'Parasite' Black-and-White Version Premieres in the US on the 30th

The black-and-white version of the film Parasite will meet audiences at screens in New York and Los Angeles starting on the 30th (local time).

According to Hollywood outlet Deadline on the 28th, the film will be screened on the 30th at the Walter Reade Theater in New York, on the 31st at the Francesca Beale Theater in New York, and on the 31st at the Egyptian Theater in Los Angeles. The Egyptian Theater was the venue for the Hollywood premiere of Parasite. Across the street, the Dolby Theater hosts the Academy Awards ceremony.

CJ ENM explained regarding the black-and-white version, “Director Bong Joon-ho and cinematographer Hong Kyung-pyo adjusted the contrast and tone scene by scene,” adding, “It will provide a different feeling from the color version.” It is scheduled to be released domestically at the end of February.

Director Bong submitted the black-and-white version of Parasite to the Rotterdam International Film Festival held in the Netherlands on the 22nd. He is said to have a romantic affinity for black-and-white films, inspired by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau’s black-and-white silent film Nosferatu (1922). In 2013, Bong also created a black-and-white version of Mother and submitted it to the Mar del Plata International Film Festival. At that time, he said, “The black-and-white version is a very refined experience. It is like a salmon swimming upstream.”

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