Bong Joon Ho’s latest movie is a twisty, mysterious and surprising story of class relations
Imagine a high-wire act where the acrobat suddenly leaps to a higher wire, then to another that’s higher still.
It’s the best way I can think of to describe the giddy thrill of watching “Parasite,” a masterpiece of serial surprises from the Korean filmmaker Bong Joon Ho. Mr. Bong has surprised us before—his 2009 “Mother” was a shocker in a class by itself—but the all-encompassing mastery of this one is something new for him, and for us. The story begins as a social satire of rich and poor, as witty and sophisticated in its fashion...
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