Parasite: A Second Look

#43 in my ranking of Best Picture winners at the Oscars. My introduction to Korean cinema was probably pretty typical for my generation: It was Park Chan Wook's Oldboy, especially when Harry Knowles was pushing it at Ain't It Cool News. I've never really dug much deeper, knowing most of Wook's filmography really well (I…

Parasite

#43 in my ranking of Best Picture winners at the Oscars. Who is the antagonist? This question popped into my head after I finished Bong Joon Ho's Parasite and as I read some snippets from Bong himself. He consistently refers to the film as a tragedy, and, as I wondered who the antagonist was, I…