Parasite (2019 Palme d'Or winner and The Film Room top movie of the year) - directed by Bong Joon-ho

[TheGodling]

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

Word around the Croisette already spread that this was Bong Joon-ho's best film, and now he is rewarded with the honor of being the first Korean filmmaker to win the Palme d'Or, which affirms his position as the best filmmaker to come out of the trinity (Park Chan-wook and Kim Jee-woon being the others) that put Korean cinema back on the map.

 

[hex]

I'm in.

Fred.

 

[FlyRy]

The Goat

 

[Th3G3ntleman]

Kind of crazy how far ahead Korean cinema is compared to China. Seems like China has stagnated to mostly martial arts spectacles and haven't evolved much past that or maybe I'm looking in the wrong place.

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

Nah Park Chan-Wook is still the Korean gawd, but I'll check this.

 

[StraxStrax]

:winnie:

 

[REAL6]

Kind of crazy how far ahead Korean cinema is compared to China. Seems like China has stagnated to mostly martial arts spectacles and haven't evolved much past that or maybe I'm looking in the wrong place.

China was up there until about 2000 to 2005.
Korea has been killing it for about 15 years now. They are killing it in film and shows.

 

[TheGodling]

Kind of crazy how far ahead Korean cinema is compared to China. Seems like China has stagnated to mostly martial arts spectacles and haven't evolved much past that or maybe I'm looking in the wrong place.

Chinese cinema is very blockbuster and public oriented because the movie crowds there really go to the movies for escapism. Korea is very conservative and has a very dark side to society, which really comes through in their films and gives it that unique edge.

 

[MidniteJay]

Kind of crazy how far ahead Korean cinema is compared to China. Seems like China has stagnated to mostly martial arts spectacles and haven't evolved much past that or maybe I'm looking in the wrong place.

I think part of that is because the censor laws over there got them fukked up. Last decent drama I seen from China was Johnny To's Drug War (2012). And the director's cut was way better than the theatrical release.

 

[Zero]

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

So Cannes liked Shoplifting so much last year, they gave Palme d'Or to it's unofficial sequel?






Fine with me, Shoplifters was marvelous and Korean cinema can't be fukked with

Besides...if this manages to be better than Memories of Murder

 

[Tunez]

Let's see

 

[Nero Christ]

still hoping we get a Memories of Murder criterion release

 

[FlyRy]

still hoping we get a Memories of Murder criterion release

Import it. Korea is the same region A we are

 

[REAL6]

still hoping we get a Memories of Murder criterion release

YESASIA: Memories of Murder (Blu-ray) (Korea Version) Blu-ray - Song Kang Ho, Kim Sang Kyung, CJ Entertainment - Korea Movies & Videos - Free Shipping

 

[eufemism]

Korea the only country fukkin with mexico when it comes to film