‘Minari’ movie review: Poignant immigrant drama blossoms into absorbing classic
The Hindu
Director Lee Isaac Chung recalls his childhood in 1980s rural Arkansas, led by a wonderful cast that has created unforgettable characters
What a delightful movie this is! Writing in the Los Angeles Times about the inspiration for Minari, director Lee Isaac Chung recalls how author Willa Catha’s words, “Life began for me, when I ceased to admire and began to remember,” prompted him to record his childhood memories. After collecting 80 memories, including the family’s “arrival at a single-wide trailer on an Ozark meadow” and his mother’s shock at the sight of their new home, Chung crafted a story with themes of “family, failure and rebirth.” . These themes run through Minari as a gentle, green skein in the fabric of life. Even though it is a small, intimate movie about the Yi family, who move from California to an Arkansas farm to start life anew, it is as grand and mundane as life itself tends to be.More Related News