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The Big Picture

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.3 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2019

⏱️ 56 minutes

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After winning the Palme d'Or at Cannes, soaring to international box office success, and riding a wave of extraordinary festival buzz, Bong Joon-ho's 'Parasite' has finally hit U.S. theaters. Donnie Kwak joins Amanda and Sean to break down Bong's career, what makes his latest so special, and the movie's chances come Oscar time (1:52). Then, Sean and Amanda break down the evolving conversation around 'Joker,' two unusually bad trailers that premiered over the weekend, and the complex race for Best International Feature Film (28:56). Host: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Guest: Donnie Kwak Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome to the trailer for the Road Taken with CT and Bayo.
0:09.4	I'm Bayo, and I'm CT.
0:11.6	We've embarked on a massive world tour and are excited to experience all the thrills
0:15.9	and boredom that entails.
0:18.1	To help us process our own experiences along the way, we'll be having conversations with
0:22.2	peers, idols, and maybe a rando or two.
0:25.4	The Road Taken with CT and Bayo, part of the Ringer Podcast Network on all podcast platforms.
0:31.1	I'm Sean Fennesee.
0:40.6	I'm Amanda Davins.
0:41.6	And this is the big picture a conversation show about Parasite.
0:45.7	We are joined today by the Ringer's Donny Quack to discuss what I think we can safely call
0:49.8	the movie of the year so far.
0:51.4	Parasite is writer, director, Bong Joon Ho's seventh feature film, possibly his best,
0:56.0	and the talk of the movie world after a massive opening, but very small release weekend.
1:00.3	It made the movie on the Palm Door, the highest honor of the Cannes Film Festival.
1:03.3	It made its US premiere to more acclaim it.
1:05.4	Tell your ride in September and then tour the house down in Toronto and the New York Film Festival.
1:09.2	Finally opened and very limited release this weekend.
1:12.0	Per deadline, New York's IFC Center and LA's landmark in Arclade Hollywood posted the
1:16.1	best screen opening average of the year to date with 125,000 and the best ever for
1:21.8	a foreign language movie off a three day of $376,000.
1:26.1	For context, the host Bong Joon Ho's 2006 movie opened in 71 theaters in March 2007 and
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