Parasite Movie House Architecture
The movie parasite is favored for many oscars including production design.
Parasite movie house architecture. Parasite a black comic thriller by south korean director bong joon ho recently earned several oscar nominations including best production design. In the movie this marvel of modern architecture was designed by a fictional architect named namgoong hyeonja. The park house has the same structure. In the movie this marvel of modern architecture was designed by a fictional architect named namgoong hyeonja.
Much of the shock and thrill in bong joon ho s genre flexible movie parasite nominated for six oscars including best production design hinges on the fictional house built by a fictional. It s a sleek modern glass wood and stone creation that belongs to the wealthy park family. Director bong joon ho talks about telling a story of class through architecture saying he gets pathologically excited and euphoric when he finds a good space. The numerous stairs and the density of the space shifts as you descend.
In this regard parasite plants its foot firmly on the neatly manicured turf of a third type of house movie. As you can see from the semi basement which is a room you enter when you descend from the ground floor all the layers in the film exist vertically. In truth it was the brainchild of parasite production designer lee ha jun. At once hilarious thrilling and haunting this year s winner of the cannes film festival s highest honor is a one of a kind.
The one in which a plush bourgeois home conceals bottomless depths of misery. In truth it was the brainchild of parasite production designer lee ha jun. In this interview parasite s production designer lee ha jun explains how he designed the park house based on a floor plan drawn by director bong joon ho. Go inside the architecture of south korean film parasite.
You can see more of the house in this trailer.