In
any Art Exhibition, open text usage of terms alike ‘(e)immigration dreams for/to
share’ doesn’t suit, as they are always out of sync w.r.t. any artistic
context; and as further, such terms were coined by traders (right
included), endorsed by leftists & liberals of this era, that once gave
rise to -> from colonialists to invaders to wars to cultural to employment upheaval
of the present times.
Now,
Past Lives is a refined Art Exhibition. Where the three protagonists (in
their mid-thirties) are living their ordinary lives; with disengaged relationships.
Arthur (Writer) was correct in indirectly stating to Nora (now
his wife & who’s a playwriter) that, had they not been studying the
same subjects at the same residency program + exchanging notes for careers; they
wouldn’t have been in a present relationship, or, could’ve ended up with someone
else with similar professional lives, analogous to some practical contingent
contract. Whereas Hae Sung (who’s now an engineer doing an ordinary job
in Korea) & who was Nora’s true childhood friend cum admirer awaited for
her 12+12 years post being separated in School when they were 12 & as Na
Young (now Nora) emigrated thinking that’s the only chance to win Nobel
in Literature wherein later changing her stance to Pulitzer then to Tony (albeit
fundamentally a wrong perception that this Classic represented + depicted);
visits Nora in NY to see her rationalizing how things could’ve been had he or
she visited each other 12 years ago when they connected after getting separated
from school & before her marriage to Arthur.
There’
a difference between -> obsession for someone or stalking, VS, being
in true gentle caring love that doesn’t show up on the face. Hae Sung’s love
for Nora is latter, an embedded secret undisclosed kindness for her. And he’s
being Single because of this idealistic attitude which isn’t
arrogance. It’s just a feeling of finding comfort with the correct compatibility.
For Nora, she knew she has lost the real award, in the form of such a loving
& caring -> then a boy/ now a man; albeit Arthur too is no less gentle,
as it is the Arthur who encouraged Nora to meet Hae Sung in NY when he visited
her, & further invited him at his home despite knowing the Past Lives
of Nora & Hae Sung.
Hae
Sung’s character reminded me of the characters -> Thacker from Notting Hill,
&, Manav from Taal.
As
I said earlier, this classic is a refined Art exhibition. You visit, contemplate
the artist’s imagination & then exit.
A
great watch. 😊
© Pranav Chaturvedi
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