‘Past Lives’ centers on an unusual, almost supernatural love triangle that director Celine Song experienced in person.
From left, Nora introduces her husband Arthur to her childhood friend Hae Sung in “Past Lives.”Associated more often as the scenario in which bad decisions go down late at night and logic gets tossed back like a watered-down gin and tonic, an exchange in a bar one night in New York led to something much different — one of the best movies of 2023.
“I found myself in this very odd situation of sitting between my husband, who I’ve been with for years, and my childhood sweetheart who I’ve known long ago,” recalls Korean-Canadian filmmaker Celine Song. She’s earning raves for her confident feature debut, which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was featured at SFFILM Fest, where Song and lead actor Greta Lee appeared.
From the synopsis, it sounds like “Past Lives” would fit snugly into the standard love triangle built around conflict and wraps things up with a smile and pat resolution. Tapping in a more subdued way into that philosophy required many conversations, particularly obsessive conversations over how to pull off that almost haunted look Nora takes on when she gazes into the camera at the bar. It’s a piercing moment, and both Lee and Song said nailing it was important.
“I really wasn’t thinking of the length so much as what the whole thing had to feel like, which was one very, very long breath that you’re holding,” Song said. “Much of the film is about the first time that they see each other and meet each other … . So how do you hold on or how do you preserve the kind of amazing tension that happens when you encounter somebody for the first time or you encounter for the last time? It felt especially important for this film. So John and Teo were not allowed to meet until we shot that scene where they met each other for the first time.
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