我在Netflix上看的这个片子。让我觉得搞笑的是，中西文化的差距由此可见一撇。看了一下获高评的评论，好像美国人比较纠结剧情的问题，他们觉得看不懂，需要来回反复回放才能把剧情搞懂。
这可能是由于西方人与东方人对于“鬼神”的理解是不同的。如果了解一些Asian的文化，看这个片子应该不存在困难。影片一开始的一幕就是在烧纸钱。那么我们可以推知这部片子应该是讲爱与死去的人的。但是如果不知道这个文化背景，那么就需要关注故事情节的发展，导演还是给了一些Clue，像出谜题一样帮助你了解故事的来龙去脉。
我怀疑如果看不懂这部片子的西方人，他们是否真的能看的懂《千与千寻》，或者《入殓师》这些奥斯卡获奖作品。
不过，好在还是有人看懂了。
--Its a movie about love, loss and moving on, but done in a nicely subtle way.
--This beautifully-made film is a ghost story, with ghosts to be understood from the Chinese perspective. (The viewer is informed about what this means about 52 minutes into the film during Sophies video interview with Judy, the internet artist.) I found myself having to watch the movie repeatedly--jumping forward and back through the scenes--to identify all the clues scattered throughout. (Notice the transformation in Sophies video about 19 minutes into the film). The movie is cerebral in the same sense as the movie Blowup is. Although I am not usually a fan of movies focusing on LGBT characters, I was nevertheless intrigued by this films focus on identity. Ai-Ling is wondering who her real father is. At minute 54 Judy speculates in her video interview that maybe she is only the product of someones imagination. After Sophie discovers Mei-Lis lies (1 hr, 12 minutes into the film), she asks her, Who are you?, Mei-Li answers, I dont know what you are driving at....Who am I supposed to be then? This becomes clear when Mei-Li wakes up in while in bed with her boyfriend (1 hr, 18 minutes into the film). If you pay attention, this is a movie you will be thinking about long after it is over.
CONGRATULATIONS. YOU GET IT.
对于看的懂“鬼”的人来说，就不必满头雾水猜谜似地看了。可以拿杯咖啡慢慢鉴赏一下剧情啦，演员啦，镜头啦什么的——哎，可惜这片子拍的……很一般。
