Harpur Cinema Presents: Parasite

Harpur Cinema Presents: Parasite – (Bong Joon-ho - South Korea – 2019) - 132 min.

Feb. 14 + 16 - Lecture Hall 6 - 7:30pm

The Kims, who live in relative poverty, manage, through multiple tricks of privilege, to infiltrate the fancy and stylish dwelling of the wealthy Parks. With his dizzying blend of tones, Bong addresses social inequalities, greed, and violence between social classes in what is a perfect comedy until it becomes a tragedy. A masterful command of insular settings, camera movements, composition, and set design lets the filmmaker "experiment with searing imagery
that uses human faces and domestic space to create visions of hilarity as well as pure horror" (The Atlantic).
Won: Cannes Film Festival, Palme d'Or – Golden Globes, Best Picture – British Independent Film Awards, Best International Film – Sydney Film Festival / Korean
Film Critics Awards, Best Film
Nominated: Academy Awards, 6 nominations – BAFTA Awards, Best Film / Director / Screenplay
Preceded by Theif – Philip Chao – CINE 252: Video and Filmmaking I – Spring 2018 – 3.5 min

$4 Admission

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