An out-of-body experience Cast: Greta Lee, Yoo Teo, John Magaro, Moon Seung-a, Seung Min Yim, Jojo T. Gibbs Rating: 4/5 Watchi...
An out-of-body experience
Cast:
Greta Lee, Yoo Teo, John Magaro, Moon Seung-a, Seung Min Yim, Jojo T. Gibbs
Rating: 4/5
Watching Celine Song’s
feature-length debut Past Lives is a very evocative and emotional experience. The
main theme of Past Lives is “What if?” “What if I’d done that?” “What if I’d
not done that?” “What if I’d stayed?” “What if I’d left?” and that’s a
universal pain of being.
Past
Lives explores the simplest of decisions and how they could’ve gone either
way. It’s about fate and it’s about decisions and how they
intertwine. The film makes the viewer regret some choices and happy about some
specific decisions. The film plays like a dream and the moments between
moments. It’s a film that celebrates life in the most beautiful way.
The
film starts with Nora and Have Sung in a bar with their voiceovers talking
about who they thought these two individuals meant to each other and it
perfectly showcases regret. Past Lives makes us feel so many emotions in such
little time that it can be overwhelming at times. It showcases life in all its
beauty and its grimness, it showcases us as humans in our best and worst forms,
it showcases everything that makes us humans beautifully.
Celine
Song’s direction is perfect for this film alongside the perfect performances and beautiful visual imagery.
Easily
one of the best films of the year so far, Past Lives makes us think about those
minute decisions we made and how our life would be completely different if we hadn’t made that decision.
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