Chikhai Bardo is also such a refreshing and poignant exploration of memory because… it's about remembering while in altered states of consciousness, and not only that, but... it’s not just one person’s flashbacks! It’s two people remembering at the same time under extremely horrific circumstances, thinking and missing each other without even knowing it… The way the cinematography, the transitions and the editing feel is brilliant because it ties directly to the fractured minds that are doing the remembering, and they don't have any control over which memory is brought to the surface. Mark, who is unconscious, delirious and severely damaged after experimental brain surgery, and Gemma, who experiences the traumatic effects of the rooms on the testing floor, who has lost her grip on reality and the passage of time. It's a surreal, almost dreamlike whirlwind of a life shared, a life that was ripped away from them. And the way they both get asked a variation of the same question: “Where did you go?” after zoning out on this memory journey… Anyway the dead wife goes both ways
