3. Remakes: The Housemaid (1960)

Twenty-nineteen’s Parasite garnered extensive praise and four Academy Awards; today we look at one of the key films that inspired Bong Joonho’s work, Kim Ki-young’s 1961 film, The Housemaid.  In line with our remakes theme, we look at how Housemaid influenced Bong’s film as well as multiple other remakes, and we discuss how it handles the concepts of class struggle, materialism, and misogyny/rape culture. Sources Cole, Jake at Not Just Movies http://armchairc.blogspot.com/2011/01/housemaid-1960.html?m=1 Wikipedia