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Apichatpong Weerasethakul connections

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2008-07-05 17:34:00 by Brian in Hell on Frisco Bay
...Apichatpong Weerasethakul, it's no struggle to see it in the latter mode. Apichatpong's strategies especially invite the observation of them as part of a continuum. As critic Chuck Stephens has said of the director's filmography, "Something in one film will establish something that will recur in the next film, or there'll be a reminder of...
 
 
 
 
 
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Apichatpong's Primitive emerging

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2008-12-18 17:40:00 by WiseKwai in Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal
Apichatpong Weerasethakul's next project, Primitive , is well under way as it is being prepared for its debut next year Not just merely a short film, it's a multi-platform piece of art that is being touted as "his most ambitious project to date ". It will be shown and exhibited in a variety of venues during what is being described by producer...
 
 
 
 
 
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Apichatpong's Primitive emerging

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2008-12-18 17:40:00 by WiseKwai in Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal
Apichatpong Weerasethakul's next project, Primitive , is well under way as it is being prepared for its debut next year Not just merely a short film, it's a multi-platform piece of art that is being touted as "his most ambitious project to date ". It will be shown and exhibited in a variety of venues during what is being described by producer...
 
 
 
 
 
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Links roundup: Apichatpong-a-rama

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2008-01-26 21:16:00 by WiseKwai in Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal
...Apichatpong Weerasethakul Seen on the back of a T-shirt at the 2nd Bangkok International Children's Film Festival , a now-infamous quote from Cultural Surveillance Department head Ladda Tangsupachai : "Nobody goes to see films by Apichatpong. Thai people want to see comedy. We like a laugh." They weren't selling them there, though. (Via...
 
 
 
 
 
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Apichatpong exhausted; 'officially approved version' of Syndromes and a Century prepared for screening in Thailand

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2008-03-14 08:33:00 by WiseKwai in Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal
...Apichatpong Weerasethakul's latest feature film, which was censored and banned in Thailand after it had been screened to universal acclaim at film festivals and commercial runs around the world The film was originally set to be released nearly a year ago in a limited run in Bangkok, but the screenings were canceled by the director after the...
 
 
 
 
 
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Apichatpong: 'I don't have any reason to feel that way any more'

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2008-04-25 17:33:00 by WiseKwai in Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal
...Apichatpong Weerasethakul about his appointment to the jury of this year's Cannes Film Festival The first Thai person to win an award at Cannes -- he's won two, the Un Certain Regard in 2002 for Blissfully Yours and a jury prize in the main Palm d'Or competition in 2004 for Tropical Malady -- he is now also the first Thai person to be...
 
 
 
 
 
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Apichatpong Weerasethakul's shorts in San Francisco

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2008-07-06 11:07:00 by WiseKwai in Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal
...Apichatpong Weerasethakul's short films, the second part of which screens today. The YBCA had planned to show the shorts a week ago, but some were delayed in shipping, so they screened Syndromes and a Century for free An enthusiast for Joei's films, Hell on Frisco Bay 's Brian, was deeply disappointed that he would not be able to view the...
 
 
 
 
 
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French 'knighthood' for Apichatpong

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2008-07-09 03:00:00 by WiseKwai in Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal
...Apichatpong Weerasethakul will tomorrow receive the prestigious Chevalier des Arts et Lettres from French Ambassador to Thailand Laurent Bili on behalf of the French government The filmmaker will accept the beribboned medal at an invitation-only ceremony at the Alliance Francaise in Bangkok The "Chevalier" (knight) medal is the third-tier...
 
 
 
 
 
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Apichatpong talks about his 'Vampire'

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2008-07-17 08:30:00 by WiseKwai in Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal
Apichatpong Weerasethakul showed his short film Vampire last week at the Alliance Francaise in Bangkok as part of the proceedings for his being awarded the Chevalier lOrdre des Arts et des Lettres from the French government The film was made for Louis Vuitton and is part of LV's Travelling show until August 31 at the Louis Vuitton Space. Other...