Columbus 2017

    A Korean-born man is stuck in Columbus, Indiana because his architect father is in a coma.  The man meets a young woman who wants to stay in Columbus with her mother.  She seems to be setting aside her own dreams to help her mother.  She feels her mother needs her help since she is recovering from being an addict. 

     Kogonada said that one of the major influences for this film was filmmaker Yasujiro Oazu and particularly his film Tokyo Story 1953.  This is a very quiet and slow moving movie!!  There are a lot of scenes of interesting buildings in Columbus.  One scene has an old covered bridge framed like a postcard image.  I didn’t know if I could see this film through to the end but it is worthwhile.  3 ½* (I liked this movie)

    

100 min, Drama directed by Kogonada with John Cho, Haley Lu Richardson, Parker Posey, Michelle Forbes, Rory Culkin, Erin Allegretti, Shani Salyers Stiles, Reen Vogel, Rosalyn R. Ross, Lindsey Shope, Jem Cohen, Caitlin Ewald, Jim Dougherty, Joseph Anthony Foronda, Alphaeus Green Jr.

Note:  Imdb 7.2 out of 10, Roger Ebert 3 ½* Sheila O’Malley, Rotten Tomatoes 97% critic 79% audience, The Guardian 4* out of 5* Pewter Bradshaw, Amazon 3.6* out of 5* with 11 reviews, Metacritic 89 out of 100 with 27 critics (26 positive, 1 mixed) 7.3 out of 10 with 85 user scores (64 positive, 11 mixed, 10 negative), Letterboxd average 3.9* out of 5* with 716 reviews.  

Special Note:  Filmed in Columbus, Indiana.  This area of Indiana is known for its unique modern architecture. And it also is known as “The Athens on the Prairie.”  According to Kogonada, Casey believes architecture is “an entrance to a way of seeing.”