Citizen Dog
Mah Nakorn
Thailand
2004
100 Min
Color
Thai
Synopsis
Follow the life of Pod as he moves to Bangkok from the country. Pod’s new life starts with getting a job, loosing a finger and dreaming about a girl. A movie were nothing is impossible, and just because you get killed by raining red helmets doesnt mean you have to stop driving motorcycle taxi. In the middle of all this crasy stuff Pod has to watch out so he doesnt grow a tail like his grandma warned him from. Jin, the girl that Pod loves, on the other hand is in love with a guy she calls Petter since thats the only foregin name she knows and dreams about one day understand the book she founded that is written in a diffrent language. —IMDb
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Wisit Sasanatieng
Wisit Sasanatieng (Thai วิศิษฏ์ ศาสนเที่ยง, born June 28, 1963 in Bangkok, Thailand) is a Thai film director and screenwriter of Chinese descent. Best known for his colourful debut feature film, Tears of the Black Tiger, he is among a “New Wave” of Thai directors that include Nonzee Nimibutr, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang and Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
Wisit studied at the Faculty of Decorative Arts at Silpakorn University, where he was a classmate of Nonzee Nimibutr and set designer Ek Lemchuen.
He started out as an art director at the Film Factory, where he worked with Pen-Ek Ratanaruang. Among television commercials directed by Wisit was a colorful commercial for Wrangler Jeans that featured Black Tiger star Chartchai Ngamsuan. Wisit continues to work at Film Factory, making commercials (particularly for the MK Restaurants hot pot chain in Thailand) in order to supplement his income in between making feature films. He also is a cartoonist and illustrator.
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film_lies101
10Oct12
This film owes so much to 'Amelie' it never seems to become its own entity. The characters are quirky to the point where they barely resemble actual human beings. The director does seem have talent, but the two films I've seen just come off as soulless pastiche.
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MAH NAKORN (Personal Favorites) Review
By Twitchfilm.com on October 28, 2011
In the wake of other Asian countries, Thailand lived through a small yet vivid period of international interest at the start of this millennium. Some very fresh and unique films reached our shores because
TIFF Report: Citizen Dog Review
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Wisit Sasanatieng is an absolute visual genius. He has a gift for color, design, and sheet unadulterated whimsy that few – if any – can match anywhere in the
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