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In this film, it’s very difficult to separate the good ones from the bad ones. Even the rich characters are not your conventional, typical, greedy villains that you see onscreen. I was sympathetic to everyone. I identified with every character, to some degree, but at the same time I also maintained a sense of distance from all of them as well.

— Bong Joon-ho

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "In this film, it’s very difficult to separate the good ones from the bad ones. Even the rich characters are not your conventional, typical, greedy villains that you see onscreen. I was sympathetic to everyone. I identified with every character, to some degree, but at the same time I also maintained a sense of distance from all of them as well." in the context of "On the plot of Parasite in "Bong Joon-Ho Looked to Hitchcock When Making Parasite: “He Always Gives Me Very Strange Inspiration”" in Vanity Fair (11 October 2019)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Bong Joon-ho

About Bong Joon-ho

Bong Joon-ho (born September 14, 1969) is a South Korean film director, producer and screenwriter. His 2019 film Parasite became the first South Korean film to receive Academy Award nominations, with Bong winning Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay.