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Exploring Visual Language and Symbolism in "Parasite" 

Daniel Netzel
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"Parasite" was my favorite film of the year by far, and this video essay aims to dig deep into the film's many symbols and how it uses cinematic language to tell the story of the harsh realities of class inequality.
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@daniel_netzel
@daniel_netzel 4 года назад
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!
@laurena227
@laurena227 4 года назад
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
@daniel_netzel
@daniel_netzel 4 года назад
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.
@davidli7286
@davidli7286 4 года назад
This was fantastic and a different take from most of the other Parasite videos
@tamaragonzalezalmendras3214
@tamaragonzalezalmendras3214 4 года назад
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 🤣
@denniszenanywhere
@denniszenanywhere 4 года назад
Good analysis but can you please put a spoiler or explainer in your title? You're revealing too much.
@TheHYEGUY
@TheHYEGUY 4 года назад
It's all so metaphorical.
@daniel_netzel
@daniel_netzel 4 года назад
Food would be better.
@normap1229
@normap1229 4 года назад
@@daniel_netzel A peach?
@nilkanthadebnath2358
@nilkanthadebnath2358 4 года назад
@@daniel_netzel you forgot to add 'pooh!'
@dxcSOUL
@dxcSOUL 4 года назад
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.
@emilyhuang5997
@emilyhuang5997 4 года назад
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.
@minam8022
@minam8022 4 года назад
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
@jeff__w
@jeff__w 4 года назад
“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.
@minam8022
@minam8022 4 года назад
@@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.
@jeff__w
@jeff__w 4 года назад
@@minam8022 True.
@PViolety
@PViolety 4 года назад
Anyone else on a parasite analysis binge?
@itsmejenniferlee5411
@itsmejenniferlee5411 4 года назад
PURPLEY PRESENT 👋👋👋
@tiffanypersaud3518
@tiffanypersaud3518 4 года назад
PURPLEY PRESENT, yes.
@durubarbak
@durubarbak 4 года назад
Me
@karolparatareas5935
@karolparatareas5935 4 года назад
I even have a homework about it XD
@tokitoki4780
@tokitoki4780 4 года назад
Karol para tareas lucky, I would love doing a report on this movie, it was so good 😰
@highwind1991
@highwind1991 4 года назад
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
@daniel_netzel
@daniel_netzel 4 года назад
I feel you! I think I've seen it 6 times now? XD Obsessed is putting it lightly tbh.
@highwind1991
@highwind1991 4 года назад
@@daniel_netzel and those repeat viewings have been me showing other people, and they all loved it. Everytime
@AmazingGamingsh
@AmazingGamingsh 4 года назад
Adriano Vazquez Hahah, holy shit same.
@jja.gaskeun
@jja.gaskeun 4 года назад
Same here
@pl4285
@pl4285 4 года назад
I had been watching the parts of the movie for like a month over and over and finally stopped after watching together with friends.
@isaaccruz8131
@isaaccruz8131 4 года назад
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.
@malinasworld
@malinasworld 4 года назад
And him scrambling down to the bunker after he kills Nathan Park!
@spicyseaweed
@spicyseaweed 4 года назад
It's a true masterpiece of a decade. The movie managed to marry both entertainment and social message without ever sounding pretentious or preachy.
@leoh7399
@leoh7399 4 года назад
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.
@MistarZtv
@MistarZtv 4 года назад
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.
@malinasworld
@malinasworld 4 года назад
@@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.
@MistarZtv
@MistarZtv 4 года назад
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.
@MistarZtv
@MistarZtv 4 года назад
@@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.
@malinasworld
@malinasworld 4 года назад
@@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.
@poppycock4225
@poppycock4225 4 года назад
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.
@daniel_netzel
@daniel_netzel 4 года назад
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.
@poppycock4225
@poppycock4225 4 года назад
@@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.
@luchilenium
@luchilenium 4 года назад
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.
@da96103
@da96103 4 года назад
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.
@maximeteppe7627
@maximeteppe7627 4 года назад
@@da96103 You vote for the academy? What is your job in the industry?
@angorarabbits
@angorarabbits 3 года назад
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.
@tinmeow
@tinmeow 4 года назад
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.
@milagroscabrera5304
@milagroscabrera5304 4 года назад
oh my god. this movie is the best i've ever seen.
@SoFine163
@SoFine163 4 года назад
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.
@abbycabreza4458
@abbycabreza4458 4 года назад
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.
@myles6235
@myles6235 4 года назад
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.
@songwithoutword
@songwithoutword 4 года назад
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.
@emiliap617
@emiliap617 4 года назад
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.
@floralstripes8001
@floralstripes8001 4 года назад
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
@erikjohnson1684
@erikjohnson1684 4 года назад
The ending does a disturbingly good job of depicting poverty, a powerful hope, that you know is impossible.
@styx9193
@styx9193 4 года назад
Bong Joon-ho: Parasite. Audiences all over the world: RESPEEECT.
@Alvaro-qz6qk
@Alvaro-qz6qk 3 года назад
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
@vionna226
@vionna226 4 года назад
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.
@daniel_netzel
@daniel_netzel 4 года назад
That's so kind of you to say! Thank you :) Much love from America!
@mayaaradhana4924
@mayaaradhana4924 4 года назад
"When the storm hits, it hits the poo a lot harder." Damn, Bong. Deep.
@lanegeorgeton8266
@lanegeorgeton8266 Год назад
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
@asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791
@asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791 4 года назад
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.
@normap1229
@normap1229 4 года назад
If this was written in our US, they'd want a sequel in a year😂🤣.
@falcon2624
@falcon2624 4 года назад
Unfortunately, HBO is developing it into a series.
@elijahelkwood5459
@elijahelkwood5459 4 года назад
Falcon262 Oh god please no
@falcon2624
@falcon2624 4 года назад
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.
@juanchoresultay2704
@juanchoresultay2704 4 года назад
Falcon262 oh hell no!
@clanofclams2720
@clanofclams2720 4 года назад
@@juanchoresultay2704 Why so much animosity towards it? Bong Joon-Ho is *_personally_* working on the show!! Have a little optimism, for chrissakes
@NekoKasumi
@NekoKasumi 4 года назад
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....
@nancysandoval1725
@nancysandoval1725 4 года назад
I saw this movie a week ago and I still can’t stop thinking about it
@jimmyha1898
@jimmyha1898 4 года назад
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).
@Nickee_Sonicjinn
@Nickee_Sonicjinn 4 года назад
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.
@squeebiebalmy8776
@squeebiebalmy8776 4 года назад
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!
@TheGoodfella2012
@TheGoodfella2012 4 года назад
10:55 The scene where Da-hye is holding Kevin and Kevin is holding the rock is not in the theatrical versions i saw!
@da96103
@da96103 4 года назад
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.
@malinasworld
@malinasworld 4 года назад
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.
@Ninaloasana
@Ninaloasana 4 года назад
Mee tooo. I don't remember mr kim apologized and the sex scene was cut too
@ungusjr9391
@ungusjr9391 4 года назад
@@da96103 he hits him two separate times with the rock
@Ryoufriggingserious
@Ryoufriggingserious 4 года назад
Welcome back and thanks for another great video.
@daniel_netzel
@daniel_netzel 4 года назад
Thanks so much!
@swapnilvaghela8355
@swapnilvaghela8355 4 года назад
I still have a question how did Jessica know that something happened to park's son when he was in first grade ???
@valerio1292
@valerio1292 4 года назад
Didn't his brother tell her? The rich mother and him talked about it during the drawings on the wall scene
@eldenemerald7962
@eldenemerald7962 4 года назад
Jessica just kept bullshitting and she coincidentally happened to be right
@literallyaperson926
@literallyaperson926 4 года назад
I love this movie because it doesnt involves many actors. And a lot of scenes are meaningful. Perfect
@eldevenirdelostiempos9764
@eldevenirdelostiempos9764 3 года назад
This movie shows the fallacy of "work hard and you will succeded" and "poor people are poor because they want to."
@alistairt7544
@alistairt7544 4 года назад
The best analysis of the film so far here in RU-vid. You had some really great points and mentioned even some points that I haven't heard from many of the other analysis. Thank you!
@amreviews2389
@amreviews2389 4 года назад
Great film! This film had so many layers to it. Definitely deserved best picture.
@chattenoir1004
@chattenoir1004 4 года назад
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.
@tiffanypersaud3518
@tiffanypersaud3518 4 года назад
My fave too. Beautiful review! Interpretation... how easy it is to think that you cannot fall down the ladder. Even riches can be fleeting.
@sidg4038
@sidg4038 2 года назад
Worth investing my time in this incredible analysis. Cheers with a glass of Water :)
@moviegoersofficial
@moviegoersofficial 2 месяца назад
Absolutely amazing film - Alex
@woody4779
@woody4779 2 года назад
Masterful film and masterful video essay. Thanks for sharing!
@hejiranyc
@hejiranyc 4 года назад
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.
@rowni
@rowni 4 года назад
Beautiful video essay!! This needs more recognition!! 🙏🙏
@QuietlySoulful359
@QuietlySoulful359 4 года назад
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.
@jjcho113
@jjcho113 4 года назад
OMG, I learned so many new things that I haven't realized before
@yusufalsanad
@yusufalsanad 4 года назад
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!
@AwesomeGolfVideos
@AwesomeGolfVideos 3 года назад
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. 👍🏼
@SerAbiotico
@SerAbiotico 4 года назад
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.
@zenihita
@zenihita 4 года назад
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.
@aa_gg
@aa_gg 4 года назад
" Do it Clockwise ... "
@lanegeorgeton8266
@lanegeorgeton8266 Год назад
Very well put in the right places for the message
@thesusandaniel
@thesusandaniel 4 года назад
It’s all so metaphorical
@PetePuebla
@PetePuebla 4 года назад
The poor eating the poor and the for eating the ridge but you forgot to mention the rich eats the poor.
@killtheink
@killtheink 4 года назад
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"
@sbrevoltuion5
@sbrevoltuion5 4 года назад
This is practiaclly the best breakdown of the film I've seen!
@flyingthroughtime46
@flyingthroughtime46 4 года назад
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.
@nathanialbarron4971
@nathanialbarron4971 3 года назад
Chekhov's gun? The ending reminds me of the mass murders at the end of Hamlet.
@wafflemypancakesuponthesun875
@wafflemypancakesuponthesun875 4 года назад
I love your work, please keep it up.
@daniel_netzel
@daniel_netzel 4 года назад
You are too kind! Thank you :]
@pudding7876
@pudding7876 4 года назад
Beautiful essay! Only wish it were longer
@fdshands2663
@fdshands2663 4 года назад
One thing that struck me is how two-dimensional the Park family remains. They are not shown as evil, no, but there is little depth to any of them. Oddly, Mr Kim tries to draw Mr Park out - and OK that would be awkward in any culture - but Mr Park refuses to respond, and so we learn nothing of him there; and the Kim boy steals one of the Park girl's diaries, but we learn nothing of that, the Kim girl alone browses through it. I don't think Bong Joon Ho was particularly interested in the Park family. I read elsewhere that he has said the Park boy's interest in 'American Indians' was just superficial. I think, on the contrary, it was the director/wirter's understanding of his own character that was superficial.
@benjaminchen4367
@benjaminchen4367 4 года назад
I feel like a lot of people overlook the side of the rich people in this. From the perspective of the rich people, they have no idea that their workers are poor (the Kim family all portrays themselves as being in high demand, veteran workers, etc) and so they have no reason to assume that their house was flooded by the storm. They never explicitly tell the Kim family that they smell bad except for when the Kim family was wrongly indulging in their house and had to hide under the table. The Park parents think that if their son doesn't get to a hospital in 15 minutes, he's going to die from a seizure, so of course they don't care about some random adult woman, especially because they don't know that their workers are actually a family. Furthermore, the Kim family is not as competent as you make them out to be. The dad specifically failed at folding simple boxes, hence why 1 in 4 was wrong. He was a good driver but really likes to take his eyes off the road, resulting in him almost running into a truck and losing his cool. He kept asking Mr. Park questions about his love life which made him very uncomfortable. The mother is also strangely inconsistent. At first it seems like she is empathetic for other workers, when she lets the old housekeeper in. But then, when the housekeeper asks her to feed her husband once a week in exchange for money, she refuses and acts very rude.
@MsDidi38
@MsDidi38 Год назад
the point is the Park's do not see the Kim's as real people with lives and feelings and desires in themselves. They see them as there to perform a specific service and do not think about them beyond that. Capitalism makes us objects to one another, especially those who live off the labour of others.
@itcouldbelupus2842
@itcouldbelupus2842 19 дней назад
Yup, the rich have an excuse for their worst behavior and the poor people fail to be perfect
@applezopper3323
@applezopper3323 4 года назад
this analysis is sooo good. u truely outdid urself.
@karol1986
@karol1986 4 года назад
What is really bugging me about the ending is... how the son gonna send the message he wrote to the father?
@denniszenanywhere
@denniszenanywhere 4 года назад
Karol B. That’s why he looks directly at the camera in the end as if asking us how.
@krungys
@krungys 4 года назад
it's his fantasy. not foreshadowing.
@fredhannum4015
@fredhannum4015 8 месяцев назад
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.
@daniel_netzel
@daniel_netzel 7 месяцев назад
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
@szewei85
@szewei85 4 года назад
"This is fucking awesome" Bong-Joon Ho
@jessicabrauman
@jessicabrauman 4 года назад
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.
@boospastlifedestiny3023
@boospastlifedestiny3023 4 года назад
a really comprehensive explanation, especially in drawing parallels (:
@daghorabeka2047
@daghorabeka2047 2 года назад
Genius
@joe68577
@joe68577 4 года назад
“I’m gazing at the sky from home”
@vasudhabhandari8431
@vasudhabhandari8431 3 года назад
Isn't it funny that the rich friend of that guy selected him to be the tutor for the girl was because he felt the most secure with him teaching the girl he has hots for 😂😂😂 Why else would he not choose his actual college guys ? He thought this guy is poor and simple so he will not dream of hitting on the girl. But he ends up doing just that 😂
@AlexanderThaG
@AlexanderThaG 4 года назад
great analysis, thank you so much! I learned a lot more than from my first viewing of the film. Namaste
@Jcmasado
@Jcmasado 4 года назад
I love the analogy here
@tonyle8879
@tonyle8879 7 месяцев назад
Rest in peace Lee Sun-Kyun
@Itried20takennames
@Itried20takennames 4 года назад
I thought the title was great because the “Parasite” could mean either the poor family or the rich. Both exploit, both show little kindness for those outside their family who need aid.
@oceanux9754
@oceanux9754 4 года назад
fantastic video!!! 100% agree that this film was the best of the year not because it’s a masterpiece of cinema, but because of the important topics it plays on, how capitalism and social status turn us all into parasites and it’s a viscous cycle.
@monalisa_bora
@monalisa_bora 4 года назад
This movie is a SLAP to all the Hollywood /American movies that won OSCARS but presented just a CRAP... WHEN you watch PARASITE, it will make you think over and over again about the characters that were portrayed. Such a classic movie !!! Asians are proud of this movie..... I think Hollywood should actually learn how to make good films ...👊
@ThatOneGuy7550
@ThatOneGuy7550 4 года назад
Great video!
@daniel_netzel
@daniel_netzel 4 года назад
Thank you so much :>
@BehindtheCurtain
@BehindtheCurtain 4 года назад
Suuuch a good movie
@timothyacowin9761
@timothyacowin9761 4 года назад
it's appearent that the father was the biggest actor by all the promotional material
@asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791
@asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791 4 года назад
Could you do an essay on Portrait de la Jeune Fille en Feu?
@eikwjwk1203
@eikwjwk1203 3 года назад
Any good recommendation of similar movies?
@dutcher268
@dutcher268 Год назад
If we're talking about great movies made in Asia, I recently watched "all about lily chou chou." A Japanese film about the struggles of bad natured youth. It's on tubi!
@St-qp2we
@St-qp2we 4 года назад
I think that my love for this movie would be amplified so much more if I understood Korean. I can't make out the hidden nuances of the language, so I feel like I'm only understanding one level of the movie. I speak a different Asian language, and I've noticed that when the type of speech changes, the entire tone of a scene can change. This is probably the same with Korean.
@srikanthladda2911
@srikanthladda2911 4 года назад
This movie is a masterpiece. I repeat this movie is a masterpiece. Love from India ❤️
@RasBlau
@RasBlau 4 месяца назад
Yo, does this video contain spoilers? Haven’t eatched it yet
@debajyoti.guha_bong
@debajyoti.guha_bong 4 года назад
Excellent
@metaturnal
@metaturnal 4 года назад
Amazon exploits their workers. I wish fewer RU-vidrs would promote them. Thanks for the video though.
@caedmonofhelmsby3408
@caedmonofhelmsby3408 4 года назад
I still dont get why he put the stone in the water if its to wash filth away. Is the upper class it ascends filth?
@boredpotato6366
@boredpotato6366 4 года назад
4:21 he has crossed the line
@lorddorogoth
@lorddorogoth 4 года назад
Your closed captions bold and paragraph thing didn't work.
@chtysoona6429
@chtysoona6429 2 года назад
0:58
@Moni_King
@Moni_King 4 года назад
Fun Fact - (Spoiler) The movie has a scene where two couples have an intercourse sort of thing. Here bong wants to tell us how awkward was the poor people under the table would be like. In the same way we watch with our family , friends etc wants to show the same awkward feeling to us.This is Bong's Magic
@Balling117
@Balling117 4 года назад
You give me duh analashis while i stay in besahmentt!! RESPEEEKT!!!
@DungeonStudio
@DungeonStudio 4 года назад
Excellent movie for sure, and I'm so happy for Bong and all to be getting all the accolades they deserve! But the ending I found so sad. Yes, it was a fantasy. But father and son even though so cut off from one another, seemed to intrinsically know it was never to be. And when the son says 'so long' - that was like throwing dirt on his fathers coffin as he was being buried alive. Maybe the son will be carrying on in future. But with his brain injury and all, his place in life was also secured. And keep in mind on that last scene - it's snowing. As if to say the son maybe 'buried alive' shortly too if he's not careful. As good as the movie is, I think it's worth noting to visit or revisit Jacques Tati's great film's like Mon Oncle and Playtime. Maybe not as grim as Parasite, but the juxtaposition of old and new, modern emptiness and reflections of past, etc. I think Parasite could rejuvenate interest for Tati's brilliance again. Or fan's of Tati that stave off from seeing Parasite may become a fan of Bong now as well.
@kenkenken7789
@kenkenken7789 4 года назад
btw, I think the Dark Tower should have been made into a series instead of a movie. A Stephen King universe
@zengseng1234
@zengseng1234 4 года назад
ALSO! Min walked into their house barefoot, but when they went to Mr. Park’s house, everyone was walking around with fuzzy house slippers!! Just sayin!!!
@Nadia72639
@Nadia72639 4 года назад
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.
@Nadia72639
@Nadia72639 4 года назад
@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.
@Nadia72639
@Nadia72639 4 года назад
@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
@uranusouji9703
@uranusouji9703 4 года назад
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
@arturintete2461
@arturintete2461 4 года назад
Uranus Ouji mhm, it still floated. Please explain how a real rock floats?
@ReviewPimpUSA
@ReviewPimpUSA 4 года назад
You’re stretching it, the director didnt mean the rock to float, y’all clowns just making shit up to sound deep lmao
@AwesomeIAm15
@AwesomeIAm15 4 года назад
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.
@daniel_netzel
@daniel_netzel 4 года назад
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.
@beechboiii
@beechboiii 2 года назад
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.
@nsebast
@nsebast 4 года назад
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.
@dudethatsmyunicorn
@dudethatsmyunicorn 4 года назад
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
@oslargotte7945
@oslargotte7945 4 года назад
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.
@망히-z9z
@망히-z9z 4 года назад
Well put. It make sense.
@killtheink
@killtheink 4 года назад
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."
@bev9708
@bev9708 4 года назад
Oh yes indeed, Min chose Ki-woo precisely because he perceives him as not a threat, unlike his rich fratboy cronies.
@michaelandrews117
@michaelandrews117 4 года назад
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.
@rachellesavard6069
@rachellesavard6069 4 года назад
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.
@shanebattistv2165
@shanebattistv2165 6 месяцев назад
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.
@mujin_kingdom1159
@mujin_kingdom1159 4 года назад
This movie hits hard when you're poor
@GayBrain
@GayBrain 4 года назад
A shame the poorest can't watch this.
@valerio1292
@valerio1292 4 года назад
Hopefully, it also hits rich people
@GayBrain
@GayBrain 4 года назад
@@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
@valerio1292
@valerio1292 4 года назад
@@GayBrain well nevermind, it was a long shot lol
@joejellyfish
@joejellyfish 4 года назад
@@GayBrain What did he say about it? Is there a source we can read?
@diogenesofsinope..
@diogenesofsinope.. 4 года назад
The way that dude eats the banana enrages me.
@AsianSadge
@AsianSadge 4 года назад
He’s presumably been without food for days or even weeks, it’s understandable
@esotericgrave3129
@esotericgrave3129 4 года назад
its metaphorical! for... his... poverty...?
@plumpy_space_princess
@plumpy_space_princess 4 года назад
triggered?
@trinirogando520
@trinirogando520 4 года назад
it's because earlier the painting of him was compared to a chimpanzee by ki-woo
@user-insight
@user-insight 4 года назад
you sir are a genius
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