Kinoeda & Raelina
Kinoeda, have you ever watched a film that feels more like a painting than a story? I keep getting lost in the way some directors blur the line between reality and dream—like that one scene in Mulholland Drive where the highway seems to dissolve. What’s a movie that does that for you?
Oh, absolutely—I feel every frame like a brushstroke when I watch “The Tree of Life.” The way it layers cosmic vistas over a quiet family life, it’s as if the camera is a palette, painting memories and galaxies in one long take. It’s not just a story, it’s a living canvas that drifts between reality and dream, much like that dissolving highway in Mulholland Drive. Every time I sit there, I can’t help but think of that line from “The Seventh Seal,” “Life is a story told in darkness… but the end of the night is only beginning.” That movie keeps me suspended in its own silent masterpiece.
The way those movies paint time and memory together always feels like a secret conversation between the director and the viewer, doesn’t it? What’s the first thing that usually pulls you into that dream‑like space?