Black Irish
11Dec11
P.S. - If anyone knows where to find more of his short works, please let me know. [I've got Mobile Men to watch and have already seen Thirdworld, Worldly Desires, A Letter to Uncle Boonmee, and Phantoms of Nabua.]
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Zachary George Najarian-Najafi
23May12
I just watched Uncle Boonmee, but aside from some beautiful sequences (especially with the ghosts and in the cave at the end) I just found it boring. Are any of Joe's other films worth watching? Tropical Malady looks interesting. But from my experience with Uncle Boonmee I felt like the things he does right gets bogged down in pacing that's too dragged out.
Gondo
24Jan12
No other filmmaker, at least none of them I know, owned this decade as much as Joe in terms of quality and quantity. Love him.
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Black Irish
11Dec11
It seems appropriate that he'd originally trained as an architect, for one of the more defining elements is his emphasis on space and structures. How they're subject to the elements, impose order, isolate and encompass all at once. I do not understand his work, having seen so little, but I now know I'm witness to something special. Great filmmakers should elude and lead us through the wild of their imaginations.
WhatsUpWill
6Mar11
If Satayajit Ray, Akira Kurosawa, and Yasujiro Ozu had a love orgy, the byproduct would be Apichatpong Weerasethakul. I think.
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Pedro Fernandes Duarte
4Nov11
Ozu is quite the opposite of Apichatpong. While Ozu believes in human life, Apichatpong believes in fantasy and dreamlands.
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Bleu Poster
17Feb11
He insists being called Joe himself, either because of his humble personality or tiredness from having his name butchered.
H. K. ‡
23Nov10
This looks very promising: http://www.kickthemachine.com/works/Boat%20project/Are%20We%20There%20Yet.html
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bagadefente
26Sep10
does anyone here knows where can i watch online/download his short "My Mother's Garden"? thanx!!
True4
15Aug10
Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Top Ten Favorite Films: The Unchanging Sea (D.W. Griffith, 1910) Luk e-san (Son of the Northeast) (Vichit Kounavudhi, 1982) Women Workers Leaving the Factory (José Luis Torres Leiva, 2005) The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974) Valentin de las Sierras (Bruce Baillie, 1971) Love Streams (John Cassavetes, 1984) Goodbye Dragon Inn (Ming-liang Tsai, 2003) Satantango (Bela Tarr, 1994) Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (Pier Palo Pasoloni, 1975) Chelsea Girls (Andy Warhol, 1966) http://facetsfeatures.blogspot.com/2010/05/apichatpong-weerasethakuls-faves-facets.html
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Zachary George Najarian-Najafi
31Jul10
What's his best film? I've been hearing a lot about this guy, but I'm not sure what to start with.
Ulrich Jarløv.dk
23May10
I've never seen a film by him, but once I do, I hope I'm left indifferent by the work, because if I happen to like it, I'm gonna have a had time talking about and praising the director- because how do I pronounce his name? The same goes if I hate his work, how can I criticize a guy whose name I can't pronounce? So, I hope his works are mediocre, so I don't have to bother with him one way or another. I'm kidding. He just won the golden palm, so hopefully his work will become more accessible here in DK.
rado
20May10
there is a great art installation by him in the National Film Theatre in London. http://www.animateprojects.org/films/by_date/2009/phantoms
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filmcapsule
16Apr10
Wow, I am so excited for "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives" and "Utopia"! When, if ever, will Boonmee be released in America, do you think? http://www.animateprojects.org/films/by_date/2010/uncle_boonmee http://www.haf.org.hk/haf/pdf/project06/project24.pdf
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Colton Bose
3Dec11
I saw it earlier this year at the Cleveland International Film Festival. It was a phenomenal.
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