★ 8.5 2019 South Korea 132 min

Parasite

“Act like you own the place.”

Directed by Bong Joon-ho

Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.

Starring
Song Kang-hoLee Sun-kyunCho Yeo-jeongChoi Woo-shikPark So-damLee Jung-eunJang Hye-jinPark Myung-hoon
Cinematography — Hong Kyung-pyo
Music — Jung Jae-il
Screenplay — Bong Joon Ho

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Interpretation layer: books, essays, context, and interactive lenses behind the film.

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Pachinko

The book behind the film. Sometimes the real horror is in the margins.
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Thematic companion
The Consumer Society
Jean Baudrillard
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Thematic companion
The Society of the Spectacle
Guy Debord
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Soundtrack
Parasite OST
Jung Jae-il
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