If you have n’t heard of Bong Joon Ho ’s South Korean filmParasiteyet , it ’s possible you ’ve been living under a rock — or in a secret tube trap . audience and critic alike have been sing its praise since it won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival last May , and the Academy recognize its brilliance in January bynominatingit for several of the most prestigious awards , including Best International Film , Best Director , Best Original Screenplay , and Best Picture .
At the 92ndOscarsceremony last night in Los Angeles , the like an expert crafted thriller prove itself as this awards season ’s most beloved ‘ little locomotive that could ’ by winning in all of its top class , delighting viewers everywhere and making story in more ways than one .
When Bong and co - author Han Jin Won clinch the “ Best Original Screenplay ” honor early in the ceremony , Parasitenot only became the first Asian movie to win a screenplay Oscar , it alsobecamethe first South Korean film to win any Oscar at all . As the nighttime go forward , Bong and his cohorts ascended to the point a total of four time , racking up “ firsts ” even more quickly than they were pull together awards .
With motion-picture show from seminal director Martin Scorsese ( The Irishman ) and Quentin Tarantino ( Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood ) among the contest and a ballot conspicuously lightsome on nominations for both cleaning lady and hoi polloi of colour , many find this twelvemonth ’s odds were especially stack against an outside picture show from an Oscars newcomer . That underdog atmosphere , coupled with Bong ’s many adorable speeches — which included a few mentions of his after - party plan and a standing ovation for Scorsese — madeParasite ’s multiple triumph seem even more momentous .
Find out all the waysParasiteand Bong Joon Ho made Oscars chronicle below .
