Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Tomorrow at Cinefamily (Silent Movie Theatre) in Los Angeles:

1/6 @ 5pm / SERIES: a guy named joe
The Short Films of Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Not only has Weerasethakul made numerous, ecstatically gorgeous features, but he has produced over half a dozen shorts that have toured the world’s film festivals to great acclaim. Joe maintains that the bulk of his "craft" exists in the form of these video shorts and installations, seeing them as the best avenue to evoke a single mood. The Cinefamily is proud to present the first major Los Angeles retrospective of these key works in the oeuvre of a major new auteur. This program will include:

* Malee And The Boy, in which a 10-year-old controls the use of the microphone, as he gathers sounds in various Bangkok street locations.
* In The Anthem, Joe lampoons ritual-as-propaganda by creating "the Cinema Anthem that praises and blesses the approaching feature for each screening, "
* Thirdworld, in which he blasts the West's "exotic" view of Thailand by portraying a peaceful island through intentionally unprofessional videography.
* 0116643225059 uses an overseas phone call to join the disparate worlds of Joe's Chicago schooling and Khon Kaen family home through eerily silhouetted childhood pictures of his mother.
* My Mother's Garden is a silent, venomous juxtaposition of an ornate jewelry collection with carnivorous plants.

Also showing: Windows, Relentless Fury Of The Pounding Waves, Worldly Desires, Ghost Of Asia.
Dir: Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 1997-2007, 35mm and Beta, ca. 180 min.
Tickets - $10

How can I get a penlight a la Gavin Smith?

i missed the anthem at TIFF :(

How can I get a penlight a la Gavin Smith?

-- admrl, Saturday, January 5, 2008 8:52 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

i know right. (was gonna do a suzy here.) some ldn crix have them also -- f knows where.

i had one but i busted it. also i hate them.

i don't really get the point coz you shd be able to write w/o looking at the paper right? otherwise you're kind of fucked movie-watching-wise.

ya and also i find it really annoying when other ppl sitting in front of me use them.

some FAMOUS London critics?

they got their pens from Daddy.

While tearing off a game of golf
I may make a play for the caddy
But when I do, I don't follow through
Cause my pen belongs to Daddy

If I invite a boy some night
To dine on my fine food and haddie
I just adore, his asking for more
But my pen belongs to Daddy

i dunno if there are any famous london critics rly. the really famous ones, johnny vaughn and jonathan ross, don't actually see the films i don't think. anthony lane actually lives couple miles from where i sit, in cambridge. i dunno where he sees his films though.

Johnny Vaughan is a film critic now?

oh yeah he did that programme where "normal" people review films. the name escapes me

hey so this is gonna be good right? i'm a weerasethakul n00b but this is close. worth finding a coinstar to rustle up $10?

yeah. see the other films too! "Asian Sundays"!

I don't know if this will be "good". He's divisive I suppose. My wife hates his stuff and refuses to attend.

Stupid woman

oh i'm definitely a fan after only seeing 'tropical malady.' are you going?

i'll probably save my $ for the next three cuz i'm broke right now, but it's good to know they're playing. 'syndromes and a century!' thanks for the info.

I want to go but it all depends on my finishing some work in time. It's going to be close!

i wouldn't bother with AW. go with 'the shield' season 6.

Johnny Vaughan is a film critic now?

-- admrl, Sunday, January 6, 2008 10:48 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

yuh, for 'the sun'.

the shorts will be in the Joe retro in NYC in about 10 days

OUR Joe Retro will be half over by then, do keep up NYC!

That's goin' mighty slow, considering how slender his oeuvre is.

This is the West Coast. Different pace of line, innit? ;)

life

On his short films:

http://tischfilmreview.com/?p=174

Anthem is a wow!

rrrrrrrg want to see

just scored an interview!!

also, cinematheque here doing a retro next month... including anthem!
woohoo!

nice

ya

email interview, not ideal, but still stoked.

Is he attending the retro?

no, unfortunately not!

Neat. Ask him if he's familiar with Boonga Boonga.

i'll ask him what video games he's planning on making into movies.

weird coincidence that you brought up interviewing him on that uwe boll thread yday though!!

very weird.

I have powers I don't even know about yet.

Ask him about bringing shame to his parents

Ask him if he's into lanky, tall redheads.

Syndromes... was my favourite of last year.

also

hi adamrl!

hello you

anthem!!!!!

yes, what a camera lap.

i just saw tropical malady.

it was good. it reminded of something my football coach used to say to me: "that's like trying to fuck a tiger with a wet noodle."

Just watched Syndromes and...well, it underwhelmed me. The transitions, such as they were, didn't make sense to me. I still got the DVD, so I may rewatch it. Anyone want to discuss their experiences with it.

?

I've only seen it once, and my reaction was a shrug:

http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/movie_review/syndromes-and-a-century.htm

i loved it. really, really loved it. i don't think i have much to say about it though.

or rather, i don't think i could adequately express why it affected me.