This Months Films!
Dearest FilmByFilm Member,
This Month is all about Bong Joon Ho! Oscar award-winning Korean director of the first international film to win best picture at the Oscars.
Thursday 9th April: Silver Screen Time: Lets talk cinema! What have you seen lately? What are you excited to see?
Thursday 16th April: Getting Reel: Accessibility in cinema/ home viewing. What accessibility features are out there? Is the cinema accessible? How to make it more accessible?
Thursday 23rd April: Cine-ability: Snowpiercer (2013, Bong Joon-Ho)
Synopsis: Fight your way to the front.
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer; a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
Cast: Chris Evans, Jamie Bell, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Song Kang-Ho, Octavia Spencer.
Things to think about: What do you think about the disability representation? What does the dystopian setting say about disability?
Access:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7o0ky5Nxsk
Thursday 30th April: Timeless Takes: Parasite (2019, Bong Joon-Ho)
Synopsis: Act like you own the place.
All unemployed, Ki-taek’s family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
Things to think about: Metaphors. What is Bong saying with the symbols of the rock and the jars? Why do you think Parasite was the first international film to win Best Picture at the Oscars?
Access: https://www.itv.com/watch/parasite/10a6806a0001B
I look forward to hearing your thoughts, feelings, and opinions.
Keep slayin’,
xoxo Gossip Girl (Lucy)