‘I Was A Simple Man’: Hawaiian Ghost Story Recalls Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Earthly Dreamscapes [Sundance Review]
Set on the trench that divides waking reality from the subconscious, director Christopher Makoto Yogi’s moody sophomore effort “I Was a Simple Man” achieves the narrative fluidity of dreams in a multigenerational ghost tale that conflates Hawaii’s recent history with one man’s burdensome life—both in irrevocable transition. READ MORE: 25 Most Anticipated 2021 Sundance Film Festival Premieres Faced with the twilight of his mortal stay, elderly Masao (Steve Iwamoto), the child of Japanese immigrants in rural O‘ahu, Hawaii, begins to experience visits from the great beyond.