Fascinating interview with Palme d'Or winning Thai film director.

[sabang]

INTERVIEW: Sleeping Soldiers, Sinking Ships, and Dinosaurs: Filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul discusses his upcoming film

Cemetery of Splendour (Thai: Rak Thi Khon Kaen) will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 18.

http://isaanrecord.com/2015/05/18/in...upcoming-film/


Good stuff, and a major plug for the Isaan Record- a web site I believe deserves a lot more attention and traffic.

[Texpat]

living in this country represents powerlessness,

It's all a fantasy -- enabled by people stupid enough to believe in fantasies.

the film looks at the city with the eyes of sadness.

It's been that way for centuries. Isan people don't understand real happiness.

He's another deluded filmmaker idiot. This will never happen in a caste society. Foreigners are only here to be exploited -- not learned from.

[sabang]

Do not agree with yer last two points tex, but... We do live in a land of fantasy, and ghosts and spirits. And 'powerlessness'. And acceptance of such.

[Cyrille]

Sadly any bright young talent is likely to leave the sewer of corruption where advancement is not on merit but the gun

[Cyrille]

It's all a fantasy -- enabled by people stupid enough to believe in fantasies.


It's been that way for centuries. Isan people don't understand real happiness.



He's another deluded filmmaker idiot. This will never happen in a caste society. Foreigners are only here to be exploited -- not learned from.

I guess the mirror will not be held up to the vicious, Nowhere is Buddhism more reviled ,the death penalty, meat and alcohol everywhere.

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Lost in Thailand: Acclaimed director takes a break from junta rule
James Austin Farrell
30th October 2015


Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, and even now in spite of his grand accomplishment, outside of a certain milieu most people in Thailand would not be able to recall a single film he has made. His latest, Cemetery of SplendourGuardiansublimebeen called The David Lynch of Thailand.
One of his less experimental films, Syndromes and a Centurybanished from Thai cinemas for attempting to realistically depict the life of a monk.

Following his Cannes win in an interview with Citylife magazine Apichatpong told me his thoughtsTime magazine. She told Time

demystify
Cemetery of Splendour

complimentary across the board
Apichatpong Weerasethakul hopes some time abroad will give him a clearer perspective on Thailand.

Regardless, critics believe his films are political. His latest film revolves around Thai soldiers suffering from narcolepsy, and a Thai female nurse who is a medium. In the Guardian

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Gabriel Winslow-Yost
March 13, 2016

Cemetery of Splendor Syndromes and a CenturyUncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past LivesSyndromes and a CenturyCemetery of SplendorCemetery of Splendors turn toward politics. The hour-long Mekong HotelPhantoms of NabuaUncle BoonmeeKick the Machine/Strand

CemeteryPhantomsCemetery of Splendor has yet to be shown in Thailand, and Weerasethakul has told interviewers he will no longer make his films in his native country.

Cemetery of Splendor is now playing in select theaters.

nybooks.com

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Wrong direction


Vivienne Chow
5 hours ago

Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
(Apichatpong Weerasethakul)

Apichatpong Weerasethakul envies Hong Kong. Coming from a country that was taken over by a military coupSept. 17 opening of The Serenity of MadnessUncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives. dramatic election
The growing censorship in Thailand aims at silencing critics, Weerasethakul said, and has made it harder not only to create art, but also to host exhibitions. The artist decided against showing his 2015 film have summoned hundreds since 2014, he noted, among them artists.

Weerasethakul said that his works are mostly a reflection of his personal memories and his take on Thai culture, but that politics inevitably creep in. His 2009 multi-screen video installation Primitive