Columbus
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“Tell me about that; what moves you?”
Overview
Librarian and architecture enthusiast Casey (Haley Lu Richardson) lives with her mother in a little-known Midwestern town haunted by the promise of modernism. After his renowned architect father falls into a coma, Jin (John Cho) travels all the way from South Korea to Columbus to be with him. Burdened by the future, the two strike up conversation over cigarettes, finding respite in one another and the architecture that surrounds them.
Why You Should See This Film
The debut feature of writer, director and essayist Kogonada (director of After Yang, you also might recognise his string of great video essays), Columbus is a softly spoken and gentle meditation on life, family and architecture that courses with the formal influence of Yasujirō Ozu and Richard Linklater among others (attention enjoyers of Lost in Translation). With a soothing ambient score by Hammock, lush photography, awe-inspiring modernist architecture and dreamy discontinuous editing, Kogonada establishes a strong atmosphere and striking sense of place that he anchors with his magnetic cast of lost souls (also featuring Rory Culkin and Parker Posey).
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