Youn nominated for Oscar This undated file photo shows actress Youn Yuh-jung, who was nominated in the best supporting actress category at the 93rd Academy Awards on March 15, 2021, for her performance in the U.S. immigration film “Minari.” (Yonhap)
It was a big night for the Korean film industry as the highly acclaimed movie ‘Parasite’ won four Oscars:
South Korean director Bong Joon-ho poses for a photo after winning four Oscars during the 92nd annual awards ceremony at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles on Feb. 9, 2020 in this photo released by AFP. (Yonhap)
Bong Joon-ho’s sensational black comedy “Parasite” has bagged four Oscar titles, becoming the first non-English language film to win best picture.
At the 92nd Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday (U.S. local time), Bong’s seventh feature film, a tale of class division, won the ceremony’s highest prize — best picture.
It beat out strong competition from “1917” and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” for the win. Other nominees were “The Irishman,” “Jojo Rabbit,” “Ford v Ferrari,” “Little Women,” “Joker,” and “Marriage Story.”
“Parasite” also won best director, best original screenplay and best international feature film. It is South Korea’s first Oscar-nominated film.
You can read more at the link, but for those that have not seen the movie it is a satire about class struggle in South Korea involving a poor family using illegals ways to work for a rich family. Everything is going fine until an outside person breaks the balance that had been formed between the rich and the poor family. Things then go down hill very quickly.
I found it to be a well acted, filmed, and directed movie, but not one of the best Korean movies I have seen. In fact it is one of the few movies I have watched where I disliked every single character. It is definitely not something I would rush to go watch again. That is why I think this win for ‘Parasite’ had more to do with the weak competition it faced this year, left wing politics that love movies like this, and Hollywood trying to diversify.
But, maybe I am wrong, has anyone else watched the movie and thought this is the best movie they have seen?
Here is some good news for the South Korean film industry:
Bong Joon-ho’s sensation “Parasite” earned six nominations, including best picture, for the upcoming Academy Awards on Monday, becoming the first South Korean movie to compete at the world’s biggest film event.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled its final list of nominations for the 2020 Oscars Awards, to be held on Feb. 9.
“Parasite” was up for best picture, best directing, best original screenplay, best international feature film, production design and film editing.
It is the first time that a South Korean-made film has made it to the final nominees list of the Academy Awards.
