Arguments in the Film "After Life" and the Reading "World Cinema: A Critical Introduction"

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This reflection aims to conduct a thorough analysis of the film "After Life," by Hirokazu Kore-eda in 1998, in connection with the reading from Deshpande and Mazaj's "World Cinema: A Critical Introduction." I will analyze the main arguments and concepts depicted in both the film and the literature, examine their interconnections, and assess their significance in the broader themes of the course. Also, I will analyze how the film's technical elements shape its central ideas.
"After Life" is a profound and intellectually stimulating film that explores the complex interplay between memory, identity, and the afterlife. The film happens in a liminal realm of lifestyles and loss of life, in which recently deceased individuals are faced with an excellent task. Individuals are asked to pick out a solitary memory from their entire life to comply with them indefinitely within the afterlife. This idea constitutes the core of the movie's exam of the profound significance of memory. The number one motif explores how reminiscences affect an individual's belief in self and identification. The video questions the concept that memories are immutable and constant. Conversely, memories aren't fixed; however, they are bendy, adaptable, and open to