OHHHH i wish i was there to see illinoise im glad you enjoyed <3 i shall defo peruse the cast recording. i'll happily shill for the before trilogy, before sunset is the closest to past lives IMO. most ryusuke hamaguchi movies carry that same gravitas and introspective melancholy (wheel of fortune and fantasy and then asako i & ii are the best examples of this!!!), and us and them dir. rene liu. gah. movies EVER.
OHHHH i wish i was there to see illinoise im glad you enjoyed <3 i shall defo peruse the cast recording. i'll happily shill for the before trilogy, before sunset is the closest to past lives IMO. most ryusuke hamaguchi movies carry that same gravitas and introspective melancholy (wheel of fortune and fantasy and then asako i & ii are the best examples of this!!!), and us and them dir. rene liu. gah. movies EVER.
THANK YOU for these recs! okay i absolutely will finally watch the Before trilogy!