CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT WHEN THE MOTHER IS ABOUT TO GET ON BUS, THE SON GIVES HER THAT ACUPUNCTURE BOX HE FOUND THERE ON MURDER SITE AND THEN SAYS "HOW COULD YOU LEAVE IT THERE" SO DOES THAT MEAN HE REMEMBERS WHAT HE DID AND KNOWS WHAT HIS MOTHER DID AS WELL?

@Renzo Williams why wouldn’t he have just killed the mother?

@Renzo Williams The son gave an explanation about why the "killer" put the body on the roof, and that's because he wanted someone to see her as soon as posible because she "was bleeding", by him saying that, it's sort of a confession, he didn't mean to harm her so badly, and he didn't realized she was dead, but he didn't want to get in trouble. The mother also says that doing the "motion" on his head it's not only to remember something, but to also concentrate and think clearly, that's when he came with the idea of putting her on the roof so someone helps her. Like they said in other comment, there's no reason about why the old dude would tell her all these things to the mother instead of killing her, he had no way of knowing that the son would act like that if the victim insulted him with that specific word. Also, there's no way he would know that the son did that motion on his head because if the old man is lying, that would mean that what we saw at first (the son version of the incident) is the true of what happened, but in that version he never does that motion. He knows too many details about the son that there was no way he would knew if he didn't saw it happening.

I saw parasite first and Shit was good but mother had me crying

Kim Hye Ja (김혜자). That's her name.

Oh that’s it. I’ve always thought she felt sympathy cus he reminded her of her son. But what you said made more sense.

oh my god. you gave me a extra bludgeon. she's totally mad. now i got it

Okay this sounds fucked up hahaha. I thought she felt sympathy because nobody was going to fight for JP. This only shows how amazing and deep this movie is

I thought she cried out of guilt, but your explanation is much more interesting

@@anamorel2634 it would really be both. Sympathy and relief

nah ur actually tripping 😭😭😭

Wow, that actually makes sense as it contrasts what was mentioned by the mother. If I remember correctly, the mother said earlier in the movie about being in heaven and stuff.

Wow! I always thought it was a moment of freedom and emancipation (from her memories, her son and the role of the overbearing mother) so some strange sort of "happy" ending. If you as a viewer suppress the memories of what she did, you can even find some solace in that moment, too. Your interpretation completely destroyed my naive view 😥 The emotional brutality of that film is truly crushing

@@dianademara5637 it came across that way to me too

It's not about hell. It's a moment of liberation, maybe redemption. Sad and poetically ironic because she's far from happy right at that moment, but life goes on and as a mother she did what she could.

That's how I felt too! I seriously thought it was going to be a movie about a disabled person being falsely accused, but I was so so wrong. I think what made me feel even more angry was the fact that even when the mother found out that he WASN'T innocent, she STILL went out of her way to try to prove his innocence. So much so, that she hoped his disability would "benefit" them for once, and make him never ever remembered what he did to that girl. Why? So, he still, hopefully wouldn't get jail time. She never truly cared about the victim, not once.

Don’t think it was as simple as “good guy/bad guy”. He has a mental disability, his aggression wasn’t a source of evil. He was dangerous and needed to be controlled/medicated, not evil.

I dont think he was good or evil. Just a person really. Thats what i kinda like abt the film as so many shows and movies either make disabled people out to be either villains or superhumans but in reality theyre just people, and do good or bad things intentional or not, just as complex as any other person. Idk thats just my perspective

The mother went this far to help her son get out of the prison. And that's why she breaks down when she asked JP whether he got a mother.

And another genius thing is like movie was foreshadowing his angry behavior the whole time.

In the host as well.

as i watched the movie yesterday I'm still struggling to come to terms with the fact that it was actually Do Joon that killed the girl and he gave the reason as to why he left her on the roof so that someone could quickly come help her, but he thinks it isn't him because of his frequent memory loses

She got too blinded by her love for her son. If only she had actually let her son serve his jail time, an innocent person could have been saved from it. In the end, she even asks jp( the one who gets jailed instead of her son) whether he has parents. Specifically a mother. Not because she cares for him, but because she wants to make sure no one will again try to save him or prove his alibi. It was cruel. I felt anger towards the woman who I was rooting for all along in the film

Holy crap no wonder why she broke down when JP told her he has no mother.

@@_ashmason007hmm I think she did care there cuz why else would she cry?

'Mother' has so many different themes and ideas- was very hard to decide on which aspect to talk about

that's so cute .. i remember a similar story about Matilda behind the scene, when Mara was too shy to dance alone in a dancing scene Dany Devitto (film director + actor who played Matilda dad) made the whole crew backstage dance for her 😁 its such gentle gesture

Spikima Movies I just watched it for the first time last month (a long with The Host) and I feel like I need a rewatch to understand its themes. I still liked it, but I don't fully understand it yet.

Your video helped a lot though.😁

Yeh it needs multiple viewings mainly because the story itself is so prominent you forget about everything else! Not a bad thing at all tho!

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@禅Aki you can support him while he's behind bars

Good observation 🤔

And also before she killed the guy she said ''you are such a joker'' when he started talking with her.... :D:D:D:D

thats where the joker movie got it from. no joke

Lots of American movies drink on Asian Cinema

ewww

Great..! What you pointed out is most definitely a big part of what the film is about. There are many things the film discusses and I decided to focus on a theme that not many seem to catch/talk about! Happy to hear you enjoyed it !

How do you analyze films in this intricate manner ? please teach me , I want to learn

@Renzo Williams All your points about the junk collector being the killer are in the movie because the director made the junk collector suspicious so that audience wouldn’t see the end coming. You gave two reasons to prove the killer was the junk collector. Kevin showed your first reason was incorrect because we do get a very good reason for why the son would put the girl up there. But I noticed your reply didn’t address that. Instead you just said the junk collector could have also put her up there. Now your second reason: the son holding his head when he remembers something. He doesn’t just hold his head when he’s trying to remember. He also holds his head when he’s confused or trying to to figure stuff out.So that would explain why he held his head in that situation. Unless you have other reasons for why the son couldn’t possibly do it, I think the junk collector was a decoy and the son did actually do it.

Thanks for noticing! ;)

I have a question, what about daughters? Or are fathers the same with their daughters?

@@ohmygodlawl When you even look at parents of terrorists/murderers it's usually the mother who is in denial and keeps pushing the narrative that their child is innocent. Even I remember my friend telling that in a Netflix documentary a serial killer's mother kept defending her son's actions even though he murdered people, tortured cats and is now convicted.

​@@nimazsheik5152 not just mothers, the criminals themselves often justify their actions. “to whom it may concern, under my coat is a weary heart, but a kind one - one that would do nobody any harm.” -Francis Crowley, a serial murderer Or "I have spent the best years of my life giving people the lighter pleasures, helping them have a good time, and all I get is abuse, the existence of a hunted man"-al capone Just shows how bias can blind us

What's no.1 ?

@@IndianMovieBuff The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. It has a special place in my heart that is very hard to conquer.

@@jwedelstoff3579 aah I see you're a man of culture as well

@@jwedelstoff3579 kinda want to ask, whats your top 10 favourite movie?

Just curious as to why snowpiecer wasnt one of your favorite works by him? I know its subjective and everyone is entitled to think what they want of any movie but i actually thought it was one of his best works. There is a lot of metaphorical value and the movie was a lot like parasite in the way that it could be interpreted in many ways and tackled a big social issue

I don’t think he was saying that the sons retelling is necessarily dishonest but that’s it’s not the whole truth which is the reoccurring theme of the film. Yes everything he said was true but it leaves out the context of WHY the mother took that route, which leads into the point that he was making on the scene. I saw her pleading to just be her desperate attempt at getting him to forget a memory that could potentially be the reason she loses her sons love, not to outright suppress the truth but more so to keep their bond

the mother's undying love towards her mentally challenged son is because she feels guilty of the fact that she is responsible for the condition his in right now

@@Cambria358 I agree that the recurring theme in this film is discovering the truth behind what is presented. However I think in that particular scene, the truth actually lies with what the son is saying rather than the mother. In that scene the mother is scrambling to get the son to forget a moment, while the son revealing something very dark about her. I don't think he's presenting a lie in this case. The way he reveals his sluggish eye is Bong's method of visually trying to reveal a back story to the audience. He's trying to get us to see that the mother isn't as innocent as she presents herself.

What a compliment. Thanks and glad you enjoyed it!

@@SpikimaMovies I'm literally watching all of your videos now. I know you said you don't like to call them essays, but let me at least say that you've put more effort and detail than most of channels who proudly call themselves "essayists", all with a really good style in editing

@@bruschetta6302 wonderful! Genuinely happy you enjoyed my works! :)

That movie is truly a masterpiece

Snd also Burning is another masterpiece

Loved "The Wailing". I do feel that the movie would have benefited from an absence of comedy (more referring to the doofy lead) because it upset the atmosphere a bit, however, that can easily be ignored because it's a solid film, all in all. Plus, Jun Kunimura is awesome in it, as he is in everything else.

Like decalcomani. That’s right.

I agree.

thats not the point of the movie wanker

Just some of the directors are. Mostly born in the 60's or 70's. Korean directors in relatively younger generations create films that are not up to the scratch these days.