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(aka "Dokfa nai meuman" )
directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Thailand 2000
This masterpiece from new Thai director
Apichatpong Weerasethakul blends fiction and non-fiction into a new form
of cinema previously forged by Hou Hsiao-hsien and Abbas Kiarostami.
For his low-budget, 85-minute, black-and-white film, Weerasethakul
traveled all over Thailand, inviting people to continue the storyline he
has begun about a teacher, her student, and a mysterious boy who has
suddenly appeared and has magic powers.
Whenever eager storytellers are not crowded in the frame tossing out
ideas faster than any Hollywood pitch meeting, Weerasethakul's camera
simply follows the day-to-day events of the region -- from fishmongers
selling their wares to children playing with a dog.
Excerpt from Jeffrey M. Anderson located HERE
Theatrical Release: 2 October 2000 (Vancouver International Film Festival)
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DVD Review: Plexifilm - Region 0 - NTSC
Big thanks to Arvid for the Review!
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Plexifilm Region 0 - NTSC |
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| Runtime | 84:06 | |
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1.66:1 Original Aspect Ratio |
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NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes. |
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| Audio | Thai Dolby Digital 2.0 (224Kb/s) | |
| Subtitles | English (hard) | |
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Release Information: Studio: Plexifilm Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details: Chapters 14 |
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This low budget movie was shoot on 16mm b/w, so the non-anamorphic image look far from fantastic and a lot different from his later narrative movies like Tropical Malady or Syndromes and a Century. The DVD is a single-layered DVD5 (uses 4.09GB), but that's not a big issue for a movie this short. I think the weak image is mostly due to the films source quality. There are at least two other dvd-versions of this movie released in the world, one Australian that uses the same transfer and extras as this one and a French dvd released by mk2 together with A.Ws Blissfully Yours (if anyone have the MK2 Mysterious.. I would be interested to see how it look). The English subtitles are non removable, but white and clear.
There is one 8-minute interview with
Weerasethakul as extras, it's interesting and in English. There are also
a fourpage booklet with an essay by Chuck Stephens. -
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