Parasite directed by Bong Joon-Ho absolutely enthralled me the minute I sat down in the theater. I had previously seen Okja and Snowpiercer, and after watching Okja, I didn’t eat meat for 2 months. Bong Joon-Ho is a master at his craft and his films cut in to the very core of humanity. With Parasite, a film about two families in different socioeconomic circumstances and the climb up the latter, as well as the scattering descent. Every single piece of this film is thought of, from the beautifully Baroque ‘Belt of Faith’ by Jung Jae-Il to the last lingering shot of Ki-Woo in the half basement reality setting in. I wanted to to express this sentiment in my illustration by displaying Escher’s never-ending stairs the loop capturing the theme that the poorer families climb to success is always a temporary illusion. Bong himself called this film his ‘Stair’ movie - so I had to do a nod to that as well. The mountains also are grand expression of the scholar rock, half Sisyphean half just a rock, the hope is there, but also what is life without hope?
