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Movies about reincarnation?

Has hereafter been released yet in the US? and has anyone seen it?.


Australia tends to be a few months behind the US with new movies and I am eagerly awaiting this one.
 
Hi everyone,


I saw this movie a few days ago. (no spoilers here I hope!) My 21-yo daughter invited me to see it with her which was extra sweet as we haven't done anything together in a long time. I did not read anything about the movie ahead of time and really didn't know what to expect. My daugher was glad she didn't bring her boyfriend as it was a full 2 hrs. long and 'not his kind of movie' but she knew it's 'mom's kind' since I'm now open to anything and everything $P$ So I enjoyed the time and allowed the movie to sweep me away.


It's a nice simple story line based on 3 separate people whose lives intertwine at the end: a gorgeous, hard-hitting French TV journalist, an American guy with a gift he'd rather not have, and a young British boy who loses his brother. Each character faces difficult choices and heartbreak but seem altogether believable and likeable.


I was surprised to learn, via the credits, that such big names produced Hereafter (directed by Clint Eastwood, produced by Stephen Spielberg). It's a very subdued flick done in blue / sepia / b&w tones, lots of close-ups and facial emphasis. Not at all glitzy or stuck-up, which I appreciated.


The movie predictably brought the characters together and tied up the loose ends but it was fun to see it play out. It left me with a wonderful feeling, thinking about synchronicity and how nothing happens by chance. My daughter liked it but thought it was too long.


My biggest gripe is the way they portrayed the 'hereafter' even though those scenes are very brief. They chose to use scary vibrational sounds, cold stark white light with disturbing angular human shadows and sudden shots of faces that never smiled. This film's "hereafter" does not exhibit the overwhelming love and peace that so many NDE-ers express. I got the impression they wanted to keep it creepy on purpose, which seemed to clash with the (mostly) positive information that was transmitted to those contacting the other side.


Notice the old lady who runs the hospital for the dying in the Swiss Alps... a direct reference to Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross. In my own bit of synchronicity, I had just ordered 5 of Kubler-Ross's books a mere hour before leaving for the movie theater! Neither me nor my daughter had any idea Kubler-Ross would be portrayed in Hereafter.


PS: No mention of reincarnation or past lives. Its main focus is this mysterious "afterlife" where distinct human personalities live on and can be consulted to help those still on the earth in dealing with their grief. The American guy reminds me of medium George Anderson, in fact that's probably the model they used in creating this character.
 
Thank you liberty. I am ordering it on demand this week, maybe tonight. It looks good!
 
I saw 'Hereafter' a few days ago and it is (in part) what has 'driven' me back to this forum after having had a bit of a break (very busy trying to save the world just at the moment). But I have been in floods of tears for the past few days as I was when I first found the forum, so something's going on and I know from long experience when that happens I should pay attention and do something about it.


Two things moved me profoundly about the film (apart from the amazing performances, effects and direction and script). The twins made me weep uncontrollably. People who are familiar with my story will know why. Just heartbreaking! Others will have to use the 'Search' function and work it out for themselves (It's not just about X by the way, but also my father).


Anyway, the main thing was the story of the 'hero' - Matt Damon's character - and his way of coming to terms with his rather unwelcome 'gift'. Like him, through no fault of my own, since childhood once I worked out it wasn't normal, I thought of myself as a bit of a 'freak' being able to remember so much stuff, and I didn't want to be different in any way, but there wasn't anything I could do about it, of course. I really felt for him.


Being a bit 'special' has often got in the way of having a normal life. Try as I will, I can't help seeing things differently, knowing more things than I ought to, feeling things more deeply and often more strongly than other people and never being able to make anyone understand what it was like... because nobody else had any idea what I was talking about. It's put the 'kybosh' on a few potential relationships over the years, you bet! I also empathised with the French woman who had an experience which was undeniable, visceral and very, very real, but nobody else understood what she had gone through or took seriously or wondered why.


The theme of the film is that "these things" (mysteries?) are hidden, secret and spooky although they concern every single human being deep down to their core. Those who talk about this stuff must do it in secret because 'normal' people find it frightening, confusing or disturbing. I understand why this is so, but where does that leave people like me... or Matt Damon... or Marie...?


This is a great shame, as so much knowledge could be gained if only we were honest and open about this stuff.


Anyway. Great film! I recommend it. Everyone should see it. It might open a few people's eyes. It stops short of discussing the 'r' word, but at least they explore what happens after people die with some kind of curiosity, openess and compassion.
 
I saw and enjoyed 'Hereafter'. I'm glad to see more movies coming out that at least start to approach these complex & delicate subjects with the mainstream public! :thumbsup:
 
I have found a few movies in my research that are not listed on this thread. (I think there is a missing thread.) I thought I would add them for newer members.....just in case.

I've Lived Before (1956)
In Villars, France, in 1918, American pilot Lt. Peter Stevens is shot down during combat and dies. Twelve years later, in Schenectady, New York, young John Bolan hops into a World War I fighter plane and, miraculously, flies it expertly. In the 1950s, John, now a commercial pilot aboard his plane, cannot discern why mature passenger Jane Stone looks so familiar, but is plagued by the vague memory for the rest of the flight. Read More......TCM
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Bungee Jumping on Their Own (2001) Korean
The story begins in 1983 on a rainy afternoon with So In-wu meeting In Tae-hae by chance and offering her shelter under his umbrella while they wait for her bus. After that moment So In-wu spends days trying to find her again - waiting her at a bus stop, secretly follows her on her way to university and attending her lectures instead of his own. They both know that they are soulmates and so their relationship has a promising start. But when In-woo was leaving for his obligatory two-year service in the military, Tae-hee did not come to see him on the road. Read More.....Asian Movie Cataloge
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Dean Spanley (2008)
England, 1904. Henslowe Fisk and his ailing father, Horatio Fisk, decide to go to a lecture given by the Swami Nala Prash on reincarnation, called The Transmigration of Souls. While there, they meet one Dean Spanley as well as Wrather, a self-described facilitator from the Colonies. Later encountering the Dean at his father's club, and then in the grounds of the cathedral, Henslowe takes this to be more than coincidence and decides to ask the man to dinner, enticing him with the promise of his favourite tipple Imperial Tokay, a rare Hungarian sweet wine. Using Wrather to procure a bottle, Henslowe begins a series of dinners between with Spanley, in which - after two glasses of the wine - the Dean begins to recount strange recollections of his past life. Read more.......Dean Spanley Official Movie Site
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DKing
 
Movie: "The Reincarnation of Peter Proud".

GreenKnight said:
I remember seeing "The Reincarnation of Peter Proud" many years ago. It was pretty good. I enjoyed it.
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I saw this movie too. It could have been true to life, but I never heard of a case where the reincarnation was that swift!
 
A few more to add:


Past Tense. TV Drama (2006)


Writer Alex Campbell and director Penelope Buitenitus have come up with a real dosey of a movie in "Past Tense" about a murder that was committed 10 years earlier that was supposed to have been solved but put under wraps by the very person who committed it! It wasn't until the murdered detective's 10 year old daughter Sara started having terrifying visions of how both her dad and a young woman, Penny Romig, were murdered that things really started cooking in the film. It would appear that Sara, who was born after her father's death, was Penny reincarnated.


Sara's mom Kim feels that her daughter is in need of immediate psychiatric help. She asks for help from her husband's former partner in the police department Det. Matt Carson but he doesn't believe all the reincarnation talk on both her and Sara's part. So he has the murder case reopened. As for the long dead Penny Romig she's the string that ties all this together. (IMDB)


Kagen No Tsuki (Last Quarter Moon) (2004) Japanese


Girl has a miserable life. Girl finds herself drawn to mansion by music/dreams she's experienced her entire life. Girl befriends spirit of man in mansion, thinks she's known him before but can't place where/how. Girl tries to commit suicide to be with male spirit. Girl, now comatose and in limbo between worlds, wants to die to be with male spirit. Girl decides it's better to live. Lovers in the past. Reincarnation. (That's about the best summary I could find - with a little editing by myself - in IMDB.) ;)


Mada Koi wa Hajimaranai (1995) - Also Known As: Love Has Yet to Come / Love Still Hasn’t Begun - Japanese


During the Edo period (200 years ago), two star-crossed lovers who are unable to be together due to social status vow to find each other in their next life before committing suicide. It’s now present day, and they’re both reincarnated, but without any memory of their past lives together. Will they be able to fulfill their destiny?
 
I watched Bridey Murphy not too long ago and loved it. It was especially heartwarming because she was from County Cork in Ireland, where my family hails from. :)
 
Café de Flore


I was researching for new movies about reincarnation and found one that ties both of my favorite themes. Reincarnation and Soulmates. The movie is titled "Café de Flore" and is from Canada. It currently has a 7.2 rating on IMDb. I am downloading it now to watch but the


Thought I would pass it on here. It seems like this movie has a sincere approach to the theme of reincarnation unlike most Hollywood themed films. It is a foreign film and the language is French - so - it comes with English subtitles.


Sincerely,


DKing
 
Another movie I found dealing with the theme of reincarnation and soulmates meeting again - is Belladonna.

BELLADONNA, is a mesmerising love story that spans centuries. Luke has everything but can’t sleep. Burning inside him is another world. He attempts to reach out to his fiance Katherine but she is lost in the fever of wedding preparations and is blind to disquiet. into his surgery steps Amelia, why is she so familiar when they have never met before. Something deep in him unravels.
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Another foreign flick -- this one from 'down under.'


Trailer.


Sincerely,


DKing
 
I watched "Illusion" over the weekend...Kirk Douglas is a successful movie director about to die leaving no known heirs...except of course, the son he refused to acknowledge. He is then shown three views "through the akashic records" of his son's life without his dad's direct influence and it ends with a bit of a surprise. Not really past life, but the commentary on the akasha jibes with my understanding, except for the extent Douglas was shown another soul's book of life.
 
Did anyone mention Dead Again? It was a great movie about a woman who became mute because of trauma and a hypnotherapist did a past life regression on her only to discover that the trauma she experienced was because of a past life experience she had. The central theme is of a karmic cycle that lasted a long time.
 
The Master


I saw this film, 'The Master' last week. It's set in the 1950s, about a fellow who's pretty mixed up, pretty wild, drinks too much, etc who meets someone who is working with past life regression with the aim of healing people's past life problems and therefore helping them 'evolve'. An interesting film in its own right, with terrific performances. Worth checking out...

 
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