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ARBong Joon Ho said that he does not like screenwriting, and that it makes him nervous and insufferable to his family. The idea for Parasite has existed since 2015, and the final script was written in three and a half months.
Both families' homes were built from scratch as Bong Joon-ho wanted "full control" of their living spaces. The street outside the opening window is all a facade constructed inside a large water tank.
Director Bong Joon Ho spoke of his experience in filming in a hyper-rich Korean home. He said his hand literally shook from anxiety when he was returning a trash can that was used as a prop: the trash can was of high-tech variety that stayed silent even when the lid was being closed and cost as much as US $2,500. Bong Joon Ho chose it because it doesn't make any noise and opens very smoothly. Still, he was baffled by the cost, saying: "What the f*ck? What kind of idiot would buy a trash can that's going to smell anyway?"
According to editor Jinmo Yang, he edited the film in Final Cut Pro 7 - an editing program that Apple stopped supporting in 2011, on a computer that hasn't had a software update since 2014. He received an Oscar nomination for his work.
Film: Parasite
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