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A Review of Past Lives (and Career Plans) | LiamHz

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Earlier this month I watched Past Lives, the Korean American drama film from first time director Celine Song. It's the perfect embodiment of the type of film I want to make: something autobiographical, something that feels real, something that navigates the messiness of friendship and romance. More concretely, last year I had my heart broken. And this film's final act is the first time I've felt anything like closure. There's one scene where the wife catches up with her childhood sweetheart from Korea. Later that night, her husband tells her In a lesser film they'd end up fighting, or she'd leave her husband. But instead the director navigates this whole love triangle so delicately, and in such a real and mature way. Every artist wants to put a piece of themselves into their work, and the plot of this film was one of the stories I most wanted to tell. Last year I quit my tech job to study art, with the notion that it'd enable me to tell emotionally moving stories. Stories like Past Liv

A Review of Past Lives (and Career Plans) | LiamHz LiamHz A Review of Past Lives (and Career Plans) Earlier this month I watched Past Lives, the Korean American drama film from first time director Celine Song. It's the perfect embodiment of the type of film I want to make: something autobiographical, something that feels real, something that navigates the messiness of friendship and romance. More concretely, last year I had my heart broken. And this film's final act is the first time I've felt anything like closure. There's one scene where the wife catches up with her childhood sweetheart from

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