First of all, if you haven’t seen director Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite yet, it is one of the best films of 2019, and it also won Best Motion Picture for a foreign film at the Golden Globes last weekend. This is a movie that you’ve got to see! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
If you have seen the film, then I’ve got a video essay here for you to watch from Nerdwriter that you are definitely going to appreciate. The video focuses on what he describes as the perfect montage. It’s a five-minute montage in the film that awesomely sets up a great deal of what’s to come in the rest of the movie.
The montage is beautifully directed and edited, and it shows the audience what this family is willing to do in order to provide a new life for themselves. It’s an incredible storytelling technique that Joon-ho has mastered.
Watch the video below and feel free to share your thoughts!