Themes on the Movie "The Parasite" and the Text "The Skin of the Film"

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The Parasite
Introduction
Currently, the world of cinema is evolving at a considerably fast pace. Cinemas are used as a reflection of the issues facing society, such as different cultures. Filmmakers can capitalize on reflecting cultures with cinema as a visual medium. Through cinema, filmmakers can transmit to the audience certain aspects between two or more cultures. In The Skin of the Film, Laura Marks has employed various mechanisms in explaining the dynamics of intercultural cinema. Laura explains how intercultural cinema reflects on the experiences in a world, which is transnational and postcolonial. Gisaengchung/ Parasite is a South Korean black comedy film that closely relates to Laura Marks' work in The Skin of the Film book. The film Gisaengchung through The Film of the Skin, applies the memory of images, the memory of the senses, the memory of touch, and the memory of things.
The Film of the Skin
Through the Skin of Film, Laura Mark provides a critical film discussion relating to experiences in different cultures. As a professional in the film industry, Marks provides insights into utilizing senses and memory of images in the film industry involving majorly hybrid micro-cultures. Cinema is essential because memories can be relayed to the audience in spectacular means, such as using the different types of senses during filmmaking. The Film of the Skin by Laura Marks is resourceful in analyzing and understanding various films, for instance, Parasite, a South Korean film. With the film industry becoming competitive with time, it is necessary to understand better and scrutinize the dynamics involved in filmmaking. In order to keep pace with the completive nature of this industry, it is advisable to seek information from renowned film scholars and their works such as Laura Mark. Understanding how the Parasite film managed to win different accolades, investigating discussions by Marks in the Film of the Skin is necessary, as discussed below. The memory of senses and memory of images can be attributed to making the Parasite film a successful one.
The Memory of Senses
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