This still, from Bong Joon-ho's Parasite, shows the Kim family in their partially-underground apartment assembling pizza boxes to make money. The florescent lighting, though dimmer than it probably was upon installation, is still oppressively bright, highlighting the dirt and mold around the apartment. Combined with the cramped physical space, this lighting shows the apartment as a firmly uncomfortable place.
Source: https://www.npr.org/2019/11/05/776388423/the-hit-movie-parasite-puts-basement-structures-in-structural-inequality
The florescent lighting really helps to establish the environment the family has to live in. It looks exactly like what you'd expect lighting in a basement to look like too, with one or two bright ceiling lamps to light things up and not much else.
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