Added After life by Kore-eda

content/posts/Cinema/3-iron.md

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-title: "3 Iron (2004): Impressions"
+title: "3 Iron (2004) by Kim Ki-duk"
 date: 2021-11-14T10:46:40+05:30
 categories: ["Cinema"]
-tags: ["foreign-cinema", "minimalism"]
+tags: ["foreign-cinema", "asian", "minimalism"]
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   image: "images/3-iron.jpg"

content/posts/Cinema/after-life.md

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+title: "After Life (1998) by Hirokazu Kore-eda"
+date: 2022-05-01T22:41:55+05:30
+categories: ["Cinema"]
+tags: ["foreign-cinema", "asian"]
+cover:
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+  image: "images/after-life.jpg"
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+---
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+Verdict: <span> &starf; &starf; &starf; &starf; &star; </span>
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+[Check it out on Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/carte_blanche/film/after-life/)
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+Can there be a more difficult task than being asked to select a single memory from your life that you want to carry forever? As humans, we contain multitudes and we want to resist any attempt to put us into a box. But what happens if you're asked to choose something which you'll cherish for the rest of your life - would you let go of all the times when you were sad, angry, bitter, hypocrite and a bad human being? Would you like to remember your life as having lived a happy memory or would rather prefer a kaleidoscope? 
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+There are no right answers to these questions. 
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+As I read somewhere few hours ago: 
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+> "Film editing performs on the material of a film, the operation that death performs on life - that is, giving a sequence of uncertain and unstable events a coherent form and meaning". 
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+Watching the film unfold was like leafing through the pages of my own life. In fact, I think the characters are universal - everyone can find at least one person (or their memory) here that they'll relate to. The most intriguing case being a young man who has left the world before his cynicism could turn into quiet acceptance. After refusing to select one memory from his past, he says in one of the conversations:
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+> ... But those are just memories. And ultimately, we end up turning memories into our own images. Of course, it really happened so it feels very real, but, Say I construct the future, as though I'm making a film about it. As I imagine all kinds of situations,  I think what I create, would feel a lot more real than some memory. That's a lot more meaningful than looking back at the past".
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+Rather than giving you answers, Kore-eda takes you on a journey of discovery with questions. After all, how often do you think about death, memory, legacy and afterlife?

content/posts/Cinema/anatolia.md

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-title: "Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011): Impressions"
+title: "Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011) by Nuri Bilge Ceylan"
 date: 2021-02-07T22:44:49+05:30
 categories: ["Cinema"]
-tags: ["foreign-cinema"]
+tags: ["foreign-cinema", "turkish"]
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   image: "images/anatolia.jpg"

content/posts/Cinema/darjeeling.md

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-title: "The Darjeeling Limited (2007): Impressions"
+title: "The Darjeeling Limited (2007) by Wes Anderson"
 date: 2020-03-04T23:01:15+05:30
 categories: ["Cinema"]
 tags: ["colorful-quirks"]

content/posts/Cinema/oslo-august.md

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-title: "Oslo, August 31st (2011): Impressions"
+title: "Oslo, August 31st (2011) by Joachim Trier"
 date: 2020-06-04T14:39:00+05:30
 categories: ["Cinema"]
-tags: ["foreign-cinema"]
+tags: ["foreign-cinema", "norwegian"]
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   image: "images/oslo-august-31.jpg"

content/posts/Cinema/riding-solo.md

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-title: "Riding Solo to the Top of the World (2006): Impressions"
+title: "Riding Solo to the Top of the World (2006) by Gaurav Jani"
 date: 2021-01-03T22:53:01+05:30
 categories: ["Cinema"]
-tags: ["motorcycling", "favourites"]
+tags: ["motorcycling", "favourites", "india"]
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   image: "images/riding-solo.png"

content/posts/Cinema/waking-life.md

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-title: "Waking Life (2001): Impressions"
+title: "Waking Life (2001) by Richard Linklater"
 date: 2020-11-27T22:57:50+05:30
 categories: ["Cinema"]
 tags: ["philosophy", "animation"]

content/posts/Cinema/winter-sleep.md

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-title: "Winter Sleep (2014): Impressions"
+title: "Winter Sleep (2014) by Nuri Bilge Ceylan"
 date: 2021-03-15T21:30:40+05:30
 categories: ["Cinema"]
-tags: ["foreign-cinema"]
+tags: ["foreign-cinema", "turkish"]
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   hidden: false
   image: "images/winter_sleep.png"

content/posts/Reading/annihilation-of-caste.md

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-title: "Annihilation of Caste(Annotated Edition): A Review"
+title: "Annihilation of Caste(Annotated Edition) by Arundhati Roy" 
 date: 2021-07-23T22:56:47+05:30
 categories: ["Book Notes"]
 tags: ["non-fiction", "indian-authors", "religion", "favourites"]

content/posts/Reading/azadi.md

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-title: "Azadi by Arundhati Roy: A Review"
+title: "Azadi by Arundhati Roy"
 date: 2020-09-30T22:22:13+05:30
 categories: ["Book Notes"]
 tags: ["non-fiction", "indian-authors", "favourites"]

content/posts/Reading/bad-blood.md

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-title: "Bad Blood: A Review"
+title: "Bad Blood by John Carreyrou"
 date: 2020-05-01T23:39:18+05:30
 categories: ["Book Notes"]
 tags: ["non-fiction", "journalism", "audiobook"]

content/posts/Reading/behave-review.md

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-title: "Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst - A Review"
+title: "Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert Sapolsky"
 date: 2019-09-12T20:12:10+05:30
 categories: ["Book Notes"]
 tags: ["favourites", "understanding-ourselves", "non-fiction"]

content/posts/Reading/glimpses-of-world-history.md

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-title: "Glimpses of World History: A Review"
+title: "Glimpses of World History by Jawaharlal Nehru"
 date: 2020-03-12T23:23:19+05:30
 categories: ["Book Notes"]
 tags: ["indian-authors", "history", "non-fiction", "letters", "favourites"]

content/posts/Reading/great-music.md

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-title: "How to Listen to and Understand Great Music: A Review"
+title: "How to Listen to and Understand Great Music by Robert Greenberg"
 date: 2020-01-16T22:05:06+05:30
 categories: ["Book Notes"]
 tags: ["audiobook", "favourites", "classical-music", "history"]

content/posts/Reading/life-between-buildings.md

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-title: "Life Between Buildings: Impressions"
+title: "Life Between Buildings by Jan Gehl"
 date: 2022-04-21T09:04:49+05:30
 categories: ["Book Notes"]
 tags: ["non-fiction", "architecture", "society"]

content/posts/Reading/parenting.md

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-title: "Parenting Beyond Belief: A Review"
+title: "Parenting Beyond Belief by Dale McGowan"
 date: 2021-03-18T22:14:21+05:30
 categories: ["Book Notes"]
 tags: ["religion", "non-fiction", "parenting", "favourites"]

content/posts/Reading/range-a-review.md

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-title: "Range by David Epstein: A Review"
+title: "Range by David Epstein"
 date: 2019-09-05T00:16:14+05:30
 categories: ["Book Notes"]
 tags: ["non-fiction", "understanding-ourselves", "career-advice"]

content/posts/Reading/reasons-to-stay-alive.md

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-title: "Reasons to Stay Alive: A Review"
+title: "Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig"
 date: 2020-01-28T22:28:18+05:30
 categories: ["Book Notes"]
 tags: ["depression", "non-fiction"]

content/posts/Reading/running-murakami.md

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-title: "What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: Haruki Murakami - A Review"
+title: "What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami"
 date: 2021-08-14T20:09:56+05:30
 categories: ["Book Notes"]
 tags: ["audiobook", "favourites", "health"]

content/posts/Reading/shame-rushdie.md

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-title: "Shame by Salman Rushdie - A Review"
+title: "Shame by Salman Rushdie"
 date: 2021-08-17T22:55:02+05:30
 categories: ["Book Notes"]
 tags: ["fiction", "favourites", "indian-authors"]

content/posts/Reading/stoner.md

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-title: "Stoner: A Novel"
+title: "Stoner by John Williams"
 date: 2020-06-28T19:45:36+05:30
 categories: ["Book Notes"]
 tags: ["fiction"]

content/posts/Reading/the-course-of-love.md

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-title: "The Course of Love : A Review"
+title: "The Course of Love by Alain de Botton"
 date: 2019-02-14T20:21:45+05:30
 categories: ["Book Notes"]
 tags: ["fiction", "relationship"]

content/posts/Reading/the-stranger-and-the-plague-a-review.md

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-title: "The Stranger and The Plague: A Review"
+title: "The Stranger and The Plague by Albert Camus"
 date: 2019-01-21T14:39:14+05:30
 description: "On my journey to learn more about philosophy - the first step into the realms of existentialism"
 categories: ["Book Notes"]

content/posts/Reading/the-way-we-eat.md

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-title: "The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter"
+title: "The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter by Peter Singer"
 date: 2021-09-01T10:43:25+05:30
 categories: ["Book Notes"]
 tags: ['review', "debating-ethics", "non-fiction", "animal-cruelty"]

content/posts/Reading/waking-up.md

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-title: "Waking Up: A Review"
+title: "Waking Up by Sam Harris"
 date: 2020-04-15T23:31:08+05:30
 categories: ["Book Notes"]
 tags: ["non-fiction", "meditation"]