Francisco
27Jun11
I agree. The white on white was a pain.
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S. Ressler
9Jan12
After Life uncannily parallels the experiences of psychotherapists and their patients.
Todd Haywood
11Dec11
I love this movie. From the 'low'tech' aspect of the memory makers to the message that one memory can carry us for life. I have watched all of Kore-eda movies and would recommend each and all.
ana kinukawa
28Sep11
to chose the best memory of your entire life... is to relive every second of it. this is a movie which celebrates life, death as a part of it, and even cinema when admitting it can provoke sensations as deep and strong as reality itself.
Fallingleaf
18Aug11
The first film I watched when I had my international film channel. I love the concept of the after life.
Abby Kahler
26Feb11
this film was truly beautiful, but I have to say it would be nice if we could get different color subtitles. At points, the dialog was impossible to understand. However, it did not stop me from loving this movie. :)
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Movies Nick
24Feb11
A brilliant film, but not too surprising from this director. I love Hirokazu Koreeda, and think that his Still Walking is one of the best films I've ever seen. So moving.
Marco Antonio Mujica
24Feb11
Excellent film. An interesting dialog about death, memory and film. Is the truth found in memory the same as its history? Is there more truth and realism in our emotional retention of events over time or in the documentation of real-life events? Smart and deep.
KadyLady
20Feb11
I decided to watch this for free via YouTube rather than pay $3 on MUBI. After Life got me thinking "What if I were to go there after I died? What memory would I choose?" All the interviews were realistic and heartwarming to listen to, but the story that got to me the most was the 70-year-old veteran talking about being a prisoner of American soldiers. It was brief, but it got to me.
Hideous Bitch Princess
9Jan11
Though Ozu's influence on the film is needless to say quite clear, I find that Herzog's presence is equally as prominent in Kore-eda's vignette style narrative.
Fabio Penela
21Nov10
I wonder how many times Gondry/Kaufman must have seen this to come out with some ideas for their films.
Lucifer_Jones
11Nov10
I loved this movie. But the subtitles were so frustarting at times. For long periods of the interview sections I couldnt read them because of the llight reflecting on the desk
ergibson
20Jun10
I love the segues... childhood love, to childhood existence (the sensation of wind through the window on the school bus), to Disneyland, to hegemony, to the pain of childbirth and "if the pain of childbirth stayed with us there wouldn't be very many brothers or sisters in this world," to a suicide attempt...
Lorna Singh
7Jun10
A simple,yet fascinating,premise done without fanfare,surely touching those who see it.Reminds that it is not always the big things in life that stay forever.Sometimes,time spent on a bench with someone brings most joy.
LAUGHTODEATH
5Jun10
Kore-eda tried to make the after-life realm similar to those neorealists, De Sica, (Satyajit) Ray, Hong Sang-Soo, you name it. what makes it different is the "unfragmentable" eclecticism of memory. Narration of After-life isn't about reward or punishment, it's about being released from life but also has to choose one sequence of it to preserve. Not like Marker in Sans Soleil or Resnais in Hiroshima Mon Amour which was trying to rewrite memories without any distantive effect. Koreeda didn't give any make-'em-close attempt. After-life activity is no better (life?), nor worse.