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Abstract
Bong Joon Ho’s critically acclaimed Parasitebrings a refreshing perspective on capitalist ideology that dominates the Western world today. Its clever and thrilling commentary on the various aspects of capitalist ideology is as vast as it is sophisticated. The aim of this paper is to use Zizek’s ideas on ideology and Foucalt’s work on discourse to unpack some of the main arguments the movie makes about capitalism. I begin by discussing the film’s central commentary on capitalist tenets and move onto the film’s use of “unspoken” or “unassimilable” statements. I close with a brief discussion on the symbolic significance of the landscape rock.
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Kim, John K.
(2020)
"Parasite: A Film Review on Capitalism,"
Cinesthesia: Vol. 10
:
Iss.
2
, Article 1.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cine/vol10/iss2/1