One of the most intense Best Picture races in recent memory has come to an end in history-making fashion: “Parasite,” Bong Joon Ho’s critically acclaimed thriller that earned the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or last May and earned unanimous critical acclaim, has won the Oscar for Best Picture over tough competition from Sam Mendes’ World War I drama “1917.” The Best Picture win for “Parasite” is the first time a foreign-language drama has won top honors from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which makes Bong’s film a game-changer for the Oscars’ future.
“Parasite” made history earlier at the Oscars after it became the first South Korean movie to win the Best International Feature Film category.
“Parasite” is now by default the first South Korean film to win Best Picture.Nearly every Oscar pundit was split between “Parasite” and “1917” for Best Picture.
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