody red too). The movie shows the class/privileged differences in South Korea of those who have and those who have-nots.
At least one time the caste system of "crossing the line" was mentioned when the head of the household said he enjoyed talking one on one with his chauffeur but added one time he almost "cross the line". That is about the same as "not knowing their place" in the Old South.
The movie has the poor feeding off the wealthy. The poor seems to have no scruples with cheating the rich. The movie, as a whole, reminds me of a line in MY FAIR LADY when My Fair Lady’s father (who was also poor) was asked, “Don’t you have any scruples?”
And the father replied, “Scruples? What’s that? Never mind! I can’t afford them!”
It was written by Bong Joon-ho. It was produced by Bong Joon-ho and Knja si-ie.
The music was excellent and mostly in classic form, by Jeong-il.
The movie’s theme is not unique (Haves vs Have-nots), think of GRAPES OF WRATH., but the situations are very unique. Good movie.
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