Parasite, the low-budget Korean thriller directed by Bong Joon-ho, swept the biggest prizes at the 92nd Academy Awards, making history for a non-English language film. At the movie industry’s biggest night, Mr Bong said he would “drink until next morning” as he accepted Best Picture, the most coveted award, beating films by Hollywood establishment legends Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino and the might of technology giants such as Netflix. In more than nine decades of the Academy Awards, no movie in a language other than English has ever won the big prize, Best Picture. Read More...
Parasite, the low-budget Korean thriller directed by Bong Joon-ho, swept the biggest prizes at the 92nd Academy Awards, making history for a non-English language film. At the movie industry’s biggest night, Mr Bong said he would “drink until next morning” as he accepted Best Picture, the most coveted award, beating films by Hollywood establishment legends Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino and the might of technology giants such as Netflix. In more than nine decades of the Academy Awards, no movie in a language other than English has ever won the big prize, Best Picture.
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