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filmlee

19May13

Cinema in its purest form. Thanks for that masterpiece!

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Ryan Pearce

7May13

I've taken my time getting around to seeing 'Joe's' stuff, as I'm usually not one for contemplative cinema. What a great introduction to his work this was. Beautifully dreamy.

ryan

19Mar13

Interesting, but not as moving as intended.

I can't still wrap my head around what I've seen in this movie, and I'm not sure whether that is a good or a bad thing. This felt like a tale, born out of folklore and ancient traditions that are mostly strange to western culture. Seeing "Uncle Bonmee" was an odd experience but it was also refreshing in its nonsense and dreamy vibe.

paolone_fr

4Feb13

incredible, unbeliavable cinema that takes shape right in front of your eyes, you barely noticing it, like the phantom of boonmee's wife.

elf machinery

30Jan13

beautiful, soulful and lightly humorous meditation on mortality & death delivered in only the way that weerasethakul can. amazing.

ocWavean

28Jan13

There are times when analyzing a film beyond its lyrical aspects becomes nothing but a repetitive act in the hopes of projecting a philosophical understanding, and meaning to what you just witnessed. To reduce "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives" down to a series of tropes that may or may not be true is counter-intuitive, and feels as though it misses the mark. This was melodic poetry in silent motion.

Th MZA

26Jan13

By adding pre-birth & post-death life to the menu, Weerasethakul invites CHAOS into his film, which he manages by keeping his camera as steady as his thoughts; riding one thought @ a time like a hitchhiker until the next strong thought/image asserts itself; breaking free from infinite options. It's not that the mundane & the monstrous are equivalent in his world but that both are given an equal chance to surprise.

Larissa

21Jan13

Assisti a esse filme como se tivesse vendo a roupa nova do rei que só os inteligentes veêm. Eu não vi nada, só um rei gordo, feio e pelado. Definitivamente não é meu tipo de filme.

Celia

11Jan13

This movie is incredibly beautiful, exquisite, mysterious, poetic, positive, moving, etc... manages to depict true human experience through elements of fantasy. I guess I also found it to be calming and quiet in a way that make me feel, for lack of a better word, 'peaceful'

febyac

5Dec12

too quiet for me, ticked my nerves with whys.

Zesty Enterprise

3Dec12

Tranquil images of Thailand to ease your soul. Leaves you with many questions in the end.

John

27Nov12

I'm starting to understand "Joe's" disruptive narratives, but each time in his films when he pulls away from a set of characters he's been building up, and starts a new story, it hurts the experience for me. The princess tale was achingly beautiful, but when it came back to Boonmee and Co., I had already gotten into that. Maybe it's just my way of watching movies.

Kyle Petty

26Nov12

There is this turquoise-green that the film is washed in, as if it were made by the jungle itself.

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Wa Leerasanthanah

15Nov12

The film's very patient progression and quietness is supposed to provide the audience tranquility. I disagree with watchers who claim it to be "flat" and unnecessarily "slow". One long still frame in that film is dense with information--from the décor of Boonmee's bedroom to the sound of insects chirping. It is a spectacular interpretation of the calmness of a man who peacefully greets his death.

Markus Baumknecht

5Nov12

Some very nice images but god is that film hard to watch.

Classroom Battles

21Aug12

Probably one of the strangest films I've ever seen, and I've seen some. Someone described the film as being "more a floating world than a proper film". I couldn't agree more. The princess sequence is amazing.

Jakob Larsson

19Aug12

Fuck yeah.

toniponi

17Jul12

This film, more than just a film, seems to be a map to some kind of "zen" state where you can interactuate with the world in it.

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Guillermo Padilla

20Jun12

La combinación entre el naturalismo y lo espectral, la fantasia y la realidad seca, contrastan y hacen del film una experiencia extraña pero no por ello poco difrutable. Una película única, mística, acogedora.

DT

12Jun12

Perhaps the most purely naturalistic of Joe’s feature films, its lush, immersive ambience of the Thai countryside finds harmony in elements of local mysticism, which only deepen the evocative and hypnotic nature of the piece. There lies a clear beauty and magic in this film’s purity, more often than not simply resulting in a stunning, lucid work of its own unique, quiet volition. Really good.

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