All great works of art inspire more great art and Parasite has been a gloriously fecund host for poster designers to feed off, inspiring ingenious commercial campaigns and fan art alike.
From its Palme d’Or win to its historic Oscar nominations, Parasite is to 2019 what Pulp Fiction was to 1994: an impossible-to-ignore global phenomenon and a brilliant work of art to boot. Whether or not you think it’s the best film of the year (it topped the Film Comment and Guardian lists, and came second in Sight & Sound and Cahiers du cinéma), I think by now it’s safe to say that Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite is the most significant film of last year and probably this year too.
Above: Alternative UK poster for Parasite.
