Thanks for watching! I fully realize that this topic is pretty well exhausted at this point, but A) Parasite was my favorite movie of 2019 and I had a lot of thoughts and B) I took way longer than anticipated in making this one, so hopefully you all still enjoyed and aren't sick of people gushing about this movie yet. I'd love to know what your thoughts on the film were!
Glad you uploaded a video on it:) I was originally skeptical to click because of the amount of vids on Parasite, then I saw it was you who uploaded so I had to!:D
That's so kind of you to say! I definitely fear that a lot of people will end up avoiding watching because of how much else there already is out there.
No, thank you for doing this amazing review on an incredible good film like this. I have been watching lots of videos about Parasite (because I love it, too) and this one has perfect ideas and opinions. I specially liked what you said about poor people: they are expected to do twice the work, but rich people can skip it! Ugh it is so metaphorical 🤣
I think what most analysts forget is Ki-jeong’s role. She was the only character who didn’t steal someone else’s job. She also routinely challenged the rich mother linguistically, where she switches between formal and casual language to the point where the mother wanted to earn her respect. The son also comments how she just naturally fit in the house when she’s bathing. But SHE was the one that was killed. Why? Maybe it’s because she was the closest to actually flawlessly cross that line. But society could not allow this.
She was the one who was closest to legitimately achieving upward mobility, but the moment she did (carrying a cake, celebrating her integration into the Park family), well... She crossed the line, and that couldn't happen. I also wonder whether there is significance in her being killed by a poor man as she is on the cusp of success, as if the road to upward mobility is such that we cannot allow others to achieve it before we do. Rather than solidarity and support for our peers who finally make it, there is resentment for being left behind.
YES, very much so. i think another interpretation is that she no longer had utility in the capitalist society they live in. the mother tells her that the cake is a "getting well" cake for da-song, implying that her job as his therapist was successful and therefore over. as soon as her utility to the parks ran out, her life was ended too. it's very pessimistic, and i love both interpretations. parasite is so good man
“Why? Maybe it’s because she was the closest to actually flawlessly cross that line.” No, it’s because, dramatically, no other death in the Kim family works (or works as well). The father and son have a connection-Ki-woo promises his dad earlier that he actually _will_ get into university; they both stay alive so that Ki-woo can aspire to rescue his dad from the underground bunker-he’s still trying to be properly filial-even as he (and the audience) knows that aspiration _can’t_ be fulfilled. If Choong-sook, the mom, is killed by the housekeeper’s husband, that can be viewed by the audience as somehow legitimate because she kicked the housekeeper down the stairs, resulting in the housekeeper’s death-it’s too pat a resolution in a cinematic universe where Bong Joon-ho says _nothing_ gets resolved in the way you might want or expect. The killing of Ki-jeong allows the _least_ amount of resolution-it doesn’t allow the housekeeper’s death to be avenged, it leaves Ki-taek and Ki-woo in perpetual limbo and it doesn’t permit the audience to indulge in the fantasy that somehow, in the future, Ki-jeong _might_ fit in.
@@jeff__w that's also a good point! there are so many layers to this movie. ki-jung's death serves a dramatic role as well as a symbolic one, and i don't think any interpretation necessarily contradicts one another.
During the birthday massacre, Ki-taek is wearing the same exact grey shirt that Ki-woo was wearing in the very first scene, symbolizing they are back where they started.
@A N V Why the son went downstairs with the rock during the party? I think it was left up to interpretation. Did he go down there with the intention to finish them off? Probably.
@A N V He went down there assuming both of them were still tied up and he knew negotiation would be a difficult option, because there would always be two people that could blackmail them out of their position. We'll never know what he truly meant to happen down there
I've heard this before and no the rock isn't fake, in the original script he had to look for it, but they ended up having it float symbolizing how the dream he so desperately clings to always comes back to him
Y'all missed the symbolism for the scene at 4:21 - that was the Kims' pinnacle in the movie. Kevin laid on the grass basking in the sunshine, feeling awesome and all, but he laid on a spot which borders a shadow... a literal "foreshadowing" of the darkness that's about to dawn on them.
Christine Cabia also notice the symbolism In the blocking of the scene where Kevin is holding his forged papers before heading to the Parks for the first time. He and Chung sook who will eventually survive are on the outside of the house but still not above the stairs. Ki Taek is inside the semi basement and Ki Jeung is nowhere to be found.
I thought this scene was also comparing both parents & sons. Theyre laying on the same couch in the same order as the Parks do later when Da-Sung is outside.
I have to stop watching this movie on a nearly weekly repeat. And I need to stop watching every video and reading every article about it. But I can't help it. Parasite has spoiled me when it comes to other movies
I think Parasite definitely would have been the forward-looking choice for Best Production Design. The Academy always goes with some fancy period film, but sometimes a modern, subtle set design is more meaningful and impactful than a lavish French palace.
Honestly I'm getting pretty tired of period dramas always winning for best production and costume design. It's obviously impressive, no denying that, but recreating a time period that's heavily documented is nowhere near as interesting to me as creating a new space for the singular purpose of storytelling, rather than trying to match some historical record.
@@daniel_netzel Right, and the house in Parasite is so amazingly designed. I feel like I've lived in that house -- the big window, the staircase, the basement, the kitchen. I feel like I could design it in detail from memory.
To be fair, though. The detail and scope of what Once Upon a Time in Hollywood achieved in its recreation of 1960s Hollywood was one of the best things about the movie, and definitely what a lot of people were raving about in reviews. I think it deserved the win.
I chose OUATIH in my ballot for Best Production Design. I betrayed my favorite film but got it right. I chose Parasite for Best Editing, a bit upset it went to Ford v Ferrari and got it wrong.
When Ki-woo went for the rock the second time the drunk man is pissing outside their window, I was absolutely floored. He is literally ready to smash that guy's head in with a rock, something he never would have been bold enough to do before. He has now acquired the "vigour" of Min-hyeok, which is really just the sense of power and authority that comes from his higher social status. The Kims become more and more arrogant and drunk on power, to the point where they no longer have any sense of pity or restraint. It's quite terrifying what money can do to a person.
The tragic irony on this too is each of them were presumably getting good pay from the Parks for their various jobs. If they didn’t get too far ahead of themselves, perhaps they could have climbed into the middle class after some years of working for the Parks and saving their money.
It’s suggested that papa Kim is actually the incompetent one in the family. While his wife is simply a gifted athlete that came up short and his children quite capable, Song Kang Ho’s character is said to have been unable to hold down a job. Biggest hint is how 1 in 4 pizza boxes are faulty. He also is the only one who seems to need coaching from his son and the one who loses his cool in the act. In this way Bong’s portrait of the poor is also not simplistic glorification of them either. They are also flawed as is humanity.
so its like mirroring the park family? where ms park is incompetent and can't do anything for her self or her family and her husband is the gifted tech mogul.
@@MistarZtv Interesting, I wonder if everyone in the Kim and Park family are mirrored. Da-hye is intelligent and cynical like Ki-jeong, only she has the money to afford classes unlike the other, while Ki-woo and Da-song are both fixated on mythical symbols that don't exist.
@@malinasworld i kiwo mirrored the girl, in that hes smart academically but his family doesn't have the resources to further his education, while the parks daughter's is flunking but they have the means to help her get a tutor. people say that kiwoo's sister could be like dasong, where's she's talented when it comes to art, she can act and very intelligent. but like her brother she also isn't given the same opportunity that the park family's kids can afford. like dasong being able to to get teachers for his art or doctors for his trauma.
@@MistarZtv Da-hye was flunking?! Wasn't she getting pretty good grades? Anyway, I feel the personalities and psychological states of the kids should hold some weight in the comparison too rather than just their talents.
We don't talk about Min too much, but i think there is more to this character than it seems. Min isn't as much of a good guy as he seems. He gives Ki-woo the prosperity stone, which is a metaphor for the promise of wealth, but much more than that it is the symbol for hope. Ki-taek knew it all along-hope is not for the poor, but for the rich. Hope is fulfilled for the rich, but it only brings discontentment for the poor- so it is better to not care about anything. Min isnt so much intentionally giving Ki-woo the rock to curse him, though it does, he is giving it to him because he does not know better. He is BLIND to see the problems of the lower class, as the upper class has bred into him. Also, Min intentionally chooses Ki-woo among others because he looks down on him, thinking that while his rich frat boy friends might be able to steal his girlfriend, Ki-woo is too poor and Da-Hye would never go for him because Min knew deep down that Ki-woo wouldn't 'fit in' with her and her family. Ki-woo in the movie recognizes how the upper class looks down on the lower class, and his pursuit of Da-Hye is his way of rebelling against the very concept, and it is one reason why he cannot admit to Da-Hye that he is actually poor, because he knows that will break whatever holds the relationship together. Having Da-Hye around is like a trophy to Ki-woo, he never seemed to really be interested in her for anything more than the idea of a rich girlfriend. Throughout the first half of the movie, we see his insecurity and discomfort grow as he realizes more and more just how different and incompatible they are. Ki-woo learns that love is different
I dont know, seems far fetched. He sets the story in motion, but not much more. The kissing I think is more about the "fitting in" than about revenge on Min. Your theory is never hinted at in the movie plus it doesnt make any sense.
Yup. I felt that way too. It felt like they're not really true friends, and Ki-woo knew it so out of spite he was thinking "if you think Da-hye won't go for me, let me just prove you wrong without you ever knowing."
Don't forget that the Scholar Stone is probably fake too. It floats up in water despite appearing fairly heavy, implying it's probably hollow. It is meant to bring wealth, yet wealth here is hollow.
12:25 I feel like the faint light in the distance at the end of the movie is something similar to the green light in Great Gatsby, where it’s a promise of a better future that won’t actually happen and will eventually destroy the character. The pan down into the semi-basement to Ki-Woo’s face I think is meant to give a brutal reminder of the system and how unlikely he is to ever achieve that wealth.
Totally agree. He's never going to be able to make enough to get out, maybe he'll rise above slightly but he'll never get to the top to set his father free. The dream already caused so much damage to his family, one has to fear for how much more damage itll cause.
Yup, it was devastating when I realized that he will most likely never reach the financial position of the Parks, just like most of us born in the lower parts of society he will be confined to it unless something fundamental in social hierarchy changes.
All the record-breaking, award-winning, and barrier-demolishing could not have happened to a more deserving film. Yes, the topic has been well researched, but sometimes it's nice to keep hearing about something you love in someone else's words.
Couldnt agree more! Totally blew me out of the water when I saw it in theaters, and watching it do so well has been really cool. And I appreciate you saying so! I started working on this before there were a million videos about it so I definitely got worried people were sick of talking about it lol
@@daniel_netzel as a matter of fact I feel the same way whenever a big movie comes out and everyone says something about it. But your video is great encouragement for creators like me to challenge ourselves to give our content a fresh spin. So thank you for that as well! And keep up the fantastic work.
Something that I think has been somewhat overlooked by analyses of this film is the symbolic use of water. Some have suggested that water represents reality, however, in my opinion water is used to represent wealth and power. The wealthy family's fridge is lined with expensive bottled water, you see them drinking water constantly at home, whereas in the poor family's home we only ever see them drinking cheap beer. Another example, as mentioned in this video, is the attack on the man pissing outside, where, after gaining wealth and power in the form of employment, they then used water to attack a man they see as now below themselves. When the poor family moves into the rich family's home, Kim-woo is shown drinking the bottled water from the fridge, demonstrating the wealth and power he has obtained. At the same time, Kim-jeong takes a bath, which mirrors a shot of the rich father earlier in the film. In this moment, Kim-jeong is physically situated within the wealth and power that water symbolises. Kim-woo rolls her a bottle of water suggesting a transfer of power from the son to the daughter that is paralleled by other motifs in the film. For example, the son helps the daughter get the job, yet the daughter quickly excels, becoming more embedded in the rich family than Kim-woo. During the storm scene, after the poor family have lost their perceived power, water in the form of rain is used to physically flush them out. The water, symbolising wealth, demonstrates how the powerful are flushing the parasites back down to where they came from. The family end up in water again except this time it is sewage water: they are back at the bottom of society. Finally, at the end of the film, when Kim-woo climbs the hill, it is snowing. Water, symbolising wealth and power, is in this moment, frozen and unobtainable hence reinforcing the absence of hope that the end of the movie creates.
Am I the only one to think that the scene where they throw water at the drunk (and poor) guy pissing is a foreshadowing of what is going to happen to them later. As if for a moment they forget that they used to be miserable like the drunk guy and when it rains their house gets flooded to remind them that they’re still poor. Also, I wonder if people noticed that the son’s obsession with natives Americans is a reference to invasion since the two children’s of the poor family used Americans names (Kevin and Jessica).
I'm not sure if the American names thing was a class thing or an English tutor / U of Illinois student thing. Also note that the Park father (Park Dong-ik) had an English name on the poster (Nathan Park).
No, you're not the only one, cause you stole this idea from another video here on youtube. Both of your statements are exact copies of how it was said in the other video. I mean literally word for word. But the comment section are full of people acting like they're the first ones noticing something in the movie hunting for meaningless likes.
Alonzo Harris well we’re a lot on this planet so of course I’m not the only one noticing this. That was just a way of phrasing it. But I didn’t copy anyone 😅 I don’t know how we happened to phrase the sentence the same way honestly. I didn’t see anyone talking about it before. And I know there is no way for me to prove this 🤷🏾♀️ but I’m saying it anyway I didn’t copy anyone. But I’m glad tho that many people notice all the little details that bong joon ho put in his work 🔥
I think the natives obsession is just a child being interested in a topic for a while, there isn't as much awareness about the native american situation in Korea as there is in the US. The english names are a way of making themselves seem more professional and suited to job, especially since it implies they've gone abroad (where korean names are hard to pronounce) and thus have good education. It's very common for korean people to adopt english names to use overseas to make life generally easier, and more so for a seemingly international ceo like mr. park
We really need to appreciate the film for what it is. Usually, when a movie tries to bring hope, despair, and everything in between together, it becomes messy and disappointing. When a movie focuses on just one, it is usually dull and bleak, or bland in nature. For Parasite to be able to take so many feelings, so many morals, so many meanings, and make them flow gracefully and seamlessly, is incredible. We may not get such a well-crafted experience for a while. This is truly metaphorical.
6:33 - This is such a great onomatopoetic moment in this movie. I don't speak a word of Korean but I can hear the sound of creases being ironed out as if she'd delivered this line in English. The actors in this are so good. This is a visual representation of what Bong Joon Ho meant when he said, "Once you overcome the 1-inch-tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films." The story will carry you but the actors make this seem so universal.
Something that kept coming to mind everytime i watched the film is the portrayal of the poor. It’s not black and white : The Kims who are con artists were ready to do anything to save their interests, that is obvious. But they didn’t stop there, they were opportunistic to the max. And one example of that is the fact that Ki-Woo’s friend trusted only him to tutor the girl he liked but he betrayed that trust without second thought and went on to have a fling with her. In this film it’s not : poor = victims and rich = villains. They’re all just humans.
@@valerio1292 Elon Musk watched it.... he didn't really get the message lol edit: like, he watched it, he liked it, but seems he didn't know what message it was sending
@@paulshin821 are u sure? i remember someone who interview the director, which he interprets "the rock is hollow" inside, meaning the desire to be rich is unreal/fake. as if it flows up to the surface, rather than sinking. beside it makes more sense if a person survives bashing on the head from a "hollow" rock
@@Mike-oi2th The rock is shown to be heavy multiple times throughout the movie (i.e. when Ki-woo first takes it out of the box, he struggles with it). Within the context of the film, the rock is definitely heavy.
My personal favourite moment in the movie was when the rich mother said to the poor father "the rain was a blessing", in that shot we can see his face change and his hands grip the steering wheel. It gave me CHILLS
I just want to appreciate how you created the beautiful explanation through this video, i really like the layout you create, looking forward for more, much love from Indonesia.
For those who love the movie, I highly recommend buying the director's storyboarding book. An amazing insight into how he prepared for the movie vs the final product
Thx. Literally lived in that type of apartment in Seoul , blocks away from million dollar homes on the main mountain in the center of the city. Tried to spend most time on the roof top to escape the basement life. It’s a good film
Elijah Elkwood yep, I did do some research. Apparently its not a remake but more of a exploration into the untold areas of the story such as the famed architect, more discovery into how the maid started working there and Mins character. Not sure how they are going to pull that off.
I disagree with you on the ending. We get shown a dream he is having, yes, and we almost want to believe it. But then in the very last shot he looks straight at the camera and it breaks the 4th wall. We get taken out of the dream and forced to come back to reality, and we realise that social mobility is not possible.
I'm not sure I saw the ending as hopeful as you did. Maybe Kiwoo has hope, but the end is there after the dream to suggest there is no possible way for this dream to come true. Plus, the ending song mentions that it would take Kiwoo 564 years to gain enough wealth to buy the house
If light represent hope....then the lights Geun-sae hits with his head to light Mr. Kim's walk up the stairs...and how he bloodies himself trying to signal....
When Min gave the Kim family the stone and the mother said ‘food would be better’, it could symbolize the fact that the rich don’t actually help the poor by giving them hope or saying fancy words (stone). It would be better to provide help in the form of better salaries/opportunities/etc. (food).
Yeaaaaah I missed your content. F-ing loved Parasite, easily relatable for any Brazilian. Loved the analysis, I hadn't realized the movement of the camera intensifying plot development scene-to-scene
I think it just speaks to how much of a problem the class divide is literally all over the world. He made it to comment on Korea specifically but people in every country feel like they're looking in a mirror. Thanks for watching dude! And for the kind words :)))
@@daniel_netzel you're welcome! And yeah, I remember I saw some interview where he says something like "...We all live in the same country, Capitalism." so good
@@daniel_netzel I also live in Brazil, and this movie speaks to many people I know or saw. You should make an analysis of "Cidade de Deus" ou "Central do Brasil".
What a great insight. I would add two sequences in this movie that symbolic too. First when the family was together in their semi basement house looking through their small window, they only saw a bad view like a man urinate or they got fogged meanwhile in the rich house, when they together again in front of the big glass window, they see a totally different view as its greener and more spacious than they used to have everyday. The other sequence was scheme to get rid the house keeper. The director use peach who known in the east world as the fruit from heaven. In the bible, adam and eve fell to sin after they ate the forbidden fruit. Here its the same, the peach as the forbidden fruit was used by the director to symbolize the beginning start of the poor family misfortune when their good luck turns into bad.
Great analysis. If I were to add, the fact that the rock gifted to the poor family floated in the water has a lot of meaning as well. It was a symbol of wealth and prosperity, given to them by the "bridge", but in the end, it was false hope because the rock was fake. Rocks don't usually float like styrofoam. Anyways, director Bong and the whole crew for this movie did a splendid job. Hopefully, Korean movies get a lot more recognition, as people check out other movies directed by Bong, or movies that star the actors/actresses in Parasite. People sure have been missing out on other great K movies. :) Remember, if you just get over the 1-inch wall of subtitles, a whole new world will appear (Phrasing Bong's speech).
I've watched Parasite twice and got so awestruck by your well constructed in-depth analysis. Thank you for your insight on the movie and I feel so proud of Director Bong as a fellow Korean.
The house is designed by architect Namgoong Hyeonja. If you look at his first name, it loosely translates to "strike a gong" in english. A "gong" refers to a Southeast Asian musical percussion instrument. The gong produces a resonating effect or waves of motion when struck, the moment in the movie where the "gong was struck" was when Namgoong Hyeonja built that house. After he stopped living there, the park family took his place and after the park is gone, another rich family will take that place, and this cycle continues forever. The rich will always exploit the works of the poor and the cycle will never end. The symbolism in this movie will never cease to amaze me!
Yeah, I know in my country two scenes were cut out in the cinema. 1: Mr and Mrs Kim being intimate on the couch was cut out. 2. The side profile frame of the scholar's stone thrown by bunker husband landing on Ki-Woo's head was cut out. And in this video, I don't remember seeing Mr Kim says sorry to Mr Park's picture in the bunker.
Sad that moral policing will get even such a harmless scene cut. I didn't go see the film in a theatre but I'm sure my country's censor board butchered it.
The best analysis of the film so far here in RUclips. You had some really great points and mentioned even some points that I haven't heard from many of the other analysis. Thank you!
the son's name Kiwoo means "기우": unrealistic worries or useless thinking. Kiwoo tries everything in plan and when something unexpected happens he keeps worrying about how he should react to it. From the question he asks "what if Min would do in this situation" or "do I fit in here?" is representing that he wanted to be like Min (who is a symbol of middle class in this film) and his confidence was coming from imitating what Min would have done and replaced his position. After all tragic incident, Kiwoo finally realises all his worries, eagers and concerns were just 기우"useless". When Min brought the stone to Kim's family, the mother complains that it would be better to bring food instead. later, Ki-jung tried to bring down food for Gunsae and Moon-Gwang, but she failed and died. while Kiwoo brought down the stone and survived.
This is EXCEPTIONALLY well-done! It must’ve taken a great deal of time. It’s very disciplined & thorough. Thank you for helping me understand the film better. 👍🏼
This is more along the lines of what I see the film to be. This movie is not a critique of capitalism, nor is it a promotion of socialism. It is a critique of human nature, how the ideas of one class eating another are harmful and don't help anyone. It is truly an amazing piece of film making.
Another stroke of genius about this movie is the casting. You can see pretty obviously that the actors playing the Park parents are, shall we say, surgically enhanced. By stark contrast, all of the Kims appear to have their original, natural faces - yet another visual delineation between the haves and the have nots.
Great analysis! While I enjoyed watching the movie I wasn't super impressed and didn't really get what was so special about it. Now, I can see that there's a lot of subtleties I didn't pick up on.
Definitely atop my MUST WATCH films list! The visual language, symbolism, and themes/ideas explored already peaked my interest, but to learn that this was directed by the same individual who'd directed "Sarinui chueok" (Memories of Murder)... I'm MORE than convinced now, to see it!
You missed the point of the last few shots. The fantasy of the son of buying the house is impossible, and the final shot panning down onto him in the semi-basemt is supposed to suggest that hope will continue to ruin him. Because there is no real chance for him, only false hope. The final few minutes are supposed to be sad, not optimistic.
I think the actions of the man trapped in the basement represent that if someone of the lowest class ascends rapidly to a 'better and healthier' situation (the party), the person will became crazy and not able to react to her/his new reality.
The Kims were poor but they didn't realize they could work their way out of that the honest way. The semi-basement was like a well. They had a roof over their head and yet wanted more and more from all the way up top, until they were slapped with the housekeeper's reality, where she and her husband had no home or money. Never occured to them that "there are people who are worst off than us"
is there a name for the kind of rhetorical device where everything culminates at the end in one huge absurd way? i wanted to think of it as shakespearean but i'm not really sure if that's true or not.
Although, I am very 'into' Asian culture, music, arts, etc. I avoided seeing Parasite at the time it came out; because I heard it was a 'violent' film, which is something I avoid. The analysis does make me want to watch it. I have, for many years, enjoyed 'Suiseki' which are the 'viewing stones'. They can represent many things. They are like Bonsai trees, and can relax the viewer. I do plan to watch the film now, Thank you.
It has violence for sure, some of which is quite disturbing, but it's mostly a dilaogue driven drama, and it is truly one of the best movies I've ever seen
Thanks for watching! I fully realize that this topic is pretty well exhausted at this point, but A) Parasite was my favorite movie of 2019 and I had a lot of thoughts and B) I took way longer than anticipated in making this one, so hopefully you all still enjoyed and aren't sick of people gushing about this movie yet. I'd love to know what your thoughts on the film were!
Glad you uploaded a video on it:) I was originally skeptical to click because of the amount of vids on Parasite, then I saw it was you who uploaded so I had to!:D
That's so kind of you to say! I definitely fear that a lot of people will end up avoiding watching because of how much else there already is out there.
This was fantastic and a different take from most of the other Parasite videos
No, thank you for doing this amazing review on an incredible good film like this. I have been watching lots of videos about Parasite (because I love it, too) and this one has perfect ideas and opinions. I specially liked what you said about poor people: they are expected to do twice the work, but rich people can skip it! Ugh it is so metaphorical 🤣
Good analysis but can you please put a spoiler or explainer in your title? You're revealing too much.
It's all so metaphorical.
Food would be better.
@@daniel_netzel A peach?
@@daniel_netzel you forgot to add 'pooh!'
I think what most analysts forget is Ki-jeong’s role. She was the only character who didn’t steal someone else’s job. She also routinely challenged the rich mother linguistically, where she switches between formal and casual language to the point where the mother wanted to earn her respect.
The son also comments how she just naturally fit in the house when she’s bathing. But SHE was the one that was killed. Why? Maybe it’s because she was the closest to actually flawlessly cross that line. But society could not allow this.
She was the one who was closest to legitimately achieving upward mobility, but the moment she did (carrying a cake, celebrating her integration into the Park family), well... She crossed the line, and that couldn't happen. I also wonder whether there is significance in her being killed by a poor man as she is on the cusp of success, as if the road to upward mobility is such that we cannot allow others to achieve it before we do. Rather than solidarity and support for our peers who finally make it, there is resentment for being left behind.
YES, very much so. i think another interpretation is that she no longer had utility in the capitalist society they live in. the mother tells her that the cake is a "getting well" cake for da-song, implying that her job as his therapist was successful and therefore over. as soon as her utility to the parks ran out, her life was ended too. it's very pessimistic, and i love both interpretations. parasite is so good man
“Why? Maybe it’s because she was the closest to actually flawlessly cross that line.”
No, it’s because, dramatically, no other death in the Kim family works (or works as well).
The father and son have a connection-Ki-woo promises his dad earlier that he actually _will_ get into university; they both stay alive so that Ki-woo can aspire to rescue his dad from the underground bunker-he’s still trying to be properly filial-even as he (and the audience) knows that aspiration _can’t_ be fulfilled. If Choong-sook, the mom, is killed by the housekeeper’s husband, that can be viewed by the audience as somehow legitimate because she kicked the housekeeper down the stairs, resulting in the housekeeper’s death-it’s too pat a resolution in a cinematic universe where Bong Joon-ho says _nothing_ gets resolved in the way you might want or expect. The killing of Ki-jeong allows the _least_ amount of resolution-it doesn’t allow the housekeeper’s death to be avenged, it leaves Ki-taek and Ki-woo in perpetual limbo and it doesn’t permit the audience to indulge in the fantasy that somehow, in the future, Ki-jeong _might_ fit in.
@@jeff__w that's also a good point! there are so many layers to this movie. ki-jung's death serves a dramatic role as well as a symbolic one, and i don't think any interpretation necessarily contradicts one another.
@@minam8022 True.
Anyone else on a parasite analysis binge?
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PURPLEY PRESENT, yes.
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I even have a homework about it XD
Karol para tareas lucky, I would love doing a report on this movie, it was so good 😰
During the birthday massacre, Ki-taek is wearing the same exact grey shirt that Ki-woo was wearing in the very first scene, symbolizing they are back where they started.
@A N V Why the son went downstairs with the rock during the party? I think it was left up to interpretation. Did he go down there with the intention to finish them off? Probably.
@A N V He went down there assuming both of them were still tied up and he knew negotiation would be a difficult option, because there would always be two people that could blackmail them out of their position. We'll never know what he truly meant to happen down there
I've heard this before and no the rock isn't fake, in the original script he had to look for it, but they ended up having it float symbolizing how the dream he so desperately clings to always comes back to him
Uranus Ouji mhm, it still floated. Please explain how a real rock floats?
You’re stretching it, the director didnt mean the rock to float, y’all clowns just making shit up to sound deep lmao
Y'all missed the symbolism for the scene at 4:21 - that was the Kims' pinnacle in the movie. Kevin laid on the grass basking in the sunshine, feeling awesome and all, but he laid on a spot which borders a shadow... a literal "foreshadowing" of the darkness that's about to dawn on them.
oh my god. this movie is the best i've ever seen.
Christine Cabia also notice the symbolism
In the blocking of the scene where Kevin is holding his forged papers before heading to the Parks for the first time. He and Chung sook who will eventually survive are on the outside of the house but still not above the stairs. Ki Taek is inside the semi basement and Ki Jeung is nowhere to be found.
I thought this scene was also comparing both parents & sons. Theyre laying on the same couch in the same order as the Parks do later when Da-Sung is outside.
I have to stop watching this movie on a nearly weekly repeat. And I need to stop watching every video and reading every article about it. But I can't help it. Parasite has spoiled me when it comes to other movies
I feel you! I think I've seen it 6 times now? XD Obsessed is putting it lightly tbh.
@@daniel_netzel and those repeat viewings have been me showing other people, and they all loved it. Everytime
Adriano Vazquez Hahah, holy shit same.
Same here
I had been watching the parts of the movie for like a month over and over and finally stopped after watching together with friends.
I think Parasite definitely would have been the forward-looking choice for Best Production Design. The Academy always goes with some fancy period film, but sometimes a modern, subtle set design is more meaningful and impactful than a lavish French palace.
Honestly I'm getting pretty tired of period dramas always winning for best production and costume design. It's obviously impressive, no denying that, but recreating a time period that's heavily documented is nowhere near as interesting to me as creating a new space for the singular purpose of storytelling, rather than trying to match some historical record.
@@daniel_netzel Right, and the house in Parasite is so amazingly designed. I feel like I've lived in that house -- the big window, the staircase, the basement, the kitchen. I feel like I could design it in detail from memory.
To be fair, though. The detail and scope of what Once Upon a Time in Hollywood achieved in its recreation of 1960s Hollywood was one of the best things about the movie, and definitely what a lot of people were raving about in reviews. I think it deserved the win.
I chose OUATIH in my ballot for Best Production Design. I betrayed my favorite film but got it right. I chose Parasite for Best Editing, a bit upset it went to Ford v Ferrari and got it wrong.
@@da96103 You vote for the academy? What is your job in the industry?
When Ki-woo went for the rock the second time the drunk man is pissing outside their window, I was absolutely floored. He is literally ready to smash that guy's head in with a rock, something he never would have been bold enough to do before. He has now acquired the "vigour" of Min-hyeok, which is really just the sense of power and authority that comes from his higher social status. The Kims become more and more arrogant and drunk on power, to the point where they no longer have any sense of pity or restraint. It's quite terrifying what money can do to a person.
The tragic irony on this too is each of them were presumably getting good pay from the Parks for their various jobs. If they didn’t get too far ahead of themselves, perhaps they could have climbed into the middle class after some years of working for the Parks and saving their money.
the Kim family running down the streets back to their home was also foreshadowed by the wife saying her husband would scatter like a roach.
And him scrambling down to the bunker after he kills Nathan Park!
It’s suggested that papa Kim is actually the incompetent one in the family. While his wife is simply a gifted athlete that came up short and his children quite capable, Song Kang Ho’s character is said to have been unable to hold down a job. Biggest hint is how 1 in 4 pizza boxes are faulty. He also is the only one who seems to need coaching from his son and the one who loses his cool in the act.
In this way Bong’s portrait of the poor is also not simplistic glorification of them either. They are also flawed as is humanity.
so its like mirroring the park family? where ms park is incompetent and can't do anything for her self or her family and her husband is the gifted tech mogul.
@@MistarZtv Interesting, I wonder if everyone in the Kim and Park family are mirrored. Da-hye is intelligent and cynical like Ki-jeong, only she has the money to afford classes unlike the other, while Ki-woo and Da-song are both fixated on mythical symbols that don't exist.
oh another thing i noticed while rewatching, the first time we see the father on screen he's "sleeping", its like when we first see the mrs Park.
@@malinasworld i kiwo mirrored the girl, in that hes smart academically but his family doesn't have the resources to further his education, while the parks daughter's is flunking but they have the means to help her get a tutor.
people say that kiwoo's sister could be like dasong, where's she's talented when it comes to art, she can act and very intelligent. but like her brother she also isn't given the same opportunity that the park family's kids can afford. like dasong being able to to get teachers for his art or doctors for his trauma.
@@MistarZtv Da-hye was flunking?! Wasn't she getting pretty good grades? Anyway, I feel the personalities and psychological states of the kids should hold some weight in the comparison too rather than just their talents.
We don't talk about Min too much, but i think there is more to this character than it seems.
Min isn't as much of a good guy as he seems. He gives Ki-woo the prosperity stone, which is a metaphor for the promise of wealth, but much more than that it is the symbol for hope. Ki-taek knew it all along-hope is not for the poor, but for the rich. Hope is fulfilled for the rich, but it only brings discontentment for the poor- so it is better to not care about anything. Min isnt so much intentionally giving Ki-woo the rock to curse him, though it does, he is giving it to him because he does not know better. He is BLIND to see the problems of the lower class, as the upper class has bred into him.
Also, Min intentionally chooses Ki-woo among others because he looks down on him, thinking that while his rich frat boy friends might be able to steal his girlfriend, Ki-woo is too poor and Da-Hye would never go for him because Min knew deep down that Ki-woo wouldn't 'fit in' with her and her family. Ki-woo in the movie recognizes how the upper class looks down on the lower class, and his pursuit of Da-Hye is his way of rebelling against the very concept, and it is one reason why he cannot admit to Da-Hye that he is actually poor, because he knows that will break whatever holds the relationship together. Having Da-Hye around is like a trophy to Ki-woo, he never seemed to really be interested in her for anything more than the idea of a rich girlfriend. Throughout the first half of the movie, we see his insecurity and discomfort grow as he realizes more and more just how different and incompatible they are. Ki-woo learns that love is different
I dont know, seems far fetched. He sets the story in motion, but not much more. The kissing I think is more about the "fitting in" than about revenge on Min. Your theory is never hinted at in the movie plus it doesnt make any sense.
Well put. It make sense.
Yup. I felt that way too. It felt like they're not really true friends, and Ki-woo knew it so out of spite he was thinking "if you think Da-hye won't go for me, let me just prove you wrong without you ever knowing."
Oh yes indeed, Min chose Ki-woo precisely because he perceives him as not a threat, unlike his rich fratboy cronies.
Don't forget that the Scholar Stone is probably fake too.
It floats up in water despite appearing fairly heavy, implying it's probably hollow.
It is meant to bring wealth, yet wealth here is hollow.
It's a true masterpiece of a decade. The movie managed to marry both entertainment and social message without ever sounding pretentious or preachy.
12:25 I feel like the faint light in the distance at the end of the movie is something similar to the green light in Great Gatsby, where it’s a promise of a better future that won’t actually happen and will eventually destroy the character. The pan down into the semi-basement to Ki-Woo’s face I think is meant to give a brutal reminder of the system and how unlikely he is to ever achieve that wealth.
Totally agree. He's never going to be able to make enough to get out, maybe he'll rise above slightly but he'll never get to the top to set his father free. The dream already caused so much damage to his family, one has to fear for how much more damage itll cause.
Yup, it was devastating when I realized that he will most likely never reach the financial position of the Parks, just like most of us born in the lower parts of society he will be confined to it unless something fundamental in social hierarchy changes.
I read somewhere for the ending song the title of the song is called "568 years". It will take the son 568 years to buy that house.
The way that dude eats the banana enrages me.
He’s presumably been without food for days or even weeks, it’s understandable
its metaphorical!
for... his... poverty...?
triggered?
it's because earlier the painting of him was compared to a chimpanzee by ki-woo
you sir are a genius
All the record-breaking, award-winning, and barrier-demolishing could not have happened to a more deserving film. Yes, the topic has been well researched, but sometimes it's nice to keep hearing about something you love in someone else's words.
Couldnt agree more! Totally blew me out of the water when I saw it in theaters, and watching it do so well has been really cool. And I appreciate you saying so! I started working on this before there were a million videos about it so I definitely got worried people were sick of talking about it lol
@@daniel_netzel as a matter of fact I feel the same way whenever a big movie comes out and everyone says something about it. But your video is great encouragement for creators like me to challenge ourselves to give our content a fresh spin. So thank you for that as well! And keep up the fantastic work.
Something that I think has been somewhat overlooked by analyses of this film is the symbolic use of water. Some have suggested that water represents reality, however, in my opinion water is used to represent wealth and power. The wealthy family's fridge is lined with expensive bottled water, you see them drinking water constantly at home, whereas in the poor family's home we only ever see them drinking cheap beer. Another example, as mentioned in this video, is the attack on the man pissing outside, where, after gaining wealth and power in the form of employment, they then used water to attack a man they see as now below themselves.
When the poor family moves into the rich family's home, Kim-woo is shown drinking the bottled water from the fridge, demonstrating the wealth and power he has obtained. At the same time, Kim-jeong takes a bath, which mirrors a shot of the rich father earlier in the film. In this moment, Kim-jeong is physically situated within the wealth and power that water symbolises. Kim-woo rolls her a bottle of water suggesting a transfer of power from the son to the daughter that is paralleled by other motifs in the film. For example, the son helps the daughter get the job, yet the daughter quickly excels, becoming more embedded in the rich family than Kim-woo.
During the storm scene, after the poor family have lost their perceived power, water in the form of rain is used to physically flush them out. The water, symbolising wealth, demonstrates how the powerful are flushing the parasites back down to where they came from. The family end up in water again except this time it is sewage water: they are back at the bottom of society.
Finally, at the end of the film, when Kim-woo climbs the hill, it is snowing. Water, symbolising wealth and power, is in this moment, frozen and unobtainable hence reinforcing the absence of hope that the end of the movie creates.
Am I the only one to think that the scene where they throw water at the drunk (and poor) guy pissing is a foreshadowing of what is going to happen to them later. As if for a moment they forget that they used to be miserable like the drunk guy and when it rains their house gets flooded to remind them that they’re still poor.
Also, I wonder if people noticed that the son’s obsession with natives Americans is a reference to invasion since the two children’s of the poor family used Americans names (Kevin and Jessica).
I'm not sure if the American names thing was a class thing or an English tutor / U of Illinois student thing. Also note that the Park father (Park Dong-ik) had an English name on the poster (Nathan Park).
No, you're not the only one, cause you stole this idea from another video here on youtube. Both of your statements are exact copies of how it was said in the other video. I mean literally word for word. But the comment section are full of people acting like they're the first ones noticing something in the movie hunting for meaningless likes.
Alonzo Harris well we’re a lot on this planet so of course I’m not the only one noticing this. That was just a way of phrasing it. But I didn’t copy anyone 😅 I don’t know how we happened to phrase the sentence the same way honestly. I didn’t see anyone talking about it before. And I know there is no way for me to prove this 🤷🏾♀️ but I’m saying it anyway I didn’t copy anyone. But I’m glad tho that many people notice all the little details that bong joon ho put in his work 🔥
I think the natives obsession is just a child being interested in a topic for a while, there isn't as much awareness about the native american situation in Korea as there is in the US. The english names are a way of making themselves seem more professional and suited to job, especially since it implies they've gone abroad (where korean names are hard to pronounce) and thus have good education. It's very common for korean people to adopt english names to use overseas to make life generally easier, and more so for a seemingly international ceo like mr. park
@@alonzoharris7836 Holy shit you sound insecure lmao
We really need to appreciate the film for what it is. Usually, when a movie tries to bring hope, despair, and everything in between together, it becomes messy and disappointing. When a movie focuses on just one, it is usually dull and bleak, or bland in nature. For Parasite to be able to take so many feelings, so many morals, so many meanings, and make them flow gracefully and seamlessly, is incredible. We may not get such a well-crafted experience for a while.
This is truly metaphorical.
6:33 - This is such a great onomatopoetic moment in this movie. I don't speak a word of Korean but I can hear the sound of creases being ironed out as if she'd delivered this line in English. The actors in this are so good.
This is a visual representation of what Bong Joon Ho meant when he said, "Once you overcome the 1-inch-tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films." The story will carry you but the actors make this seem so universal.
What I liked was that I didn't feel like I was watching a "foreign" film. It was so universal that it's easy to forget you're reading subtitles.
Something that kept coming to mind everytime i watched the film is the portrayal of the poor. It’s not black and white : The Kims who are con artists were ready to do anything to save their interests, that is obvious. But they didn’t stop there, they were opportunistic to the max. And one example of that is the fact that Ki-Woo’s friend trusted only him to tutor the girl he liked but he betrayed that trust without second thought and went on to have a fling with her. In this film it’s not : poor = victims and rich = villains. They’re all just humans.
This movie hits hard when you're poor
A shame the poorest can't watch this.
Hopefully, it also hits rich people
@@valerio1292 Elon Musk watched it.... he didn't really get the message lol
edit: like, he watched it, he liked it, but seems he didn't know what message it was sending
@@GayBrain well nevermind, it was a long shot lol
@@GayBrain What did he say about it? Is there a source we can read?
Did you guys realize that the boy was drawing that guy in the basement?
it's because the guy is the "ghost" he saw in his birthday
is it weird that a heavy rock just "floating" up during the storm scene? no wonder the poor kid is still alive
Mike i think the rock is fake so it floated. and since it symbolizes material wealth it was fake wealth for the poor family
Nope it was not a fake rock. The director said he wanted to visualize it as if the rock is floating from Ki-woo's perspective. That was intentional.
@@paulshin821 are u sure? i remember someone who interview the director, which he interprets "the rock is hollow" inside, meaning the desire to be rich is unreal/fake. as if it flows up to the surface, rather than sinking. beside it makes more sense if a person survives bashing on the head from a "hollow" rock
@@Mike-oi2th The rock is shown to be heavy multiple times throughout the movie (i.e. when Ki-woo first takes it out of the box, he struggles with it). Within the context of the film, the rock is definitely heavy.
@@TheRumIsALie neh not convincing
Bong Joon-ho: Parasite.
Audiences all over the world: RESPEEECT.
My personal favourite moment in the movie was when the rich mother said to the poor father "the rain was a blessing", in that shot we can see his face change and his hands grip the steering wheel. It gave me CHILLS
The ending does a disturbingly good job of depicting poverty, a powerful hope, that you know is impossible.
5:52 That's the best shot of the movie. Rain, going down. Stairs, going down. Camera angle, going down. Total chaos at this point
I just want to appreciate how you created the beautiful explanation through this video, i really like the layout you create, looking forward for more, much love from Indonesia.
That's so kind of you to say! Thank you :) Much love from America!
For those who love the movie, I highly recommend buying the director's storyboarding book. An amazing insight into how he prepared for the movie vs the final product
Thx. Literally lived in that type of apartment in Seoul , blocks away from million dollar homes on the main mountain in the center of the city.
Tried to spend most time on the roof top to escape the basement life.
It’s a good film
"When the storm hits, it hits the poo a lot harder."
Damn, Bong. Deep.
The last shot is of the son weeping into the camera, dude. No way he can earn enough to buy the house.
If this was written in our US, they'd want a sequel in a year😂🤣.
Unfortunately, HBO is developing it into a series.
Falcon262 Oh god please no
Elijah Elkwood yep, I did do some research. Apparently its not a remake but more of a exploration into the untold areas of the story such as the famed architect, more discovery into how the maid started working there and Mins character. Not sure how they are going to pull that off.
Falcon262 oh hell no!
@@juanchoresultay2704 Why so much animosity towards it? Bong Joon-Ho is *_personally_* working on the show!! Have a little optimism, for chrissakes
I disagree with you on the ending. We get shown a dream he is having, yes, and we almost want to believe it. But then in the very last shot he looks straight at the camera and it breaks the 4th wall. We get taken out of the dream and forced to come back to reality, and we realise that social mobility is not possible.
I'm not sure I saw the ending as hopeful as you did. Maybe Kiwoo has hope, but the end is there after the dream to suggest there is no possible way for this dream to come true. Plus, the ending song mentions that it would take Kiwoo 564 years to gain enough wealth to buy the house
Watched this film with a bunch of classmates. We cracked up really loudly at "College students have a real vigor to them."
So did I.
What a great analysis. And coming from a third world country (Colombia) i can relate very easily with this movie and the themes presented in it.
If light represent hope....then the lights Geun-sae hits with his head to light Mr. Kim's walk up the stairs...and how he bloodies himself trying to signal....
Have watched 4 5 15+ mins videos about parasite and i am still learning new things with every video.
When Min gave the Kim family the stone and the mother said ‘food would be better’, it could symbolize the fact that the rich don’t actually help the poor by giving them hope or saying fancy words (stone). It would be better to provide help in the form of better salaries/opportunities/etc. (food).
Or just material things, as in wealth redistribution.
I saw this movie a week ago and I still can’t stop thinking about it
Welcome back and thanks for another great video.
Thanks so much!
Yeaaaaah I missed your content. F-ing loved Parasite, easily relatable for any Brazilian. Loved the analysis, I hadn't realized the movement of the camera intensifying plot development scene-to-scene
I think it just speaks to how much of a problem the class divide is literally all over the world. He made it to comment on Korea specifically but people in every country feel like they're looking in a mirror. Thanks for watching dude! And for the kind words :)))
@@daniel_netzel you're welcome! And yeah, I remember I saw some interview where he says something like "...We all live in the same country, Capitalism." so good
@@daniel_netzel I also live in Brazil, and this movie speaks to many people I know or saw. You should make an analysis of "Cidade de Deus" ou "Central do Brasil".
This movie shows the fallacy of "work hard and you will succeded" and "poor people are poor because they want to."
What a great insight. I would add two sequences in this movie that symbolic too. First when the family was together in their semi basement house looking through their small window, they only saw a bad view like a man urinate or they got fogged meanwhile in the rich house, when they together again in front of the big glass window, they see a totally different view as its greener and more spacious than they used to have everyday. The other sequence was scheme to get rid the house keeper. The director use peach who known in the east world as the fruit from heaven. In the bible, adam and eve fell to sin after they ate the forbidden fruit. Here its the same, the peach as the forbidden fruit was used by the director to symbolize the beginning start of the poor family misfortune when their good luck turns into bad.
Great analysis. If I were to add, the fact that the rock gifted to the poor family floated in the water has a lot of meaning as well. It was a symbol of wealth and prosperity, given to them by the "bridge", but in the end, it was false hope because the rock was fake. Rocks don't usually float like styrofoam. Anyways, director Bong and the whole crew for this movie did a splendid job. Hopefully, Korean movies get a lot more recognition, as people check out other movies directed by Bong, or movies that star the actors/actresses in Parasite. People sure have been missing out on other great K movies. :) Remember, if you just get over the 1-inch wall of subtitles, a whole new world will appear (Phrasing Bong's speech).
I'm blown away by hiw good tjis film is every time I think about it, which is often.
I've watched Parasite twice and got so awestruck by your well constructed in-depth analysis.
Thank you for your insight on the movie and I feel so proud of Director Bong as a fellow Korean.
The house is designed by architect Namgoong Hyeonja.
If you look at his first name, it loosely translates to "strike a gong" in english. A "gong" refers to a Southeast Asian musical percussion instrument. The gong produces a resonating effect or waves of motion when struck, the moment in the movie where the "gong was struck" was when Namgoong Hyeonja built that house. After he stopped living there, the park family took his place and after the park is gone, another rich family will take that place, and this cycle continues forever. The rich will always exploit the works of the poor and the cycle will never end.
The symbolism in this movie will never cease to amaze me!
What an analysis, you made me think about film in other levels. Thanks
Absolutely amazing film - Alex
getting a sponsor by an amazon service and critiquing class inequality as the same fucking time
lmao
Dystopias are inherently contradictory and all people are hypocritical
Fantastic analysis!
Thank you!
I love this movie because it doesnt involves many actors. And a lot of scenes are meaningful. Perfect
Now I have to rewatch to see what I missed.
it's just come out on netflix in the UK
Worth investing my time in this incredible analysis. Cheers with a glass of Water :)
I still have a question how did Jessica know that something happened to park's son when he was in first grade ???
Didn't his brother tell her? The rich mother and him talked about it during the drawings on the wall scene
Jessica just kept bullshitting and she coincidentally happened to be right
Masterful film and masterful video essay. Thanks for sharing!
My fave too. Beautiful review! Interpretation... how easy it is to think that you cannot fall down the ladder. Even riches can be fleeting.
10:55 The scene where Da-hye is holding Kevin and Kevin is holding the rock is not in the theatrical versions i saw!
Yeah, I know in my country two scenes were cut out in the cinema.
1: Mr and Mrs Kim being intimate on the couch was cut out.
2. The side profile frame of the scholar's stone thrown by bunker husband landing on Ki-Woo's head was cut out.
And in this video, I don't remember seeing Mr Kim says sorry to Mr Park's picture in the bunker.
Sad that moral policing will get even such a harmless scene cut. I didn't go see the film in a theatre but I'm sure my country's censor board butchered it.
Mee tooo. I don't remember mr kim apologized and the sex scene was cut too
@@da96103 he hits him two separate times with the rock
Great film! This film had so many layers to it. Definitely deserved best picture.
The best analysis of the film so far here in RUclips. You had some really great points and mentioned even some points that I haven't heard from many of the other analysis. Thank you!
Additional symbols used effectively throughout- water (you mentioned rain ) and windows. The VR goggle seems to me a third window.
Beautiful video essay!! This needs more recognition!! 🙏🙏
Woah, this analysis was so enlightening!
I love your analysis! Made me see the film in a whole new light
Wow I’m shocked you could post every scene of the movie on RUclips without it getting removed
OMG, I learned so many new things that I haven't realized before
Very well put in the right places for the message
the son's name Kiwoo means "기우": unrealistic worries or useless thinking. Kiwoo tries everything in plan and when something unexpected happens he keeps worrying about how he should react to it. From the question he asks "what if Min would do in this situation" or "do I fit in here?" is representing that he wanted to be like Min (who is a symbol of middle class in this film) and his confidence was coming from imitating what Min would have done and replaced his position. After all tragic incident, Kiwoo finally realises all his worries, eagers and concerns were just 기우"useless".
When Min brought the stone to Kim's family, the mother complains that it would be better to bring food instead. later, Ki-jung tried to bring down food for Gunsae and Moon-Gwang, but she failed and died. while Kiwoo brought down the stone and survived.
It’s all so metaphorical
I watched the analysis video again. It is sad. basement
man, hard creep up on the stairs scene. it's like seeing the struggle of the poor people.
Thx for the essay, keep it up man👍👍👍
Thanks for watching!
This is by far the best video I've ever seen neither over nor under analysed just perfect
This was a very good analysis of the movie. I found that there were so many layers in the film, like the idea of family and relationships.
This is EXCEPTIONALLY well-done! It must’ve taken a great deal of time. It’s very disciplined & thorough. Thank you for helping me understand the film better. 👍🏼
This is more along the lines of what I see the film to be. This movie is not a critique of capitalism, nor is it a promotion of socialism. It is a critique of human nature, how the ideas of one class eating another are harmful and don't help anyone. It is truly an amazing piece of film making.
Another stroke of genius about this movie is the casting. You can see pretty obviously that the actors playing the Park parents are, shall we say, surgically enhanced. By stark contrast, all of the Kims appear to have their original, natural faces - yet another visual delineation between the haves and the have nots.
I love your work, please keep it up.
You are too kind! Thank you :]
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Great analysis! While I enjoyed watching the movie I wasn't super impressed and didn't really get what was so special about it. Now, I can see that there's a lot of subtleties I didn't pick up on.
This is practiaclly the best breakdown of the film I've seen!
Definitely atop my MUST WATCH films list! The visual language, symbolism, and themes/ideas explored already peaked my interest, but to learn that this was directed by the same individual who'd directed "Sarinui chueok" (Memories of Murder)... I'm MORE than convinced now, to see it!
This movie is just AMAZING! The more you know about filming the movie the more interesting it gets. 🔥🔥
Beautiful essay! Only wish it were longer
You missed the point of the last few shots. The fantasy of the son of buying the house is impossible, and the final shot panning down onto him in the semi-basemt is supposed to suggest that hope will continue to ruin him. Because there is no real chance for him, only false hope.
The final few minutes are supposed to be sad, not optimistic.
I think the actions of the man trapped in the basement represent that if someone of the lowest class ascends rapidly to a 'better and healthier' situation (the party), the person will became crazy and not able to react to her/his new reality.
This is awesome. I just wish I could figure this type of stuff out on my own.
this analysis is sooo good. u truely outdid urself.
Parasite was probably shot in many places I lived in and explored
The poor eating the poor and the for eating the ridge but you forgot to mention the rich eats the poor.
Genius
The Kims were poor but they didn't realize they could work their way out of that the honest way. The semi-basement was like a well. They had a roof over their head and yet wanted more and more from all the way up top, until they were slapped with the housekeeper's reality, where she and her husband had no home or money. Never occured to them that "there are people who are worst off than us"
is there a name for the kind of rhetorical device where everything culminates at the end in one huge absurd way? i wanted to think of it as shakespearean but i'm not really sure if that's true or not.
Chekhov's gun?
The ending reminds me of the mass murders at the end of Hamlet.
This movie reflects reality.
Esta película refleja la realidad.
Although, I am very 'into' Asian culture, music, arts, etc. I avoided seeing Parasite at the time it came out; because I heard it was a 'violent' film, which is something I avoid. The analysis does make me want to watch it. I have, for many years, enjoyed 'Suiseki' which are the 'viewing stones'. They can represent many things. They are like Bonsai trees, and can relax the viewer. I do plan to watch the film now, Thank you.
It has violence for sure, some of which is quite disturbing, but it's mostly a dilaogue driven drama, and it is truly one of the best movies I've ever seen
"This is fucking awesome" Bong-Joon Ho