I need to make a general observation about apichatpong weerasethakul first before i go into detail about his new and wonderful film cemetery of splendour 2015, his cannes entry five years after he won the palme dor with uncle boonmee who can recall his past lives. Thai independent avantgarde director, producer, screenwriter, and installation artist. Cemetery of splendour is set in khon kaen, your home town. Artist page for apichatpong weerasethakul born 1970 artist page for apichatpong weerasethakul born 1970. Het is regisseur apichatpong weerasethakuls meest expliciete politieke film tot nu toe.
The poetic magic of apichatpong weerasethakul ranked features. The below interview was conducted at cannes shortly after the films world premiere. Cemetery of splendour by apichatpong weerasethakul youtube. Mar 19, 2018 a portrait of apichatpong weerasethakul, offers a rare glimpse into the filmmakers creative world and the passions that fuel his work. Cemetery of splendour is a 2015 thai drama film written, produced, and directed by apichatpong weerasethakul. Aug 26, 2009 toronto, august 26, 2009 the museum of contemporary canadian art mocca, in collaboration with the toronto international film festival. Check out the above trailer for the program, then head over to the channel to watch the whole documentary alongside a sampling of apichatpongs films. This article argues that the work of thai filmmaker apichatpong weerasethakul offers conceptual and methodological tools that may contribute to the. Apichatpong weerasethakul s latest movie uncle boonmee who can recall his past lives scored some points from me at the beginning. Apichatpong weerasethakul is recognised as one of the most original voices in con. In apichatpong weerasethakul was dokfa nai meuman 2000. Chai siriskick the machine films weerasethakul, bless him, says he still cant understand. Prior to uncle boonmee, his feature films, blissfully yours sud saneha and tropical malady. Apichatpong weerasethakul 1970 has been one of the most prominent and.
Maiiam museum of contemporary art, chiang mai, 4 july 10 september 2016 if anyone can make you lose your mind in a relaxing way, its apichatpong weerasethakul. Oct, 2015 in his first fulllength feature since palme dor winner uncle boonmee who can recall his past lives miff 2010, apichatpong weerasethakul returns with a meditative and mythic rumination on the. In his first fulllength feature since palme dor winner uncle boonmee who can recall his past lives miff 2010, apichatpong weerasethakul returns with. Apichatpong weerasethakuls cemetery of splendour best film. It is layered through the memories and experiences of the central characters but it is also in the very ground that people walk over, making cemetery of. Apichatpong weerasethakul movies, bio and lists on mubi. The film is a search for the old spirits i knew as a child. Apichatpong weerasethakul on why cemetery of splendour will. One of the most interesting directors to enter the world of arthouse cinema in the past 15 years is apichatpong weerasethakul. Apichatpong weerasethakul on why cemetery of splendour. History is everywhere in a typically cryptic and melancholy tale from director apichatpong weerasethakul that may still be his most accessible work to date. Ecology, vitality and opacity in the cinema of apichatpong weerasethakul open humanities press, 2017. Its structure was based on exquisite corpse, a parlour game adapted by the surrealists in the early 20th century in which each player contributed to the making of a sentence without knowing what preceding players had written. Apichatpong weerasethakul is recognized as one of the most original voices in contemporary cinema today.
At cannes this year, it was hard not to raise an eyebrow at the strangely divergent pair of fates afforded two former palme dor winners. Weerasethakul has received numerous additional accolades, including the 2016 principal prince claus. Jun, 2016 history is everywhere in a typically cryptic and melancholy tale from director apichatpong weerasethakul that may still be his most accessible work to date. Dispensing with the homages to lowbudget thai film and television that gave a distinctive flavor to the magical realist goingson of uncle boonmee who can recall his past lives 10 and tropical malady 04, cemetery of splendor is apichatpong weerasethakuls most openly political film. In the final quarter of cemetery of splendour, the latest feature from the thai filmmaker apichatpong weerasethakul, theres an unusual exchange among the three main characters. Future projections program is pleased to present phantoms of nabua, by the critically acclaimed thai artist and filmmaker apichatpong weerasethakul.
The tracks meander from slow piano to atmospheric orchestral pieces. I visit it from time to time because my mother lives there, but have not visited as a working place in some time. Selected soundworks from the cinema of apichatpong weerasethakul brings together 14 tracks from the 7 feature films of apichatpong. Interview with thai director apichatpong weerasethakul about his movie cemetery of splendour. Tropical malady, which won a jury prize at the 2004 cannes film festival. Apichatpongs cemetery cemetery of splendour is set in khon kaen, your home town. The compilation album metaphors contains 14 sound works carefully. It is layered through the memories and experiences of the central characters but it is also in the very ground that people walk over, making. So to go back there was to actually try to look for memory, to see whats changed.
Cemetery of splendour rak ti khon kaen, 2015 apichatpong weerasethakul s films tend to dazzle and confound in equal measure with their quiet intensity and evocations of things moving on planes unseen. Apichatpong weerasethakul cinema and media studies. The political theology of apichatpong weerasethakuls cemetery of splendor. The plot revolves around a spreading epidemic of sleeping sickness where spirits appear to the stricken and hallucination becomes indistinguishable from reality. Listen to your favorite songs from metaphors selected soundworks from the cinema of apichatpong weerasethakul by akaritchalerm kalayanamitr, koichi shimizu now. Apichatpong weerasethakul to shoot next feature in. I shot some 50% of syndromes and a century there, but not the film entirely.
Jun 01, 2015 cemetery of splendour, directed by apichatpong weerasethakul, screens september 30 and october 1 at the new york film festival. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Apichatpong weerasethakul on why cemetery of splendour will be his final film in thailand. Nevertheless, his style also has been described as joyful, spontaneous, playful, unpretentious, and gentle. An incurable sleeping sickness becomes an elusive yet expansive metaphor for thailands deeprooted social and political ills in apichatpong weerasethakul s latest gently hypnotic cinematic. Apichatpong weerasethakuls cemetery of splendour best. After the enigmatic opening sequence featuring a cow and the jungle shrouded in strange atmosphere, the following sequence with a. He currently lives and works in chiang mai, a hub of folk art and crafts in thailand. Trained in the united states as a visual artist, weerasethakul stunned the film world with five innovative and dreamlike features made since 2000, including such awardwinning films as blissfully yours, tropical malady, and syndromes and a century. Shot in the colombian jungle, where apichatpong was scouting locations last year for his next project, this rare. Exclusive interview with apichatpong weerasethakul. Of course, openness is relativetheres still plenty of. Memories, ghosts, reincarnation, thai history and a realityloosening, facultyscrambling sense of joy and wonderment come together so sweetly in this midcareer survey of the critically acclaimed filmmakers short films and. Keng banlop lomnoi is a soldier who has been assigned duty as a forest ranger in the woodlands of the country.
The cinematic temporalities of apichatpong weerasethakul by daniel grinberg introduction throughout the oeuvre of thai director apichatpong weerasethakul, conceptions of time are a vital element of both the storytelling and the stories themselves. Thai filmmaker apichatpong joe weerasethakul is widely praised as a central figure in contemporary cinema. Vanuit dat vertrekpunt beweegt cemetery of splendour van apichatpong weerasethakul zich al snel op wonderbaarlijk terrein. Apichatpong weerasethakul ruminates on thailand in his most accessible film to date. Interview with apichatpong weerasethakul cemetery of splendour is set in khon kaen, your home town. Mysterious object at noon film by weerasethakul 2000. A school is turned into a makeshift hospital after soldiers have suddenly started sleeping, and this is where the mainstay of apichatpong s films, jenjira pongpas, shows up as a disabled character who is a volunteer to help them. Apichatpong joe weerasethakul is a thai independent film director, screenwriter, and film producer.
With the followup to his palme dor winner apichatpong weerasethakul drifts off into another world that teasingly blends the spiritual and the. Metaphors selected soundworks from the cinema of apichatpong. Apichatpong weerasethakul phantoms of nabua museum of. Nov 26, 2015 thai director apichatpong weerasethakul s cemetery of splendour has won the best film award at the asia pacific screen awards in australia. Mar 24, 2016 thai directors cemetery of splendor a puzzle like most of thai filmmaker apichatpong weerasethakuls films, cemetery of splendor is an experimental, strange, dreamlike meditation. Apichatpong weerasethakul s cemetery of splendour this is a world in which the present lies on top of the past, the impossible is. Apichatpong is very often regarded as one main player in the field of slow cinema. Dispensing with the homages to lowbudget thai film and television that gave a distinctive flavor to the magical realist goingson of uncle boonmee who can recall his past lives 10 and tropical malady 04, cemetery of splendor is apichatpong weerasethakul s most openly political film. Mar 19, 2018 canadian actor and filmmaker connor jessup profiles apichatpong weerasethakul, a maverick of thai cinema who explores the slippery nature of time and consciousness with a sublimely idiosyncratic, often surreal approach to film form. One of thailands leading experimental filmmakers, apichatpong weerasethakul directed this ambitious examination of fear and desire. The winner of 2010 palme dor, apichatpong joe weerasethakul is an internationally renowned thai independent filmmaker and artist. Cemetery of splendour, directed by apichatpong weerasethakul, screens september 30 and october 1 at the new york film festival. Tropical malady by apichatpong weerasethakul apichatpong.
Apichatpong weerasethakul austrian film museum books. Soldiers struck by sleeping sickness in cemetery of splendour by apichatpong weerasethakul. Sep 24, 2015 the poetic magic of apichatpong weerasethakul ranked by connor denney on september 24, 2015 one of the most interesting directors to enter the world of arthouse cinema in the past 15 years is apichatpong weerasethakul. Weerasethakul related this dichotomy to his own spiritual struggle, between the life of the artist and the pursuit of buddhist enlightenment. Quotes on the success of uncle boonmee who can recall his past lives 2010 i liked it because there were so many personal references, but i didnt think they could translate to the audience. Apr 12, 2016 soldiers struck by sleeping sickness in cemetery of splendour by apichatpong weerasethakul. Apichatpong weerasethakul, byname joe, born july 16, 1970, bangkok, thailand, thai film director, writer, and installation artist whose preference for unconventional storytelling usually relegated his work to the art house. Canadian actor and filmmaker connor jessup profiles apichatpong weerasethakul, a maverick of thai cinema who explores the slippery nature of time and consciousness with a sublimely idiosyncratic, often surreal approach to film form. History is everywhere in a typically cryptic and melancholy tale from director apichatpong. Apichatpong weerasethakul wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. May 18, 2015 an incurable sleeping sickness becomes an elusive yet expansive metaphor for thailands deeprooted social and political ills in apichatpong weerasethakuls latest gently hypnotic cinematic. Thai directors cemetery of splendor a puzzle sfgate. Selected soundworks from the cinema of apichatpong. Selected soundworks from the cinema of apichatpong weerasethakul on discogs.
Apichatpong weerasethakul to shoot next feature in colombia. Apichatpong weerasethakul looks inward and outward with. Perhaps best known for winning the palme dor in 2010 for uncle boonmee who can recall his past lives, joe as he is affectionately referred to by his fans in the west has a unique type of cinema that is all his own. He is committed to the former, but haunted by the latter. Apichatpong weerasethakul makes films that are light on narrative. May 19, 2015 cemetery of splendour by apichatpong weerasethakul teaser 2 duration. His seven feature films, short films and installations have won him widespread international recognition and numerous awards, including the cannes palme dor in 2010 with uncle boonmee who can recall his past lives. Films directed by apichatpong weerasethakul letterboxd. Apichatpong weerasethakuls latest takes the pulse of a sleepsick nation, says tony rayns. Apichatpong weerasethakul s films include uncle boonmee who can recall his past lives, tropical malady, syndromes and a century, cemetery of splendour.
Thai directors cemetery of splendor a puzzle like most of thai filmmaker apichatpong weerasethakul s films, cemetery of splendor is an experimental, strange, dreamlike meditation. Andersons essay has appeared in the same book as james quandts essay. Apichatpong weerasethakul does it again, with yet another meditative exercise in gentle dreamlike surrealism. Weerasethakul temporalities of apichatpong time and time. Apichatpong s cemetery cemetery of splendour is set in khon kaen, your home town. The filmmaker from bangkok is best known for films such as uncle boonmee who can recall his past lives, syndromes and a century and cemetery splendour. The poetic magic of apichatpong weerasethakul ranked. The serenity of madness is a traveling exhibition curated by gridthiya gaweewong and produced by independent curators international ici, new york. Apichatpong s featurelength debut, dokfa nai meuman mysterious object at noon is a documentary and was conceptually based upon the exquisite corpse game invented by surrealists. His seven feature films, short films, and installations have won him widespread international recognition and numerous awards, including the cannes palme dor in 2010 with uncle boonmee who can recall his past lives.
Apichatpong weerasethakul artist profile, exhibitions. Cemetery of splendour 2015 directed by apichatpong. But, as he shows ben walters, he has clear opinions on everything from censorship to profligate camera. Youve written of the film being a personal portrait of places that have latched onto you like parasites. Thai director and palme dor winner apichatpong weerasethakul has embarked on a twomonth trip trough colombia to research his next film, which he intends to shoot in the south american country. Mar 01, 2016 but amongst the fidos, the fluffys and the flippers, apichatpong weerasethakuls cemetery of splendour is a northern white rhino, the most endangered species in the world. Rak ti khon kaen is a 2015 thai drama film written, produced, and directed by apichatpong weerasethakul. Mar 12, 2017 thai director and palme dor winner apichatpong weerasethakul has embarked on a twomonth trip trough colombia to research his next film, which he intends to shoot in the south american country. Thai director apichatpong weerasethakul s cemetery of splendour has won the best film award at the asia pacific screen awards in australia.