Reviews of Phantoms of Nabua
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Blue K, Custodian of the Cinema
21Sep09
This is cinema stripped down to its most primitive and elemental form a la the projected shadow shows in Plato’s allegory of the cave. Civilization, represented by the ball of fire with which the young men play a game of soccer, brings destruction to the pure dream that is cinema, burning down the tabura rasa of a screen. FUCKING GENIUS. The best thing to have come out of Thailand since pad thai and women who shoot ping pong balls out of their vaginas.
- Currently 5.0/5 Stars.
Filmy
21Sep09
My favorite short film too, thanks Carlo.
The first time I saw it, I was stuck in deep nostalgia, drowned by memories from my own teens – home town with flickering incandescent lights all over, deserted streets past midnight, balls of fire, the festival of lights, roaming around in the streets to start little bonfires. Then the wonderful imagery stayed with me long after I was done watching it. There could be deeper meanings in what Weerasethakul actually depicted but its striking dazzling imagery i what I appreciate most for now. Marvellous.
- Currently 5.0/5 Stars.