Parasite: A Graphic Novel in Storyboards (2020)

Discover the illustrations that inspired the historic, OSCAR®-winning film’s every shot in this graphic novel drawn by Director Bong Joon Ho himself.

If you're huge into the making of films you love, you should consider picking up this book drawn by Bong Joon-ho, detailing all the storyboarding he did for his film Parasite. Many of the pages contains little annotations in the margins like "Rubber ball?" when considering the safety of using a knife and "Fruits?" when wondering what should be inside of a bowl in the kitchen.

Pretty much only for the die-hard fans of the film but very informative in showing exactly how a masterfully crafted film jumps from the page to the big screen.

Parasite (South Korea, 2019)

All unemployed, Kim Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

It really starts to feel like a big event everytime director Joon-ho Bong releases a new film, and this time it's his first movie made in his native country since Mother (2009), after having being active in the west with films such as Snowpiercer (2013) and Okja (2017). Parasite is a naked look at social class, poverty and the means which we will go to to escape it, even if it means letting go of our own morality. Joon-ho portrays a scenario where a poor family get a taste of the finer things in life, but also one where you know that it'll spell disaster for everyone involved. 

As always, Joon-ho spoils us with well-crafted shots and gorgeous scenery, and constantly his direction feels so immensely thought-out where nothing is just being filmed, it's being filtered through his eyes and angled to evoke something in all of us. Parasite, which was the first Korean film to ever win the Palme d'Or, is a rush of black comedy and a look at what happens when the most fortunate meets the most desperate, no one saner than the other.

Genre: Comedy/Drama/Thriller