Drive My Car (2021) Director- Hamaguchi Ryusuke. This is the third time I have watched this film, and with it, it has risen to the third spot from the fourth spot in my top 100 rankings. This is quite a dense work, and with each watch, I learn something new, not only about the film but also about my state of mind, leading me to approach it from which angle. I still think that it acts as the perfect double feature with Decision to Leave, with both symbolising different stages or sides of the same coin. For me, Decision to Leave denotes the death, i.e. the protagonist chooses to wallow in the past, unable to move on, while Drive My Car denotes the rebirth, finding a purpose to keep on living and moving on with one's life. Where Decision to Leave remains fixed within the grief of loss, Drive My Car concerns itself with the possibility of continuing to live alongside it, without necessarily resolving it.…