I’m inordinately pleased to witness ‘Parasite’ win the Best Picture award at the Oscars. This film did not miss a single beat in creating a tonally immersive experience. Despite the violence contained within, I was transformed enough to see it twice.
In ‘1917’ we had the filmmaking community revisit its fetish for war, something I’m just not up for.
If we are to promote peace, we need to depict scenes upon scenes depicting peace. Building peace, one kind gesture at a time, takes a willingness to focus on the more palatable parts of humanity - the capacity for people to be sweet to each other, our ability to give our time, attention and sympathy where we didn’t even know we could, the frequent instinct to soothe, reassure and encourage.
‘Parasite’ had some scenes where siblings bond, the father demonstrates his pride for his son, and the closely knit nature of the poor family is implied by their filling of the screen together, a coherent unit. I’ll take it. Give me more of the same. Let it grow, multiply, flourish. Let it be the main theme of the narrative. Let it touch those hard to reach places in my soul, the ones crying out for more representations for love and affection - so that I can mirror what I see on the big screen. I want to learn by osmosis. Picture me, directors. Picture me.
In ‘1917’ we had the filmmaking community revisit its fetish for war, something I’m just not up for.
If we are to promote peace, we need to depict scenes upon scenes depicting peace. Building peace, one kind gesture at a time, takes a willingness to focus on the more palatable parts of humanity - the capacity for people to be sweet to each other, our ability to give our time, attention and sympathy where we didn’t even know we could, the frequent instinct to soothe, reassure and encourage.
‘Parasite’ had some scenes where siblings bond, the father demonstrates his pride for his son, and the closely knit nature of the poor family is implied by their filling of the screen together, a coherent unit. I’ll take it. Give me more of the same. Let it grow, multiply, flourish. Let it be the main theme of the narrative. Let it touch those hard to reach places in my soul, the ones crying out for more representations for love and affection - so that I can mirror what I see on the big screen. I want to learn by osmosis. Picture me, directors. Picture me.
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