Parasite (2019)

[GRD43L]

Originally Posted by Zivouhr

I wonder if one of the characters is acting like a leech, feeding off the earnings of his parents instead of earning a way of life on their own. That would justify the Parasite title better.

No prob. I initially made the translations by reading the subtitles with no sound then re-watched the trailer. Made some corrections.

Read a Korean article regarding the film and the story is about the collision of 2 worlds/families, a poor jobless and the other very rich. What starts as a job interview as a tutor for the rich kid becomes the pivotal point for tragedy/comedy that are to follow.

Bong states that the scope of the movie is tightly focused on Korean society and has details that are especially meaningful for Koreans . . . we'll see about that.

Pondering over the ending of the trailer that shows Song Gang-Ho (father) in native American head dress (quite commonly used by Koreans in shows). There is also a reflection of a native American tipi in the movie poster.

Also just noticed on the poster that a stroke in the first character of 'Ki-Saeng-Choong', the Korean word for 'Parasite', seems to be a curved knife.

[Cremildo]

Two clips

[GRD43L]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

Two clips

The 3 pictures shown in that link look wonderful.

The trailer #2 teases with additional details. From what I recall from watching the trailer last night, it seems the 'son' of the jobless family gets the job interview as a favour for someone he knows. From this opportunity the whole family is mobilized to make the best of it.

Regarding the pizza boxes: it's a manual 'outsourced' low pay work some people do for additional income. You receive, say, 1000 flat cut outs, then fold them into boxes, then return them for $. Probably about $0.10 per box. I remember making boxes for dress shirts when I was in Korea (40 yrs ago); not fun. I guess this type of low pay work still goes on!

So this may be one of the 'Korean details' Bong is referring to.

[Cremildo]

Bong Joon-ho Pens “A Word Of Pleading” To Cannes Critics About Not Posting Parasite Spoilers

[Cremildo]

Raves upon raves from Cannes:

Originally Posted by Ella Kemp

Check back in after this adrenaline-headache has calmed down but, well, PARASITE: I screeched, gasped, stopped blinking for about 15 minutes and whooped so passionately. Bong Joon-Ho is absolutely regal, BOW DOWN BONG HIVE

Originally Posted by Alex Billington

Bong Joon-ho reigns!!!!!!!!!!!!! Parasite is AMAZING! Love love love this film. A complete and total knockout.

Originally Posted by David Ehrlich

PARASITE might be Bong Joon-ho’s best movie. it bundles up all his previous work into one angry, grounded, hilarious, and painfully bittersweet story about the horrors of co-existence in capitalism.

Originally Posted by Sam Gray

Parasite is easily my favourite film of #Cannes2019, a class critique that builds off Hitchcock in various gruesome, slapstick, and inspired ways. Second act is pure madness. So so good.

Originally Posted by Peter Howell

A family of grifters connive to blend their lives with an unsuspecting rich family's in Bong Joon Ho's social satire that becomes a savage underclass morality lesson. Think of the home invasion tales of Michael Haneke and Jordan Peele, for starters.

Originally Posted by Jason Gorber

Bong Joon-Ho's symphony of sociopathy is no con, a brilliant family drama/social drama/grifters tale with highs if humour and depths of deadly despair. Just stunning, a fantastic, beautifully realized film that earns every turn it takes.

Originally Posted by Jason Mottram

best film I have seen at this festival by a light year. Bravura filmmaking of the highest order.

Originally Posted by Stephen Miller

With PARASITE, Bong Joon Ho takes all of the themes of SNOWPIERCER and melds them into a wickedly dark comedy. Fantastic film.

[Gacivory]

I think this is the one from Cannes I’m most excited about!

[Cremildo]

French poster:

[TheSweetieMan]

2019 is turning out to be one ridiculously stacked year for films.

[GRD43L]

I am stoked!

[Gacivory]

Just got picked up by Neon in US!

[MasterCrayola]

Curzon Artificial Eye have picked it up for UK

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by MasterCrayola

Curzon Artificial Eye have picked it up for UK

Nice, guaranteed a decent home release, only down side is they do take their time getting around to releasing the films they acquire.

[Ben_C]

A 4K release would be nice. Would also love a 4K release of Memories of Murder (still think it’s a shame it hasn’t had a blu-ray release in the UK, luckily I bought the Korean version whilst it was still available).

[MasterCrayola]

Originally Posted by Foggy

Nice, guaranteed a decent home release

I wouldn't get your hopes up unfortunately, Birds of Passage, Sunset and In Fabric (plus some others) are all listed on Amazon pre-order as DVD only. Which isn't surprising considering the lack of blu's for quite of few of their recent releases.

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by MasterCrayola

I wouldn't get your hopes up unfortunately, Birds of Passage, Sunset and In Fabric (plus some others) are all listed on Amazon pre-order as DVD only. Which isn't surprising considering the lack of blu's for quite of few of their recent releases.

Give them some time, they’ve only just hit cinemas.

[Cremildo]

[BluBonnet]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

Can't wait until it gets a US release

[Foggy]

That’s a surprise, going from worrying it wouldn’t translate to foreign markets to taking the biggest gong of the year. Great stuff.

[define]

at least cannes cares a bit about cinema

[Jasonic]

This was my most anticipated movie before the year even started. Super stoked for Bong Joon-ho. Always been a huge fan.

Thinking Neon might hold this till the end of the year to push it for best foreign language at the Oscars. Really want to see this as soon as possible though.