Mysterious Object at Noon

Mysterious Object at Noon
Mysterious Object at Noon

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Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Produced by Gridthiya Gaweewong
Mingmongkol Sonakul
Starring Phurida Vichitphan
Mesini Kaewratri
Cinematography Prasong Klimborron
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
Editing by Mingmongkol Sonakul
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Release date(s) Canada October 2, 2000
Running time 83 minutes
Country Thailand
Language Thai

Mysterious Object at Noon (Thai: ดอกฟ้าในมือมาร, or Dokfa nai meuman, literally Dokfa in the Devil's Hand)[1] is a 2000 Thai independent experimental documentary film directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

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Production

The film is unscripted and uses the exquisite corpse party game as a concept, with the film crew traveling across Thailand, interviewing people and asking each person to add their own words to a story.

The film was shot in 16mm and enlarged to 35mm for international exhibition.[1]

Reception

Festivals and awards

Mysterious Object at Noon premiered in January 2000 at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, having received support from the Hubert Bals Fund in 1998. It had its North American premiere at the Vancouver International Film Festival, where it won a special citation Dragons and Tigers Award. It won the Grand Prize (Woosuk Award) at the Jeonju International Film Festival, second prize and the NETPAC Special Mention Prize at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival. The film was screened at many other film festivals, including the London Film Festival, the Singapore International Film Festival and the Hong Kong International Film Festival.

Critical reception

Because its experimental nature falls outside the mainstream of Thai cinema, Mysterious Object at Noon received little attention in the director's native country. However through film festival screenings overseas, the film gained positive notice from film critics.

"Mr. Weerasethakul's film is like a piece of chamber music slowly, deftly expanding into a full symphonic movement; to watch it is to enter a fugue state that has the music and rhythms of another culture. It's really a movie that requires listening, reminding us that the medium did become talking pictures at one point," said Elvis Mitchell in The New York Times.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Stephens, Chuck. 2001-06-18. That obscure 'Object', Village Voice, retrieved 2007-03-27.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Elvis, 2001-11-1, From Thailand, adventures in collective storytelling, The New York Times, retrieved 2007-03-27.

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