I was rooting hard for “1917” — the first time since “Babe” in 1995 that I actually cared about a Best Picture nominee.
As for “Parasite” — the name made me think of a horror movie, no great stretch there.
Based on the Wikipedia article, I don’t think I would care for it, not one bit.
I suspect that Hollyweird now needs to suck up to Asians, or something.
China has a lot more financial hold on Hollywood investment than Korea. And yes it is erroneous to lump all Asians together especially in the realm of filmmaking. And if there is any place that should be making amazing films (because they have in the past) it actually is China but as I posted before, current political climate and censorship prevents creativity. Korean filmmaking is at a high point, and Parasite isn’t even the best representation. Just had a story that connected to Westerners.
Japan, China, Korea are each very different and they make up East Asia...Southeast Asia is a totally different place. Angelina Jolie made and directed a nice movie in Cambodian called ‘First They Killed My Father.’ It’s on Netflix.
It’s probably the best liked film released last year all over the world. It’s really good.