Celine Song카지노 게임 컬렉션�s next act

At the end of 2022, Celine Song was weeks away from debuting her first feature at the Sundance Film Festival. By the end of 2023, she was one of the most talked about directors of the year.

Past Lives was received with rapturous praise at its premiere on its way to becoming an indie breakout hit. At the following Sundance, Song received the festival카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Vanguard Award for 카지노 게임 컬렉션�the art of storytelling and creative independence.카지노 게임 컬렉션� By then, she had also collected well over a dozen accolades from film critic associations across North America.

Not long after, she won an award for Outstanding Directing for a first feature from the Directors Guild of America and Best Director at the Independent Spirit Awards 카지노 게임 컬렉션� not to mention Academy Award nominations for Original Screenplay and Best Picture.

Not bad for your first film.

But Song wasn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t exactly a rookie. She had already mastered her craft as a playwright with off-Broadway works such as Endlings 카지노 게임 컬렉션� a finalist for the 2020 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize 카지노 게임 컬렉션� and an imaginative twist on Chekov카지노 게임 컬렉션�s The Seagull, staged using the popular game Sims 4 streamed on Twitch amidst the Fall 2020 COVID-19 lockdown.

Before setting course as a professional writer, Song, ArtsSci카지노 게임 컬렉션�10, first honed her skills as an undergrad at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s, where she majored in psychology and minored in philosophy but quickly found herself pulled in a different direction altogether.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�I thought I was going to be a clinical psychologist when I first went to Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Song. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Philosophy was a personal interest and over the four years I found myself drawn more towards that side, and then I just decided to become a writer.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

It wasn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t exactly a surprise for Song to take such a seemingly sharp turn. Creativity runs in her family. Before emigrating from South Korea to Markham, Ont., her father had a career as a filmmaker and her mother was an illustrator and graphic designer.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�I knew writing would be a big part of my life in some way.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

She even saw the path of becoming a psychologist as a stepping stone toward writing 카지노 게임 컬렉션� a testament to her commitment to developing fully realized characters.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�That was the very long-term approach to that career,카지노 게임 컬렉션� explains Song, who found herself accelerating that approach after 카지노 게임 컬렉션�falling in love카지노 게임 컬렉션� with the work of Bertolt Brecht in a German literature course taught by Dr. Bill Reeves just before his retirement.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�That same year, coincidentally, one of the main stage shows was by Brecht. One of his smaller plays, Drums in the Night. I remember going to see that play and I just really fell in love with theatre there. After that, I went to see everything. I was at Our Town the year after. I would go see every show. Some of the friends that I became close to were drama students. I ended up meeting all the actors and I got to know them. Most of my friends were in philosophy, I related to them more than people in psychology who were more scientifically minded.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Song also recalls Dr. Reeves giving her a copy of Günter Grass카지노 게임 컬렉션�s The Tin Drum, one of many favourite memories from her time at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s, where she credits several profs for inspiration and nudging her toward more artistic pursuits. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�They were very foundational for me. As a person and an artist. Dr. Paul Fairfield taught existentialism and postmodernism and introduced me to philosophers like Hans-Georg Gadamer and Gabriel Marcel.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Just as pivotal for Song were extracurricular activities on campus.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�Grad schools did not expect applicants to already have full-length plays. That카지노 게임 컬렉션�s what got me in.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

카지노 게임 컬렉션�I spent a lot of time at the Grey House 카지노 게임 컬렉션� because it was a very important radical leftist community spot and hub. At the time, it was one of the only spaces on campus that had a Pride flag up. That카지노 게임 컬렉션�s where I met most of my friends. I was part of a poetry group called Mindfire that gathered there. It was very much a sanctuary.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Song also founded an atheist club at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s and served as its first president. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�We held meetings at the Grad Club and that was really fun. Talking about philosophy with atheist club members at Grad Club or reading each other카지노 게임 컬렉션�s poetry at the Grey House [at Mindfire]. Those were the best memories.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

It wasn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t long after Song began attending plays in Kingston that she was writing for the stage herself.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�I was a part of the Vogt Festival. They would do a full play on the main stage and then in between those there would be like three or four short plays each semester at the black-box theatre.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

One such play was Sound Utterly Serious, written by Song and co-directed with Jennie Appleby, staged in 2009 and praised as an 카지노 게임 컬렉션�innovative gem카지노 게임 컬렉션� for its biting take on 카지노 게임 컬렉션�technological alienation카지노 게임 컬렉션� by The Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Journal (a publication in which Song also had her own byline from time to time). Song used text from one of the first iPhone tutorials as part of the dialogue for the play카지노 게임 컬렉션�s main character, a suited man 카지노 게임 컬렉션�bathed in white light카지노 게임 컬렉션� pitching the device카지노 게임 컬렉션�s virtues to the rest of the more colourfully costumed and lit cast.

The plays she wrote at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s became her ticket to Columbia 카지노게임사이트 where she would earn an MFA in Playwrighting in 2014. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Grad schools did not expect applicants to already have full-length plays,카지노 게임 컬렉션� explains Song. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�That카지노 게임 컬렉션�s what got me in.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Song applied to a few schools and pursued programs in both playwriting and screenwriting but was ultimately swayed by a Columbia prof who insisted she come to New York. Looking back, it was the right choice for both practical and artistic reasons.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�My way into storytelling is as a writer. There are different ways to become a filmmaker or theatre artist. One of the great things about theatre is that the writer is the auteur of a play. You can immediately operate as the author whereas in film, at the end of the day the primary creator is the director. Starting from scratch in film would have been a lot more difficult for me. Theatre was a clearer path for me to become a dramatist right away.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Fast forward a decade and after a successful career in theatre, Song seems poised for a very promising career in filmmaking. Her next feature, Materialists 카지노 게임 컬렉션� which stars Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, and Pedro Pascal 카지노 게임 컬렉션� is in post-production and she already has another project in mind for her third film.

Somewhere between autobiography and fiction, Past Lives tells the story of Nora, a young woman who, after emigrating from South Korea and settling in New York with her husband, encounters a childhood friend and potential past love. Nora must reckon with the split nature of her identity and reconcile her past with her present.

Moving across two decades and two countries, it was the story of Past Lives that finally beckoned Song to shift from theatre to cinema, where Song could freely traverse time and space while ensuring that the audience is fully immersed in those different times and spaces and experiences them intimately.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�Theatre is a medium where time and space is already very figurative and malleable. In a play, all it takes for someone to go from being in Korea to the U.S. is a lighting change. It was important for the film to contain how different Seoul and New York are, for example, or how different a woman nearing 40 is versus a 12-year-old girl. The story is about the contradiction of both of those places and both of those times in one's life coexisting, so it needed a cinematic way of telling it.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Sidestepping anything resembling a typical love triangle, Past Lives focuses more on what this man from Nora카지노 게임 컬렉션�s past represents. The antagonist is immaterial.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�Time and space is really a character in the film 카지노 게임 컬렉션� I would even say the villain of the film,카지노 게임 컬렉션� she says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�When people ask me who the villain of the film is I usually say the Pacific Ocean and 24 years.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

It shouldn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t require a spoiler alert to say that the protagonist, as with Song, remains happily married with her husband. In real life, that man is Justin Kuritzkes, a successful playwright and screenwriter, who wrote two acclaimed films directed by Luca Guadagnino in 2024, Challengers and Queer.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�It changes everything. It changes your career and your life as an artist,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Song, reflecting on her breakthrough. But the best thing to come from her recent success is clear: 카지노 게임 컬렉션�What matters to me is that I get to keep making things. That's the most exciting thing.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

What the critics say 
Celine Song카지노 게임 컬렉션�s film debut, Past Lives, was a hit with audiences and critics. Acclaimed for its poignant storytelling, rich character exploration, and visual elegance, Song카지노 게임 컬렉션�s work established her as a major new voice in filmmaking.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�This is the filmmaking debut of the Korean-Canadian-American playwright Celine Song (카지노 게임 컬렉션�Endlings카지노 게임 컬렉션�), who also wrote the script 카지노 게임 컬렉션� Song draws you into her characters카지노 게임 컬렉션� worlds seamlessly.카지노 게임 컬렉션� 카지노 게임 컬렉션� New York Times

카지노 게임 컬렉션�(Song) is happy to take you on that journey with her, which is exactly what she did with audiences for her feature debut,카지노 게임 컬렉션�Past Lives. A simple premise richly rendered, Past Lives has become the year카지노 게임 컬렉션�s hottest directorial debut and a bona fide critical darling, earning awards buzz for Song and star Lee.카지노 게임 컬렉션� 카지노 게임 컬렉션� Hollywood Reporter

카지노 게임 컬렉션�Now Song has one more piece of identity to work with: Oscar-nominated filmmaker. Coming relatively late to the game, she shows an instinctive touch for the form and a sense of visual grammar you would expect from someone who카지노 게임 컬렉션�s been doing this for years.카지노 게임 컬렉션� 카지노 게임 컬렉션� Los Angeles Times

카지노 게임 컬렉션�Sometimes a film comes along that has all the reviewers raving. Since카지노 게임 컬렉션�Past Lives카지노 게임 컬렉션�premiered at Sundance at the beginning of the year, it카지노 게임 컬렉션�s been topping critics카지노 게임 컬렉션� polls at festivals such as Berlin, and now it카지노 게임 컬렉션�s finally hitting the UK. I카지노 게임 컬렉션�m happy to say that it does not disappoint 카지노 게임 컬렉션� it may be a slow-burner with no easy answers, but that카지노 게임 컬렉션�s one of its many strengths.카지노 게임 컬렉션� 카지노 게임 컬렉션� Rolling Stone

During our interview with Celine Song, we asked the writer-director to name her five favourite films:

Children of Men 
Directed by Alfonso Cuarón, 2006
카지노 게임 컬렉션�My favourite movie ever!카지노 게임 컬렉션�

I카지노 게임 컬렉션�m Not There 
Directed by Todd Haynes, 2007

Computer Chess 
Directed by Andrew Bujalski, 2013 
카지노 게임 컬렉션�I f---ing love Computer Chess!카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Synecdoche, New York 
Directed by Charlie Kaufman, 2008
카지노 게임 컬렉션�It카지노 게임 컬렉션�s so mysterious, I was obsessed with it when it came out!카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Mad Max: Fury Road/Furiosa 
Directed by George Miller, 2015/2024
카지노 게임 컬렉션�Could you say Fury Road slash Furiosa? 카지노 게임 컬렉션� I love both!카지노 게임 컬렉션�

This story was originally published in the Queen's Alumni Review.