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Parasite 2019
"There is no end." -- JCVD, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
You can see Joseph Losey's The Servant influencing a lot of Parasite, from the staircases representing class hierarchies to the shifting servant/master relationships. But it really hones in on the idea that attempts to "fix" late capitalism will always be futile when the system is inherently broken. Even as the players change, the system remains, because getting to the top always means bringing someone down. As with Snowpiercer, having…
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