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BLISSFULLY YOURS
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Banned in Thailand because of explicit sex scenes, this lyrical film from the director of Mysterious Object at Noon uses non-actors and a verite style to capture an authentic glimpse of life on the Thai-Burmese border. Weerasethakul follows an illegal immigrant, his Thai lover, and a woman who assists them as they long for an afternoon's escape from the complications of daily life. "Apichatpong is at the forefront of two of contemporary Cinema's most important movements: the collapsing barriers between documentary and fiction...and between art and porn" (Kent Jones, Film Comment). Apichatpong Weerasethakul---Thailand/France---2002---125 mins.
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MYSTERIOUS OBJECT AT NOON
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Taking inspiration from Andre Breton's "Exquisite Corpse" surrealist storytelling technique, this refreshingly different motion picture uses interviews with Thai citizens from all walks of life to build an evolving story. Each narrative step builds to a performance by a local musical theatrical troupe. "...It's a film unlike any other...to watch it is to enter a fugue state that has the music and rhythms of another culture" (Elvis Mitchell, New York Times). In Thai with English subtitles. Apichatpong Weerasethakul---Thailand---2000---85 mins.
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SYNDROMES AND A CENTURY
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Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Tropical Malady, Blissfully Yours) pushes narrative filmmaking to hypnotically beautiful realms with his latest feature that looks at two doctors in love. Loosely based on his parents' lives, the film is divided into two halves, one each for his mother and father. These sections, each set in a different time and space, tell the same story in a deja vu-like haze of subjective dreamy memories. An Official Selection at the Venice film festival. In Thai with English subtitles. Apichatpong Weerasethakul---Thailand---2006---105 mins.
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TROPICAL MALADY
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Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Blissfully Yours) pushes narrative filmmaking to a realm of oblique, revelatory beauty with this, his fourth feature. Set in Thailand, the film divides roughly into two halves, the first exploring the relationship between a soldier and a young man, the second dealing literally with a Thai myth about a tiger's spirit. Weerasethakul's blend of realism and allegory is mysterious and often inscrutable, but the film succeeds on the strength of its rich visuals and haunting emotional tone. "Shows a young filmmaker pushing at the limits of cinematic narrative with grace and a certain amount of puckish willfulness" (Manhola Dargis, The New York Times). In Thai with English subtitles. Apichatpong Weerasethakul---Thailand---2004---118 mins.
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UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES
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The plot of this uncategorizable, Golden Palm-winning film is thin, and it's not exactly the point: In the forests of northeast Thailand, Boonmee, an old farmer, is dying. His sister and nephew come to visit, as do the ghosts of his deceased wife and his long-lost son...in the form of a red-eyed, man-sized monkey...and this is cool with everyone. Recommended!
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