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Rating: 8/10 (9 May 2020)

(The article involves spoilers)
"Parasites" released last year is a seemingly ordinary and profoundly won the Palme d'Or masterpiece.
There are some intriguing scenes in the movie, which is the episode where father Kize stabs President Park when his daughter loses too much blood. Indeed, a person who seems to be easy-going, why did he start killing at this juncture? Moreover, there is no sign of anger before the murder, let us analyze the large amount of information contained in it from this point.
Everyone also saw that part of the reason was the previous action-when President Park picked up the car key under the body of another bottom man, he pinched his nose. This is to avoid smelling the damp odor that he had been staying in the ground for a long time; and this behavior aroused the resentment of his father Keizer. Other than that, I want to say that this is not the only reason. Let us analyze one by one.
First of all, President Park 's aversion to the behavior that is temporarily called "moisture" seems a bit abnormal at this time: the tutor who was asked by his wife has been stabbed in the heart, and his life is punished. He is saving lives, but at this juncture he still has to avoid the "bad smell" of the people at the bottom. This seems a bit abnormal, and some people will think that this is a "play". I think this illustrates a point: he is more than unaccustomed, he strongly hates this taste.
This action caused Kizawa, who was originally in the camp of President Park, to fall to the camp on the side of the deceased holding the key. Yes, they tried every means to get themselves a job, become a "parasite", and gain wealth. They are all private animals, but their encounters are the same. Compared with President Park, he has a class gap.
After all, why did President Park strongly hate this damp smell? There is a reason for everything. One of my personal speculations is that President Park was born into an ordinary family, rushed into the upper class by his hard work, and married Mrs. Du who appreciated her talents. This requires a process, and after this process is finally carried out and succeeded, the person who has risen in status will feel aversion to the people in the relatively lower class before him. This aversion is often stronger than the people who are already in the upper class; not to mention him At the time, we were dealing with people from the bottom who were "lower" than the civilian class. This layer of disgust is in the bones, so it is so disgusting to smell that smell, which explains the "abnormal phenomenon" above. Similarly, the Kize family also experienced a change in status caused by a change in status. Before "Parasitic" came to President Park's house, when both parents were in the state of unemployed nomads, they saw that the drunkard outside the window did not dare to provoke peeing at home, or his son's friend, the drunkard roared away. But when they saw the drunkard again after they had a job, they fought hard, feeling that they had a bottom, and felt that their status exceeded that of the drunkard. This also proved that after the promotion of status, they would hate people who stayed in the previous class. Similar stories like Fan Jinzhong received preferential treatment after lifting, too much.
Let me say one last thing here. Why do you think President Park is ordinary? The above is just one reason, and many other small details can also prove this point, like being unfamiliar with aristocratic education, and finding tutors for the children are all controlled by Mrs. Du; like when the children are camping on the grass, they are willing to He slept casually on the sofa. Or if you find a foreign object in the car, you can carefully and rationally analyze its origin. This detail is a relatively important quality from the civilian to the upper class. Of course, these are speculations, and there may be other reasons behind these actions. If the personal assumptions are really set by the writers, it can be said that this movie is very intentional and has a lot of details.
Returning to the above, in addition to the strong aversion of Kizawa, which led to the scourge of murder, President Park 's behavior also has another layer of relatively comprehension, that is, the whereabouts of the Kizawa family will be exposed. The corpse in front of him was a low-level person before his death, and he could see it on the outside. The smell on his body was similar to the driver, nanny, and two teachers in his home-they could be elegant in appearance, but their heart and some behaviors could not hide their truth Appearance. In addition, Kize was very excited when introducing the babysitter, combined with his own meticulous analysis above, so that he could infer the secret of this "parasitic family". Keizer took this into account, so he could only destroy evidence that would prove that they were a family. Similarly, this reasoning also has a small problem. Because her daughter is almost dead, and the hostess sees her husband 's driver suffering from the serious injury of the tutor to this point, it also feels a bit strange. This matter will be exposed sooner or later, so kill Park The president has no way to hide the truth. Killing and not killing, neither of them can stay here for a long time. The grief of losing their daughters can't be restrained. It can only be said that under the circumstances, a blank brain did not allow him to consider so much. The pain and helplessness of Keizer on this frame of the play can be said to be shocking.
As mentioned above, there is a gap between strata. This is to say another point. Class differences are insurmountable. Before the homicide, Keizer asked President Park again if he loved his wife deeply, and then President Park took it seriously, shifting the topic and saying, "Please treat today as an extension of your work." There are subtexts. The president is unable to stay with his wife every day due to other reasons for his busy work, so he said how much he loved her, and he felt ashamed when answering this question. Being stabbed by someone lower than himself, he felt humiliated, so he said this. This sentence is actually meant to say: you are not suitable to evaluate me, you are not qualified, and it is your job to do your job. Keizer naturally sensed this meaning, he was angry, he was dissatisfied. He was dissatisfied that he had to be treated as a servant. He was dissatisfied with why he was not equal in life. The dissatisfaction with society eventually vented to the dissatisfaction with people, and this anger burned when President Park pinched his nose. Perhaps, at the end of the film, Kize didn't understand why he had to become a "parasite" in order to live a good life, and children like Duosong received a good education from an early age. He lacked effort or luck. Of course, he didn't realize that when President Park "despised" him, he also "despised" the drunkard.
I'm afraid this is the weakness of human nature.
Therefore, this whole tragedy is accidental and inevitable. Too many reasons, too many fetters, led him to the extreme. The main theme of "Parasites" is much higher than it seemed at first glance. Although the whole story is about the dialogue and style of partial comedy, there are some heavy pictures and deep themes behind which are worth thinking about. It is just three simple families, but it contains so many intrigues, which is really surprising and regrettable. Some of these details may never be discovered by us.