South Korean dark comedy Parasite continues to build momentum ahead of the Oscars after winning another major award.
13.01.2020 - 17:11 / variety.com
“Parasite” made history on Monday, becoming the first South Korean movie to be nominated for best picture and best international film.
Given South Korea’s rich film history, it’s remarkable that Academy Awards voters have largely ignored the country’s movies. In 2018, there was a great deal of optimism that Lee Chang-dong’s “Burning,” an acclaimed thriller, would become the first film from the country to earn a best international film nod. It was the first South Korean film shortlisted for the
South Korean dark comedy Parasite continues to build momentum ahead of the Oscars after winning another major award.
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Nominated for a historic total of six Oscars, South Korean director Bong Joon Ho'sParasiteis the big surprise of awards season 2020.
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Dark comedy Parasite took top honours at the London Film Critics’ Circle Awards.
Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite” continued its run of top critics’ honors this season, scooping the Film of the Year and Director of the Year awards at the London Film Critics’ Circle kudos ceremony this evening. The victory puts extra wind in the sails of the South Korean phenomenon as it heads into the final stretch of awards season, with the BAFTAs delivering their verdict on Sunday.
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After the Palme d’Or, the Golden Globes and a slew of critics’ gongs, it is highly likely that helmer-writer Bong Joon Ho’s masterful, multilevel black comedy “Parasite” will achieve the triple crown of prestige kudos by nabbing the international feature Oscar. Surprisingly, it is the first South Korean film to be nominated in this category, although last year’s “Burning,” helmed by Lee Chang-dong, made the December shortlist.
With Parasite one of the buzziest films as awards season creeps towards its climax, having broken numerous records along the way and turned Bong Joon Ho and his cast into instant celebrities among Hollywood’s A-list, the idea of the South Korean filmmaker interrupting the relentless succession of ceremonies and last-ditch pitches to Academy voters to spend a few days at a film festival in wintery Holland may sound rather peculiar.But that’s exactly what’s happening this week, as the director
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Parasite created history at the SAG Awards. The South Korean black comedy won the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the prestigious awards show, which is the SAG equivalent of the best picture at the Oscars.
At the 26th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday night (Jan. 19), the award for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a motion picture went to Parasite, a South Korean black comedy thriller directed by Bong Joon-ho.
South Korean dark comedy Parasite has continued its remarkable awards season run, taking the top prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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Bong Joon-ho is on cloud nine as his extraordinary feature film Parasite has earned South Korea its first-ever nominations at Oscars 2020. Besides Best Picture and Best Director noms for Bong, Parasite is also nominated for Best International Feature Film, Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing and Best Production Design.
Parasite is making history.