The Images of Urban Poverty in Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite”

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The global acclaim, critical adulations, top prizes, and the box-office success amassed by South Korean film-maker Bong Joon Ho with his movie “Parasite” (2019) secured him a place in the film industry as the maker of a masterpiece. The movie’s success comes as much from its intricately conceived multi-layered story which transforms into a rapidly moving thriller towards the end as its stunning images of urban poverty and urban privilege. But the most conspicious fact about Bong Joon Ho’s film is that it provides a thoroughly skeptical take on the South Korean economic miracle which has made S ...Daha fazlası