Easily one of the best films of the past seven years, by one of the greatest living filmmakers, Apichatapong Weerasethakul. A funny story: I actually knew him, when I lived in Thailand (2003–5). I was given his cell phone number by a mutual film friend. One day I went to visit him at his studio [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives’
Feature Friday: “Syndromes and a Century” (2006)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Alain Resnais, Alain Robbe-Grillet, apichatpong weerasethakul, cinema, Exquisite Corpse, Marguerite Duras, Mysterious Object at Noon, narrative, Sybdromes and a Century, Thailand, Tropical Malady, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives on April 13, 2012 | 1 Comment »
In Buenos Aires with Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged apichatpong weerasethakul, film, phantoms of nabua, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives on May 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Seeing that A D recently mentioned seeing Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (see my first post on Big Other, also partially about Uncle Boonmee and Weerasethakul’s short film Phantoms of Nabua), thought it might be fitting to post the “Delirium” master class with Weerasethakul, which took place on November 12, [...]
How Do You Pronounce That Writer’s Name?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged apichatpong weerasethakul, pronunciation, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives on April 29, 2011 | 16 Comments »
Last week I saw Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s latest magnificent film, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives. (It should be assumed by now that all of that man’s films are magnificent.) Of course the subject of how one pronounces his name came up…