FILM 2097: PARASITE (2019)

TRIVIA: Winner of the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, the first Korean film to ever do so.

Wide aspect ratio of 2.35 was chosen to accommodate the capture of large family group in a single frame, says director Bong Joon Ho.

The Parks' house, said in the film to be designed by a fictional architect named Namgoong Hyeonja, was a set completely built from scratch.

In an interview with Korean magazine Cine21, Director Bong Joon Ho spoke of his experience in filming in a hyper-rich Korean home. He said his hand literally shook from anxiety when he was returning a trash can that was used as a prop: the trash can was of high-tech variety that stayed silent even when the lid was being closed and cost as much as US $2,500.

Official submission of South Korea for the 'Best International Feature Film' category of the 92nd Academy Awards in 2020.