Bong Joon Ho's 2020 Oscar winner has paved the way for more adventurous entries in the international feature category, long the home of earnest message movies and staid historical dramas.has blown open the doors of the international feature category, long thought to be the purview of"serious message movies," to the experimental and the strange.
By shifting between genres, Malgorzata Szumowska and co-director Michal Englert maintain a delicious ambiguity. At one point, the film nearly dips into science fiction, suggesting, in flashbacks, that the radiation around Chernobyl may have given Zhenia powers that enable him to hypnotize his clients."We deliberately kept everything ambiguous," says Szumowska,"a bit like a magic trick. It's up to you to decide what you believe.
What follows is a gentle satire on technology — on the"apples" in our pockets that are robbing us of our memory and individual identity — done with an idiosyncratic style evoking Spike Jonze or Charlie Kaufman."We use elements of analog technology that have almost been forgotten, like Polaroids, hand-written letters, tape recorders," says Nikou.
"When I was thinking about how to shoot it, I wanted the camera to be at a distance where an accidental passerby could be," says the writer-director."Any closer and you'd start to ask, 'Why is the audience so passive?' If I did that, I'd have to cut the scene in a more conventional way and emphasize specific aspects. But I didn't want to do that. I didn't want to emphasize anything above anything else.
What the hell is this?
What the fuck does Odd mean on this context.
every Marvel movie is about the weirdest shit but a family conning their way into getting good paying jobs under a rich family is an 'odd film'? is this another 'ruh roh, koreans!!' film take bc i stg
You just can't help being racist and xenophobic, huh
Has 'The Hollywood Reporter' ushered in a golden age of dumbass headlines?
Fire Scott Roxborough
oh nooo sroxborough is a big dumb idiot, poor thing 😭
“Shape of Water” i rest my case.
Was fucking the Creature from the Black Lagoon not weird enough for you?
Do you even watch films or
you have been nothing but xenophobic. you never take responsibility for the disrespectful tweets and articles that you make. your day will come someday.
This is embarrassing. 'Odd'? Maybe use a better term, like 'creative', 'original', 'artist-driven', or 'ambitious'... And what genre is Parasite - 'Asian'? 🙄
Odd?
What was odd about it 🤔
delete this is racist
You still have time to remove this pos article from your website, just so you know.
This piece is fucking stupid, but you guys in the replies trying to argue that Parasite couldn't be considered odd are just as dumb.
I ain’t clicking on that link cause this headline is stupid
Um, two years earlier they gave an Oscar for a film where a woman fucked a fish.
Is it me or is this not-so-thinly veiled racism?
The only thing odd about Parasite is that it actually won when we all know how academy votes
Shape of Water was normal? It was Oscar nominated right?
What odd is you trying to disguise this piece as an authentic critique when it’s really just a sad attempt at concealing your racism.
Odd? What is so odd about Parasite? You should say great movies, because academy doesnt seem how to know how to pick them
Parasite is the dark souls of cinema
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I think you're better off making it clear from the headline that you're talking about entries for the international film award, as opposed to Oscar in general. Without that context, it's hard to argue that the difference between this and, say, Birdman is one is in English.
Where have been since 2002?
Let's not talk about how Parasite could usher in wider acknowledgment and appreciation of foreign cinema and instead let's say it's ushering in 'odd' films whatever that means.
You mean great?
what's odd about it?
imagine thinking parasite is odd because it's not in english lol
TF?
Parasite wasn't 'odd' at all. If you really wanna watch something strange go watch The Lobster
Oh, fuck off. Parasite wasn't odd in the slightest, it's also way better than the shite Hollywood pumps out year after year.
Anyone who refers to Parasite as an ‘odd’ film shouldn’t be writing about film imho sroxborough
Delete your account and opinions
Insane that you pressed “send tweet” on this.
You need to take this article down
What Huh? Odd?
Who let this garbage be published?
Odd how?
Or...
andd reporting this. stop being racist/xenophobic.
*racism watchdog barks loudly*
Huh?
Parasite wasn’t odd, unless you believe anything that isn’t Eurocentric is odd in which case it’s just xenophobia which contributes to racist sentiments and the perpetual foreigner problem Asian Americans & BIPOC must deal with daily
THR, you say 'odd' we say 'really fucking good.' What is this headline.
tfw you have to acknowledge people that aren´t white americans but you´re racist and xenophobic
Wtf?! “Odd”?! This post/ statement is odd itself. Call yourself “The Odd Hollywood reporter” 🎬
odd
I think I know what that headline is trying to convey but “odd” is just the wrong word to use here . It’s actually a little “odd “ and even betrays an elitist subtext
I would reword this tweet, unless you were *trying* to light the flame at the virtue-signaling Olympics.
the fuck is this?
resign plz
Define 'odd' using precise language, if you can.
Parasite is one of the most accessible films to win Best Picture in a long time. I don’t see how it’s more “odd” than Shape of Water or even Birdman for that matter.
Does “odd” mean good and deserving of an award?
Odd, in that it was a truly salient and thoughtful p commentary on growing wealth disparity in the 21st century?
It’s honestly a pretty conventional film, written, acted and directed expertly. What’s odd about it?
Shape of water winning was normal obviously
What exactly was 'odd' about Parasite?
Not made by white people = 'odd'
what?
what the f
You spelt excellent wrong
CohenGardnerLLP
aacampos86 There was nothing about Parasite that was odd yALL
Delete this
Just because it isn't a superhero movie, doesn't make it 'odd.' Maybe the word you're reaching for is original since that has seriously been lacking in the types of films that see praise.
Why is this article about 'odd' international category features when Parasite is an extremely sane movie that won Best Picture? 🤔
I think it was the fish sex winner that kicked off that genre.
What the fuck does this even mean?
Golden age of film where you can’t go see a movie.
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