The Short Films of Apichatpong Weerasethakul: Program 2
Apr 22 - Apr 23, 2008
(Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 1994-2007, various formats, 81min.)
THE ANTHEM (2006, 35mm, 5 min)
Apichatpong adapts the tradition in Thailand of playing a Royal Anthem before all films, proposing his own “Cinema Anthem” that praises and blesses each film screening.
0116643225059 (1994, BETA-SP, 5 min)
Alternating images of a motherĖs photo and an apartment interior are linked by a conversation, connecting memory and everyday-life space.
GHOST OF ASIA (2005, BETA-SP, 9 min)
A collaboration between Apichatpong and Christelle Lheureux, this film uses the recent Tsunami in Asia as a starting point to celebrate the spirits of humans lost at sea.
MY MOTHER’S GARDEN (2007, BETA-SP, 7 min)
An impression of a jewelry collection by Victoire de Castellane that was inspired by various types of dangerous flowers and carnivorous plants.
WORLDLY DESIRES (2005, BETA-SP, 40 min)
Both a fragmented study of the filmmaking process and a landscape film drawn from Apichatpong’s memories of shooting his acclaimed feature film Tropical Malady.
LUMINOUS PEOPLE (2006, 35mm, 15 min)
Commemorating the presence of the dead and memories of the living, this film shows a group traveling by boat along the Mekong River and incorporates conversations and stories.