Here’s today’s question. What is the genre that is least represented in what is considered to be the canon of film history? I'll give you an answer: romance.
But when you think about it, it is not so strange that romantic films are underrepresented. Because romance is the most difficult genre of cinema. Why? You didn't take part in the building of the atomic bomb, and you were never SpiderMan, but I bet you were in love with someone at least once.
It is more difficult to portray something that you are up to your neck in. And the audience is up to its neck in it.

Today I want to analyze what makes Past Lives, by Celine Song, a special movie about love and romance, so different from most of romance movies.

Films shown in order of appearance
La La Land
Titanic
Singing in the Rain
Vertigo
Notorious
Oppenheimer
SpiderMan: Across the SpiderVerse
(500) Days of Summer
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Sabotage (1936)
OldBoy (2003)
The Handmaiden (2016)
Lady Vengeance
Decision to Leave
Mind Game (2004)
Call me by your Name
The Notebook
Shots from the "Before Trilogy"
Marriage Story
Past Lives
In the mood for love
Chungking Express



Music
Julian Sartorius 12 beats per hour
Otis McDonald Not for nothing
Past Lives Soundtrack If you leave something behind
Past Lives Soundtrack Why are you going to New York?

Video reference
When I talk about the canon, I used footage taken from this video:
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