The real star of Bong Joon-ho´s Oscar-winner Parasite? The house
(The Guardian Culture News)

Four carefully crafted sets give the appearance of a luxurious labyrinth of burnished wood and crystal-clear glass - a perfect location for menace and suburban depravityPretty much every actor in Parasite puts in a note-perfect performance, but as the film unfolds there´s no doubting the star of the show. The house where the bulk of the action takes place - a gloriously opulent modernist building, shot to ensure no gleaming surface or painstaking furniture arrangement goes unnoticed - is truly a thing of wonder. Bong Joon-ho´s big-screen creations to date include amphibious man-eating mutants and genetically modified superpigs, but this pad might just top the lot.Within the film, this is the home of the well-to-do Park family and brainchild of a hotshot celebrity architect; in real life, it´s the result of four carefully crafted sets and lots of clever editing. The upshot is the appearance of a luxurious labyrinth of burnished wood and crystal-clear glass, all towering tastefully over the best-kept lawn this side of Wisteria Lane. Bong´s film imparts many vital lessons, and chief among them is that there are few things in life more pleasing than a perfectly positioned coffee table. Continue reading...