When a renowned architecture scholar falls suddenly ill during a speaking tour, his son Jin finds himself stranded in Columbus, Indiana - a small Midwestern city celebrated for its many significant modernist buildings. Jin strikes up a friendship with Casey, a young architecture enthusiast who works at the local library.
콜럼버스, Калъмбъс, Κολόμπους, קולומבוס, コロンバス, Kolumbas, Колумбус, 在哥伦布, 心靈築動, 構築心方向
USA
Sundance Film Festival
USAPG-13
Brazil12
Hong KongIIA
Spain
South Korea12
PortugalM/12
Ireland12A
UK12A
FranceU
UK12A
Brazil
France
Hong Kong
Ireland
Portugal
South Korea
Spain
UK
USA
"i'm also moved by it"
"yes! yes, tell me about that: what moves you?"
"i thought you hated architecture"
"i do. but i'm interested in what moves you"
passion is underrated. we do what we have to, we help those around us. we do what we have to to get by. every day can be a struggle when you're living a life you don't want to. even if you don't realize that it's not what you want
finding people that share your same passions is one of the most important kinds of relationships in life. what's even more, is finding someone that doesn't share your exact passion, but will listen to what you have to say. spill your guts: gush…
Find someone that looks at you the way Kogonada's camera looks at every single thing in the world.
if kogonada wants to go the linklater way and reunite haley lu richardson and john cho in 10 years for another dialogue-heavy, gentle, calming film about passionate people just walking around town and going about their lives, i'd be *so* on board. i didn't want this film to end. these are characters i want to spend more time with, listen to, and get to know better. i'll be watching this again soon, obviously, and i'll try to properly review it then.
1. One of the best shot films I've seen in a while. Every single shot is so carefully framed and makes you want to pause and just look at it for a while.
2. This movie feels like it was made for people to write essays about it. Metaphors are being thrown at you left and right to a point where I don't know what is and isn't symbolic.
3. I all of a sudden want to visit Columbus very badly.
"thanks. for everything" "thank you. for being here"
the most profound new discovery i've experienced all year. i've been in such a bad place lately that i almost forgot what falling in love with a film felt like. i'm at peace, for a moment at least. and that's enough
this might be a weird thing to say considering its ozu-like, detached style, but columbus feels like a hug
"It was hard. It was really hard for a long time."
You know that feeling where you finally breathe again, just moments after being underwater? I felt that tonight. I finally felt that again.
A movie about the still, composed spaces we create for ourselves and how we are nothing like them.
“but you need to stop feeling bad”
rewatching this feels like coming home. there will never be another film like columbus
“yeah. so do you”
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Speaks strongly to anyone who understands that the space between two smokers lighting up, while ultimately destructive, is about as peaceful and constant as any place on earth. Just like home.
A void in me has been filled. I see my surroundings differently. I'm a little less empty now, all because of Columbus. This is more than a film; its a symphony of passion and dreams and broken hearts. It slowly seeps out of the restrictions of the frame to affect the world around you. Kogonada makes architecture feel like entering a new universe, each twist of metal and unorthodox design holds its own secrets and helps our characters in unleashing their own. This film could not have come at a better time for me, and I truly am in awe of how perfect this is.
