next stop, heaven

Van 2022-03-25 09:01:19

The long documentary-style interview is a bit boring, but the subject matter is still heartwarming. Those who are about to go to heaven will have three days at this transit station to decide to keep a memory in their lives, make a video, and take this happiest memory to the next station. The grandfather who has gone through a long time finally found the happiest and simple afternoon by watching the videotape of his life; the rebellious teenager who is in his twenties does not want to be bound by the past and ends up staying at the transfer station; the memory of the 9-year-old grandmother never stops. Talk, but show everyone what you love most without reservation.

If I were to choose one of the happiest moments in my past life, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to choose. If someone is really willing to work so hard for me to go to heaven with the happiest memories, then this is probably the most heartwarming thing for me. The line of Grandpa Watanabe, Mochizuki and Shiori is very touching, seeing the infinite possibilities and infinite ways of love. Mochizuki decided to take pictures of others as his happiest memory after watching Kyoko's video, because this job made him see that he also existed in the happiest moments of others. Therefore, we should pay tribute to these great directors, to be content with filming, and to pass on art for happiness.

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Extended Reading
  • Coralie 2022-03-24 09:03:27

    I just finished watching The Third Degree Suspect, and then I turned my head to see his next stop in the Kingdom of Heaven, which was left by me in the early days. There was a magical sense of confrontation. I am not as obsessed with Hirokazu Koreeda as you are, but I have watched almost every one of them. In fact, compared to his images, his assumptions and adjustments to literature are more contrived. I think about the kind of director who can perfectly integrate his own book, video, and sound. I think there is no such director. If he can achieve this level of book and film, he is in the top three.

  • Magnus 2022-03-26 09:01:12

    After people pass away, they all come to the Tianguo Station, spend three days recalling the happiest things, and then send them to heaven to live in this happy scene forever. Dancing in the shoes given by my brother, doing a train blowing the cool wind, planning to go to the movies with my old wife, flying through the clouds in a plane, knowing that I am the protagonist in the happiness of others. And the young man who is responsible for his own life and does not choose happy memories.

After Life quotes

  • Kenji Yamamoto, who wants to forget his past: Say I choose a memory, from when I was eight or ten years old. Then I'll only remember how I felt back then? I'll be able to forget everything else? Really? You can forget? Well, then that really is heaven.