― Eric H., Tuesday, 8 May 2007 04:25 (sixteen years ago) link
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 8 May 2007 04:28 (sixteen years ago) link
― Eric H., Tuesday, 8 May 2007 04:31 (sixteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 8 May 2007 13:10 (sixteen years ago) link
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― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 20:46 (sixteen years ago) link
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 20:56 (sixteen years ago) link
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― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 10 May 2007 15:34 (sixteen years ago) link
According to the-numbers.com, his latest and Tsai's have each grossed about $15,0000 in North America.
Why do some of us continue to write about these for public consumption? Barely distributed, and nobody goes.
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 15 June 2007 15:52 (sixteen years ago) link
i tried to pimp this movie out as much as possible but it doesn't help that it's not distributed or available on video here :(
― s1ocki, Friday, 15 June 2007 15:55 (sixteen years ago) link
disheartening, ain't it? as baffled and left semi-cold as I was by it.
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 15 June 2007 16:01 (sixteen years ago) link
haha. it's weird though, especially considering all the shit foreign fare that opens here anyway
― s1ocki, Friday, 15 June 2007 16:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Shit makes money. Go figure.
― Eric H., Friday, 15 June 2007 16:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Wet Hot American Summer was a b.o. dud. Coincidence?
― Eric H., Friday, 15 June 2007 16:36 (sixteen years ago) link
on seeing a Syndromes and a Century / I Don’t Want To Sleep Alone twinbill:
http://mattzollerseitz.blogspot.com/2007/07/dialogue-vs-duplicity-notes-on.html
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 14:23 (sixteen years ago) link
i almost basically did the same double bill at tiff!
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 14:25 (sixteen years ago) link
I saw In Between Days last night, which I liked a bit more than either.
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 14:55 (sixteen years ago) link
i want to see that for sure.
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 15:50 (sixteen years ago) link
I want to know how to pronounce his name.
― Matt #2, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 15:56 (sixteen years ago) link
To the average American filmgoer it could rhyme with "Short Round" for all they care.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 15:57 (sixteen years ago) link
it's why he goes by "Joe"
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 15:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Ha, I was at that Syndromes screening! I wonder if this is the dude who wanted to see the copy of Cinemascope I was reading? Cinephile secret handshake.
I really liked Syndromes, it was probably the first JOE film that I've just loved from beginning to end. Some of it was ridiculously beautiful. I know that it is somewhat of a cliche to talk about architecture and filmic space, but the way he shoots the two hospital structures really impressed me, particularly the first dentist's office (both day and night!). The only film that I've seen recently that used built environments so well was...I Don't Want To Sleep Alone.
― admrl, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 15:59 (sixteen years ago) link
We should do another thread about architects-turned-filmmakers (and vice versa), it's sort of an obsession of mine.
― admrl, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 16:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Or architecture STUDENTS, at least.
well, he lost me in the 2nd half, esp after we went up that steamy vent.
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 16:00 (sixteen years ago) link
b-b-b-but that was at the end! =)
― admrl, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 16:04 (sixteen years ago) link
From your description, Morbz, it sounds like you were bored by the porn.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 16:04 (sixteen years ago) link
After his other films I expected a more difficult second half but it was fine, perhaps a little more fractured than the first.
― admrl, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 16:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Meta-porn
Not quite, Adam.
You mean IBD is a year and a half old, and it's played NYC before Montreal?
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 16:07 (sixteen years ago) link
I mean that wasn't quite the end (exercise in the park)
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 16:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Adam, you're a Patrick Keiller, right?
― C0L1N B..., Wednesday, 18 July 2007 16:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Patrick Keiller FAN
― C0L1N B..., Wednesday, 18 July 2007 16:10 (sixteen years ago) link
YES
― admrl, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 16:10 (sixteen years ago) link
I AM A PATRICK KEILLER
― admrl, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 16:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Yes, I am. And he trained at UCL as an architect I think.
Also, Antonioni may have studied architecture, but that seems so fitting that it probably isn't true.
And Rem Koolhaas used to be a screenwriter!
― admrl, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 16:12 (sixteen years ago) link
RS: How did your study of architecture inform your concept of cinema?
Apichatpong: I think they’re quite the same; it’s dealing with time. When you treat your audience, in architecture, they walk into the space, they experience the space, the light and shadow, by walking through time. So you design the space to evoke certain feelings and certain reactions from the viewer. The same with film; you use time, but I think film is more forcing the audience to experience while sitting in the dark. So I think architecture gives more freedom in a way. But in terms of the filmmaker, making films has more freedom, because it’s more abstract. And you don’t have to give in much on the practical use of the space.
― admrl, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 16:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Wikipedia says Antonioni studied economics!
― C0L1N B..., Wednesday, 18 July 2007 16:18 (sixteen years ago) link
OK, fair enough. =)
― admrl, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 16:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Are we agreed that the likely pronounciation of "Apichatpong" has less possible variations than that of "Weerasethakul"?
― admrl, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 16:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Dr. Morbius said: After one viewing?
how many times do film critics see a new movie? in this months film comment, amy taubin sounds like she's seen Zodiac, like, five times.
― poortheatre, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 18:22 (sixteen years ago) link
well, I've found that in writing about films -- esp the more 'open' seminarrative ones like AW's -- one viewing is often inadequate. (For one thing, I misremember sequences, dialogue, etc.)
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 18:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Dr Morbius, do you write about films?
― admrl, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 19:01 (sixteen years ago) link
under the radar, oui.
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 19:09 (sixteen years ago) link
i could only see it once. and it's not like i was gonna be like "wow this movie totally blew me away i should see it again just in case i actually don't like it"
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 19:21 (sixteen years ago) link
anyway, i almost always only see a movie once before writing about it cuz i don't got any other choice.
thanks forks
― Goose Bigelow, Fowl Gigolo (the table is the table), Thursday, 16 February 2023 17:46 (one year ago) link
http://www.moriareviews.com/rongulator/wp-content/uploads/Tropical-Malady-2004-1-650x366.jpg
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 16 February 2023 19:06 (one year ago) link
Just got this from the library, excited to watch sometime this week.
UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2010) Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Sensory Meridian Response is a wonderful thing. In the Thai genius’s movies, the characters speak slowly and hypnotically, usually in tandem with a soothing symphony of buzzing insects. Uncle Boonmee, in particular, depicts a somnolent environment in which ghosts, monsters and humans peacefully co-exist. Subsequently, the soundscape is two hours of pure pleasure, including an “aural” sex scene between a princess and a catfish that amounts to ASMR-esque ripples of water and an occasional moan. As Weerasethakul encourages viewers to fall asleep during his movies, his entire back catalogue can be appreciated with closed eyes. So much so, the director released an album of “selected soundworks” from his filmography, including the jungle noises from Uncle Boonmee.
― The field divisions are fastened with felicitations. (Deflatormouse), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 12:31 (one year ago) link
same here but i don’t think i’ve ever heard rain sound so amazing and lifelike in a film as i did watching this in a theater
Omg WANT
― The field divisions are fastened with felicitations. (Deflatormouse), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 12:33 (one year ago) link
on a recent long flight I had put a rip of Syndromes and a Century on my iPad and expected it to not quite work in that context, but I was drawn in and mesmerised as always. I have no idea how he sustains such a hold during long, slow takes. I find his stuff transformative to watch. I think I’m kind of addicted to how it feels.
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 13:04 (one year ago) link
he's coming to the walker in mpls in april. going to screen his shorts and a few days before is introducing a tsai ming-liang film
http://walkerart.org/calendar/2023/apichatpong-weerasethakul-in-conversation-with-sky-hopinka
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 23:46 (one year ago) link
Oh man, he's introducing Goodbye, Dragon Inn — which I think is his favorite film. I'd love to see that on a big screen.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 23:48 (one year ago) link
So I made it exactly 3 minutes into Uncle Boonmee before I fell asleep. Not gonna lie, i allowed myself to nap through the entire thing. 10/10, mostly for the audio, and also for the occasional glimpses of the film i caught whenever i remembered to open my eyes.
Will rewatch 'properly' before I return it, needless to say his album of "selected soundworks" has jumped to the top of my wantlist.
― The field divisions are fastened with felicitations. (Deflatormouse), Saturday, 18 March 2023 01:13 (one year ago) link
I bet he would be delighted with that experience
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 18 March 2023 03:57 (one year ago) link