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Parasite: A masterpiece that latches on and never lets go

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As someone who was born decades after the golden age of Hollywood, I doubt I can ever truly understand the impact that Alfred Hitchcock had on the world of film. He had his critics but the man presented a cinematic style and presentation that most film scholars would consider to be termed as "Perfect storytelling". Whether it's in the form of withholding information from the audience, breaking the levels of shock and awe from horror to beauty, or just having the foresight to balance all these elements of cinema flawlessly. Hitchcock's ability to hang the audience on every scene, with every bit of dialogue, with every moment of suspense, is something that has never truly been repeated. Until now. And after the end to a fairytale award season and a well deserved reputation as "The film that made history", here are my thoughts on Bong Joon-ho's Parasite. This is Korean director Bong's sixth feature film, after his early native speaking films Memories of