sawasawako:

bong joon-ho was really like “parasite, on a literal level, is a movie about how a poor family slowly infiltrates the home of a wealthy family and takes over their residence. on a symbolic, allegorical level, it’s about how the wealthy are society’s parasites because they hoard wealth and resources, guard them selfishly, and leech from the working class. also water is a metaphor for how the consequences of climate change disproportionately affect the lives of the poor and disenfranchised and only manifests as a minor inconvenience for the rich. also the whole city is designed to physically mirror class stratification, with the wealthy family living on elevated ground while the poor family lives halfway underground.”