Parasite Makes History At The Oscars

There was one winner at this year’s Oscars{ =nofollow}, and that was undoubtedly Parasite. Director Bong Joon-ho had an incredible night as the South Korean film swept the board, winning best screenplay, best director, best picture and best international film. And it's the first time a film which isn’t in the English language has won best picture, making it a history making night for the team.

When the comedy-thriller won best picture, the lights went down halfway through the speech, but outrage rang out in the auditorium, and they forced the lights back up for more speeches. And earlier in the night, when Bong Joon-ho won best director, looking surprised, he thanked fellow directors Martin Scorsese - for inspiring him when he was younger - and Quentin Tarantino{ =nofollow}, for always championing his work.

Parasite, which won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival in May, is a satirical thriller about a hard-up family who manage to infiltrate the lives of a much richer one.

Accepting best foreign language film at the Golden Globes, the filmmaker used his acceptance speech to remind people that you can watch a lot more incredible cinema if you can ‘overcome’ subtitles. ‘Once you overcome the one-inch tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films,’ said Bong Joon-ho, who used a translator to deliver his acceptance speech mostly in Korean. He continued: ‘Just being nominated along with fellow, amazing international filmmakers was a huge honor. I think we use only one language: the cinema.’

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