In many of Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s films, the membrane that separates dream from reality is a porous one. In Syndromes And A Century, snatches of dialogue are repeated, with…
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…Art Museum sucker-punched me after my earlier underestimation of “Uncle Boonmee”; it hits a sweet spot between seeming effortless, and the result of careful contemplation. Tags: Apichatpong Weerasethakul The Japan Times…
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…Weerasethakul’s Fever Room, TheatreWorks Singapore, Victoria Theatre, 25 – 28 Jan TheatreWorks Curators Academy presents Fever Room, a projection-performance by internationally acclaimed filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Apichatpong Weerasethakul is the first…
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…(b&w), 26 m. 6 s. Courtesy Elaine Chiew. Thai artist Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Fireworks (Archives) (2014) (film still 7) uses flashing strobe lights to reveal ghostly glimpses of the surreal sculptures…
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…Sompot Chidgasornpongse), 2016 Patiently produced by Apichatpong Weerasethakul over the last eight years, Railway Sleepers by Sompot “Boat” Chidgasornpongse lulls us onto a train ride of everyday, timeless magic. From…
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…world’s most prestigious film festival. That night of May 23, 2010, or exactly 10 years ago this weekend, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, wearing his white tuxedo and wide grin, stepped up on…
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…12 storeys (Singapore, 1997) and Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Tropical Malady (Thailand, 2004), the idea of dreams and narration in the construction of cinematic images. When we dream, according to Tan, it’s…
…this seemingly, increasingly fact-based SEA impulse or trend isn’t readily borne out on the international film-festival circuit. Even after Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s fiction Uncle Boonmee… (2010) broke the glass ceiling with…
Mayfly Docus: “Die Tomorrow” and “14 Apples” at SIFA’s “Singular Screens” Read More »
…East Asian filmography, specifically Eric Khoo’s 12 Storeys (Singapore, 1997), Wong Kar-Wai’s In the Mood for Love (Hong Kong, 2000) and Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Tropical Malady (Thailand, 2004). We caught the…
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