, which was nominated for the Oscar for Best Screenplay with "Parasite", "Knife Out of the Sheath" gained great popularity for a spoof photo congratulating Director Bong Junho on winning the 4 crowns.
The spoof photo released on the official website of "Knife Out of the Sheath"
On February 10, "Knife Out of the Sheath" uploaded on the official Twitter account "His house, his rules, his Oscar (His house. His rules. His Oscar. )", and attach a photo of Bong Joon-ho of Marta in the play. The
movie "The Knife Out of the Sheath" stills
This spoof was reposted by the "Parasite" party and the North American distributor Neon, which aroused heated discussion among overseas netizens. The text of
is a parody of "My house, my rules, my coffee (My house. My rules. My coffee.)" in the suspenseful reasoning thriller "Knife Out of the Sheath". It is important throughout the film. clue.
"Parasite" won the highest honor award at the 92nd Oscars in Los Angeles, USA on February 10th, which won the highest honor award for work, director award, screenplay award and international feature film award.
foreign media commented that "Parasite" changed the history of Oscars.
Under this kind of public opinion, this spoof photo came into being, and it also subtly emphasized this meaning.
So what is the meaning of this photo, and what kind of movie is this "Knife Out of the Sheath"?
The dramatic plot, exquisite service, and publicity of the overall atmosphere of "The Knife Out of the Sheath" is very eye-catching in the top ten movies of the year reviewed by Time Magazine.
"The Knife Out of the Sheath" domestic poster
This is a political metaphor in suspenseful sheep's clothing.
especially focuses on ethnic and immigration issues in the current American society.
Modern story line, Agatha's suspenseful style, but the scene design is full of classical atmosphere, magical and realistic. This is the beginning of the
incident.
Harlan Slumby, a famous suspense writer with both fame and fortune, was found dead in his home. As soon as the news came from the famous British private detective Benoit Blanc received a secret commission to investigate the case. The members of the
family include daughter Linda and her husband Richard, Linda’s eldest son Lanson, daughter-in-law Jonnie and her daughter Meg, and the youngest son Walter. After
gathered the family, the detectives began to interrogate them individually. Unsurprisingly, the testimony of each of them is comparable to Kurosawa Akira's handed down masterpiece-Rashomon, which almost all suspenseful works of later generations draw on. The testimony of all people is stated or forged according to each person's memory, or selective memory.
There are also two important people here, Fran, the nanny who found Harlan's body first, and Marta, Harlan's nurse, a young and kind South American girl. Marta was born in Ecuador, lives with her mother and sister, and belongs to an illegal immigrant family.
Okay, so who killed Harlan? The film pretended to expose the truth to the audience at the beginning, and then slowly moved forward, using a flashback narrative line. The director of
from the beginning of the film hinted at the inextricable relationship between the audience's Marta and Haran's death, but in the process of continuous development, the film made the audience continue to doubt, the truth is difficult to distinguish, and finally reversed.
Harlan’s death was Marta’s manslaughter, or was it a deliberate suicide forged to protect Marta, or it was a good show planned by Haran himself, or even an unknown conspiracy... The truth of
is in it. , But it is always unpredictable. Will the murderer be the son-in-law Richard who is on the top of his wife but steals food outside? Is the daughter Linda full of career ambitions? Is the younger son who runs the publishing house on behalf of his father, but disagrees with his father in terms of company management? Or although only The 16-year-old, but the youngest grandson of this family who was dumped by the extreme white right-wing fascism? If it weren't for these people, would all this be the conspiracy of nurse Marta? The
caseThe pieces are confusing and interlocking.
Illustration: [Korean] 임진순
Some people say that this movie satirizes the Trump era. This is also possible with
. The characters in the film argue about immigration at the banquet, making it easy to understand this metaphor.
In addition, this movie also allows us to see how fragile and hypocritical the beliefs of the wealthy Americans who have succeeded through the so-called "American Dream" are.
From this point of view, the significance of this movie is very far-reaching, far from being as simple as it seems.
Is the American spirit represented by Trump and others so illusory? Perhaps this is the contemporary thinking brought to us by the director of the film, Ryan Johnson.
This satire of white supremacy and doubts about the American spirit is behind Hollywood and even the global affirmative thoughts on race and immigration, as well as an attack on cultural hegemony and a desire for cultural diversity.
In this sense, it is not difficult for us to understand why this seemingly joking spoof photo can be echoed.
Whether it is this movie or Bong Joonho’s award, it is a metaphor of the era in this era of magical realism.
The pattern and vision of world culture and art has opened a new historic chapter since 2020.
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