In a masterful scene from Celine Song’s Past Lives, the husband, Arthur, asks his wife if he is everything she ever imagined in her life. Not only does he ask this question as an individual, but he also wants to know if Nora, who is a Korean immigrant, is satisfied with the kind of life she has in America. He meticulously lays down all the essential facts about their lives: him being a moderately well-to-do American writer of Jewish heritage, their living in a tiny NYC apartment, and their entire relationship starting twelve years ago at an artist residency only because both of them happened to be single at that point in time. There is an obvious context to this scene, of course. Arthur is trying to evaluate himself against Hae Song, Nora’s childhood sweetheart from Korea, who has suddenly reappeared in her life. The major takeaway from...
- 7/12/2023
- by Rohitavra Majumdar
- Film Fugitives
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