Films
- Go West, directed by Buster Keaton
- สัตว์ประหลาด (Tropical Malady), dir. Apichatpong Weerashethakul
- Phantoms of Nabua, dir. Apichatpong Weerashethakul
- A Letter to Uncle Boonmee, dir. Apichatpong Weerashethakul
- ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives), dir. Apichatpong Weerashethakul
- Wind in Our Hair/Con viento en el pelo, dir. Lynne Sacks
- The Last Happy Day, dir. Lynne Sacks
- The Task of the Translator, dir. Lynne Sacks
Exhibits
- “Sol LeWitt: The Complex Form,” Dorfman Projects
- “Zilvinas Kempinas: Ballroom,” Yvon Lambert
- “Roman Opalka: Passages,” Yvon Lambert
- “Mr. Fluxus,” Maya Stendhal Gallery
- “Henry Darger,” Andrew Edlin Gallery
- “Angelina Guadlini: Shadows Slipping,” Asya Geisberg Gallery
- “Beyond Color: Color in American Photography 1950–1970”, Bruce Silverstein Gallery
- “Pipilotti Rist: Heroes of Birth,” Luhring Augustine
- “Brasilia,” 1500 Gallery
- “Justine Kurland/Francesca Woodman,” BravinLee Programs
- “Minima Moralia,” Marvelli Gallery
- “Paul Strand in Mexico,” Aperture Gallery
- “Sandow Birk: American Qur’an,” PPOW
- “Roy Lichtenstein: Reflected,” Mitchell-Innes & Nash
Oh, what I wouldn’t give to see you write something about Uncle Boonmee. Were you an Apichatpong enthusiast going in?
Hi Colin,
I’m not much of a film critic, but it does seem like the film’s been written about fairly exhaustively online. I like Weerasethakul, but I can’t pretend to understand all of what he’s doing – certainly those who know more about Thai politics and religion would get more out of this than I did – and the little bits I did know (like the importance of funeral books in Thai culture) only reinforced how much I didn’t know. That said: it’s a beautiful film, something to relax into, and it is very pleasant. Everyone points out how good the sound design for the film is, which is true; I think it demands to be seen in a theater, preferably a big theater. I liked it, maybe more immediately than I’ve liked his other films.
It’s hard to think of something to compare it to, because it is very much its own thing. Maybe Gus van Sant’s slow trilogy – Gerry, Elephant, Last Days – there’s a certain similarity in tone.
Dan