Neon brought the films Parasite and Clemency to The Contenders Los Angeles on Saturday. Parasite is a Korean con artist film that won the Palme d’Or at Cannes this year. Clemency is an American drama about a death row warden that won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance this year. The connection is that both filmmakers were inspired by the past to tell modern fictional tales.
In Parasite, the Kim family sabotages the wealthy Park family’s help so they can live in their luxurious house. Writer-director Bong Joon Ho said he got the idea from one of his own college jobs.
“I taught a middle school boy and he would take me to every corner of the house to show me around and he would talk about his parents, although I never asked,” Bong said through an interpreter. “So I was fired only after two months. If I hadn’t been fired,...
In Parasite, the Kim family sabotages the wealthy Park family’s help so they can live in their luxurious house. Writer-director Bong Joon Ho said he got the idea from one of his own college jobs.
“I taught a middle school boy and he would take me to every corner of the house to show me around and he would talk about his parents, although I never asked,” Bong said through an interpreter. “So I was fired only after two months. If I hadn’t been fired,...
- 11/3/2019
- by Fred Topel
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