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Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Goh Gayasit
Thailand, USA 1997 / 17’
Mysterious Object at Noon

One of Weerasethakul's early projects, realized at the same time as his full-length debut, Mysterious Object at Noon, compiled from footage the director ultimately did not use in the film. The story consists of two segments: in the first, the images are accompanied by a conversation between two men; in the second one you can hear mainly the voice of a woman, the sounds of a fishing village and the sea.

Magdalena Bartczak

Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Apichatpong Weerasethakul was born in 1970 in Bangkok, but grew up in Khon Kaen in northeastern Thailand. In 1994 he received his degree in Architecture and in 1997 in Directing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In the mid-1990s, he began making his first short films, and his feature debut was the experimental documentary Mysterious Object at Noon (2000). A decade later his Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives won the Golden Palm at the 63rd Cannes IFF.

Selected filmography

2000 Tajemniczy obiekt w południe / Dokfa nai meuman / Mysterious Object at Noon

2001 Nawiedzone domy / Haunted Houses

2002 Skrajne żądze / Sud sanaeha / Blissfully Yours

2003 Przygody Iron Pussy / Hua jai tor ra nong / The Adventure of Iron Pussy

2004 Choroba tropikalna / Sud pralad / Tropical Malady

2006 Światło stulecia / Sang sattawat / Syndromes and a Century

2010 Wujek Boonmee, który potrafi przywołać swoje poprzednie wcielenia / Loong Boonmee raleuk chat / Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

2012 Mekong Hotel

2015 Cmentarz wspaniałości / Rak ti Khon Kaen / Cemetery of Splendour

2021 Memoria

Credits

director Apichatpong Weerasethakul
screenplay Apichatpong Weerasethakul
cinematography Apichatpong Weerasethakul
editing Apichatpong Weerasethakul
cast Chumnan Boonyaputhipong, Paisit Phanpruksachat, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Nappaporn Kongkirati
producer Suppakchai Sihbutra, Supamok Silarak
production Kick the Machine, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
sales Kick the Machine
language Thai
colouration b&w