Abu Dhabi: Korean film Parasite made history at the 2020 Oscars night by winning four awards — Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Feature Film.
It also became the first foreign-language film to win the Best Picture category. Director Bong Joon Ho has been massively appreciated for his supreme talent of film-making by the higher echelons in the film industry as well as the entire world of movie lovers.
The victory has been celebrated on social media especially from the South Korean community as well as the wider Asian community on an international stage.
Here are some reactions on Twitter about the history-changing film event.
Following its historic #Oscars win, Bong Joon Ho’s #Parasite is expanding its theater count in the U.S. this weekend https://t.co/23bLTjf7bU
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) February 11, 2020
#Parasite is terrific. Much more like a Cannes Film Festival than Oscar best movie winner, but that’s all to the good. It’s not just the most un-American film to win it linguistically, but also politically and stylistically.
— Irvine Welsh (@IrvineWelsh) February 10, 2020
#Parasite winning Best Picture could forever change the Oscars. Film critics and Hollywood rejoice over one of the best Best Picture winners ever: https://t.co/RBW4U2EoWW pic.twitter.com/ILMTtHLrN0
— IndieWire (@IndieWire) February 11, 2020
#Parasite winning Best Picture could forever change the Oscars. Film critics and Hollywood rejoice over one of the best Best Picture winners ever: https://t.co/RBW4U2EoWW pic.twitter.com/ILMTtHLrN0
— IndieWire (@IndieWire) February 11, 2020
#Parasite winning Best Picture could forever change the Oscars. Film critics and Hollywood rejoice over one of the best Best Picture winners ever: https://t.co/RBW4U2EoWW pic.twitter.com/ILMTtHLrN0
— IndieWire (@IndieWire) February 11, 2020
I can’t believe it took me this long to watch #Parasite but it was by far one of the greatest movies I have ever watched in my life. As Bong Joon-ho said: “Once you overcome the one-inch tall barriers of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films”
— yusra (@yusraAlh) February 10, 2020