Shifting between fact and fiction in a hotel situated along the mekong river, a filmmaker rehearses a movie expressing the bonds between a vampiric mother and daughter. The french riviera will get another blissful dose of apichatpong weerasethakul next month. I finally understood that apichatpong is an artist of still images. Few rivers have discharged more bodies than the mekong. The serenity of madness showcases the brilliance and. Mekong hotel 2012 apichatpong weerasethakul, drama rarefilm. Mekong hotel has a 67% approval rating on rotten tomatoes and holds a 57100 on metacritic. Apichatpong joe weerasethakul is a thai independent film director, screenwriter, and film producer.
Shifting between fact and fiction in a hotel situated along the mekong river, a filmmaker rehearses a movie. Mekong hotel seems to walk the line between the two, or to make that distinction seem artificial. There, apichatpong weerasethakul holds a rehearsal with his crew of a treatment for a movie that he wrote years ago called ecstasy garden. The films of apichatpong weerasethakul list challenges. Apichatpong s uncle boonmee who can recall his past lives won the palme dor at cannes, the first thai film to do so. Oct 22, 2016 accompanying mekong hotel are malee and the boy 1999, a formally inventive collaboration with a curious 10yearold. Apichatpong weerasethakul, christelle lheureux, 2005. First images from apichatpong weerasethakul s mekong hotel thanks for the pictures.
Check out the above trailer for the program, then head over to the channel to watch the whole documentary alongside a sampling of apichatpongs films. The canneswinning director thai apichatpong weerasethakul syndromes and a century. According to the director, mekong hotel takes its inspiration from a story weerasethakul originally wrote for a movie called ecstasy garden with an utterly batty premise. Apichatpong weerasethakuls 2012 drama, mekong hotel is by nature, a minor work of the renowned thai auteur. The films of apichatpong weerasethakul feb 29mar 10. Shot on video, this hourlong study shuffles between different realms, between fact and fiction, expressing the bonds between a vampirelike mother and her daughter, two young. He has no idea what to do with emotions or the people who feel them.
Apr 12, 2016 thats not counting the hourlong mekong hotel, which emerged in 2012. Director apichatpong weerasethakul shares his experience of debuting his feature mekong hotel and how he has developed as a filmmaker. May 25, 2012 director apichatpong weerasethakul shares his experience of debuting his feature mekong hotel and how he has developed as a filmmaker. Music is an integral element for weerasethakul, with his later mekong hotel 2012 being set entirely to gently lulling guitar music. Tropical malady returns with this enigmatic portrait of a hotel, a region and a countryside, in this half documentary, half fiction, all magical look at the mekong hotel, along the thailandlaos border. A short feature which bridges the imaginary gap between an unrealized screenplay, meagre means, digital cinema, and a roundabout collection of seemingly unrelated interests, the thai director once again comes up with something unexpected and. Mekong hotel is a portrait of a hotel near the mekong river in the northeast of thailand which marks the border between thailand and laos, expressing the bonds between a vampirelike mother and her daughter, the young lovers and the river. Soldiers struck by sleeping sickness in cemetery of splendour by apichatpong weerasethakul. He lays back but still works in a realized mode, however, that has the narrative carefully gliding from one realm to another typical of his films. Nevertheless, his style also has been described as joyful, spontaneous, playful, unpretentious, and gentle. Tropical malady, which won a jury prize at the 2004 cannes film festival.
Uncle boonme director apichatpong weerasethakul lining up. Dawn of boonmee uncle boonmee who can recall his past lives 4. Quattro hong kong 2 brillante mendoza, apichatpong weerasethakul, ho yuhang, stanley kwan, 2011. A portrait of a hotel near the mekong river in the northeast of thailand. Mekong hotel by apichatpong weerasethakul desistfilm. He also directed a segment in ten years thailand 2018. Behindthescenes featurette deleted scenes other apichatpong weerasethakul trailers. Mekong hotel is a 2012 thai film directed by apichatpong weerasethakul. The film was screened in the special screenings section at the 2012 cannes film festival. They hang around on the veranda, listen to or play guitar and rehearse for a film that will no longer be made. To end the film on the rocks yao noi festival curated by tilda swinton and apichatpong weerasethakul with a bang, beijingbased architect ole scheeren designed a floating cinema which was situated in the clear blue waters of nai pi lae lagoon on kudu island, thailand. Mekong hotel everything or nothing can be read into apichatpong weerasethakul s docufiction, which plays like a bonus track to uncle boomee who can recall his past lives. The film shuffles different realms, fact and fiction, expressing the bonds between a vampirelike mother. Apichatpong weerasethakul s serene mekong hotel is more a collection of ideas than a fully realized concept.
It interrupts its fictional material with scenes of weerasethakul himself chatting with a constantly strumming singersongwriter type, in the same way that cannibal ghost mom totally stumbles her way into the love story. Apichatpong weerasethakul mar 11, 2017 mekong hotel 2012, dir. Apichatpong weerasethakul wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Mekong hotel 2012 apichatpong weerasethakul, drama. Arts film on video piety the serenity of madness showcases the brilliance and wonder of apichatpong weerasethakul. Apichatpong weerasethakuls films include uncle boonmee who can recall his past lives, tropical malady, syndromes and a century, cemetery of splendour. Mekong hotel film by weerasethakul 2012 britannica. A unique, oneoff project by the multitalented apichatpong weerasethakul. May 17, 2012 according to the director, mekong hotel takes its inspiration from a story weerasethakul originally wrote for a movie called ecstasy garden with an utterly batty premise. Mekong hotel, like uncle boonmee recalls his past lives before it, absorbs and reinterprets past projects realized or not by apichatpong weerasethakul. Famous for his meditative, spiritual, and unconventional films, apichatpong weerasethakul has an incredible oeuvre of movies and short films dealing with history, religion, sexuality, dreams, the nature of reality, the reality of nature, and how we relate to one another on cosmically colliding planes of existence. The mekong river on the border between thailand and laos, and with weerasethakul s predilection for boundaryblurrings of one kind or another. For the most part, though, this hourlong curiosity feels like a fansonly. An auteur best known for his palme dor prizewinning film, uncle boonmee who can recall his past lives 2010, apichatpong weerasethakul produces feature films and fine art video works that focus on the people of his native thailand.
Find films and movies featuring apichatpong weerasethakul on allmovie. The film was shot in some of the rooms, and on the terrace, of. Mar 04, 2016 a muted dreamscape from the thai director apichatpong weerasethakul, who is best known for his uncle boonmee who can recall his past lives. Apichatpong weerasethakul s films include uncle boonmee who can recall his past lives, tropical malady, syndromes and a century, cemetery of splendour. This and a million more lights 2003, director apichatpong weerasethakuls entry in the give 1 minute of art to aids project. The film shuffles different realms, fact and fiction, expressing the bonds between a vampirelike mother and her. For a better experience on mubi, update your browser. Working outside the strict confines of the thai film studio system, weerasethakul has directed several features and dozens of short films. Discover the films selected by director apichatpong weerasethakul, to download on vod and legal streaming lacinetek.
Shifting between fact and fiction in a hotel situated along the mekong river, a filmmaker rehearses a movie expressing the bonds between vampirelike mother and daughter. His previous feature films include uncle boonmee who can recall his past lives, winner of the prestigious 2010 cannes film festival. Dawn of boonmeeuncle boonmee who can recall his past lives 4. Thai directors cemetery of splendor a puzzle sfgate. Zaal staal in postillion convention centre wtc rotterdam is transformed into a film environment and temporary hotel. Though the past may have already sung poignance and horror to our souls, regardless, their specter remains to haunt us in present time in our memories. Weerasethakul s later feature films included mekong hotel 2012 and rak ti khon kaen 2015. Quite interesting images from mekong hotel, an upcoming apichatpong weerasethakul s movie which will screen on the croisette next week. Its partly bits of a story weerasethakul had written years ago about a young couple who are haunted by a pob. Winner of the best feature film at the 2015 asia pacific screen awards for cemetery of slendour, apichatpong weerasethakul has established himself as on of thailands leading independent filmmakers as director, writer abd producer.
Apichatpong s featurelength debut, dokfa nai meuman mysterious object at noon is a documentary and was conceptually based upon the exquisite corpse game invented by surrealists. Mekong hotel 2012 directed by apichatpong weerasethakul. Mekong hotel for cannes, plus rocks, walker art and quattro 2 swinton and apichatpong at a bangkok press conference last month ahead of the film on the rocks festival. Acrophobia syndromes and a century apichatpong weerasethakul is recognised as one. A retrospective of one of contemporary cinemas most innovative and beguiling artists, in celebration of the opening of his new cemetery of splendor and the theatrical premiere of mekong hotel. Whether you visit by day or stay overnight, you are actively encouraged to sleep. Docu fiction mekong hotel est le portrait dun hotel situe pres du mekong au. Mekong hotel is a hotel near the mekong river, on the border of thailand and laos. The first half of syndromes and a century favours a tranquil natural soundscape that gives way to the industrial hum of the second, but the films midpoint is a lovely musical sequence in which the dentist performs a traditional thai folk song at an outdoor. The director of uncle boonmee returns with a double dose.
The film was screened in the special screenings section at the 2012 cannes film festival reception. Metaphors selected soundworks from the cinema of apichatpong weerasethakul by apichatpong weerasethakul, released 28 february 2017 1. Mekong hotel an interview with apichatpong weerasethakul. Apichatpong weerasethakul, thailand meet the filmmakers. Mekong hotel has a 67% approval rating on rotten tomatoes and holds a 57100 on metacritic references. Apichatpong weerasethakul s mekong hotel, set in the eponymous laos retreat, revisits some of the directors most familiar themes.
In the bedrooms and terraces, apichatpong held a rehearsal with his crew for a movie that he wrote years ago called ecstasy garden. Apichatpong weerasethakul movies and filmography allmovie. Apichatpong weerasethakul may be on a first0name basis with more people on the planet than any other cannesprizewinning filmmaker in history, but no matter how average joeor joei, as hes more recently taken to transliterating his nicknamemight seem to become, he never begins to lose his heavenly glow, his beatific gleam. No wonder that the apichatpong hotel with its otherworldly, filming hotelier is not only home to living guests. Apichatpong weerasethakul s 2012 drama, mekong hotel is by nature, a minor work of the renowned thai auteur. First images from apichatpong weerasethakuls mekong hotel. Films directed by apichatpong weerasethakul letterboxd. Mekong hotel was one of my most anticipated films coming into the festival, the first feature by apichatpong weerasethakul joe since his canneswinner uncle boonmee who can recall his past lives which i saw here at viff 2010. Feb 16, 2011 mekong hotel will reunite weerasethakul with illuminations films keith griffiths and simon field, who teamed with the thai director on syndromes and a century as well as uncle. Album metaphors selected soundworks from the cinema of apichatpong weerasethakul licensed to youtube by believe music on behalf of sub rosa. Quotes on the success of uncle boonmee who can recall his past lives 2010 i liked it because there were so many personal references, but i didnt think they could translate to the audience. Apichatpong weerasethakul mekong hotel cannes 2012 youtube. Selected soundworks from the cinema of apichatpong weerasethakul on discogs.
Apichatpong weerasethakul celebrity profile check out the latest apichatpong weerasethakul photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Even though thai culture follows the western pattern of. Shifting between fact and fiction in a hotel situated along the mekong river, a filmmaker rehearses a movie expressing the bonds between a vampirelike mother and daughter. Films en vod selectionnes par apichatpong weerasethakul. Shifting between fact and fiction in a hotel situated along the mekong river, a filmmaker rehearses a movie exploring the bonds between a vampirelike mother and daughter. Of course tim burton would go for the movie with the monkey. He was associated with the thai new wave from the late 1990s onwards, and his films have won numerous awards at cannes and other international festivals. With jenjira pongpas, banlop lomnoi, jarinpattra rueangram, petcharat chaiburi. Synopsis mekong hotel is a portrait of a hotel near the mekong river in the northeast of thailand. Apichatpong weerasethakul, byname joe, born july 16, 1970, bangkok, thailand, thai film director, writer, and installation artist whose preference for unconventional storytelling usually relegated his work to the art house. The river there marks the border between thailand and laos. Dispensing with the homages to lowbudget thai film and television that gave a distinctive flavor to the magical realist goingson of uncle boonmee who can recall his past lives 10 and tropical malady 04, cemetery of splendor is apichatpong weerasethakuls most openly political film. Mekong hotel is a portrait of a hotel near the mekong river in the northeast of thailand.
Apichatpong weerasethakul movies, bio and lists on mubi. Films on vod selected by apichatpong weerasethakul lacinetek. Thai directors cemetery of splendor a puzzle like most of thai filmmaker apichatpong weerasethakul s films, cemetery of splendor is an experimental, strange, dreamlike meditation. A group of soldiers in a small town on the mekong river in northern thailand are struck with a bizarre sleeping illness. Apichatpong weerasethakul returns to cannes after the triumph of uncle boonmee who can recall past lives with mekong hotel, a typically enigmatic and mysterious rumination. Mekong hotel apichatpong weerasethakul, 2012 seattle. Weerasethakul is no stranger to cannes actually he won palme dor for his 2000 film uncle boonmee who can recall his past lives, so i guess that were all a little bit surprised to hear. Mar 19, 2018 a portrait of apichatpong weerasethakul, offers a rare glimpse into the filmmakers creative world and the passions that fuel his work.