‘Parasite’ pulls off Oscar upset, winning four Academy Awards
LA TimesA historic best director Oscar goes to ‘Parasite’ filmmaker Bong Joon Ho, the first Korean winner and only the second director to win the prize for a film not in English. In an upset victory and a historic milestone, director Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” — a darkly comic class satire about two families, one rich and one poor, whose lives become entangled — won best picture Sunday night at the 92nd Academy Awards, becoming the first foreign-language movie to win the film academy’s top prize. Throughout awards season, “Parasite” was seen by many as the underdog in a field that included Martin Scorsese’s gangster drama “The Irishman,” Quentin Tarantino’s 1960s fantasia “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” and Sam Mendes’ World War I movie “1917.” But over time, the South Korean film worked its way into the hearts of Oscar voters, whose ranks have grown increasingly international and diverse in recent years. “Parasite” claimed four Oscars in total, with Bong earning the directing prize along with best international feature film and original screenplay, the first time a Korean filmmaker had won those prizes. In contrast to the boundary-pushing “Parasite,” Mendes’ war epic is in many ways a more old-fashioned Oscar film, boasting the sort of grand sweep, period setting and rousing themes of bravery and sacrifice that have often been hallmarks of best picture winners dating all the way to the very first, 1927’s silent World War I movie “Wings.” In the end, “1917” earned three awards, for cinematography, sound mixing and visual effects.
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