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Time capsule unlocked
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 17/07/2012
» Before photographs of people outnumbered the entire population of the world, having one's image captured on film was a privilege, a real cause for pride.
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Wishing upon a bullet train
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 09/03/2012
» Hirokazu Kore-eda's I Wish is a film about small happiness hidden under earth-shaking woes. An unexpected hand clasp on the shoulder, a swimming trunk in a wash basin, the sound of a clinking bell, the volcanic ash that falls like confetti _ the random joy of life slowly works its way into the heart of a young boy at the centre of this family drama, on limited release starting yesterday. Sweet but thankfully not saccharine, observant without being obsessive, I Wish has the delicate lightness and calm lucidity of all Kore-eda's films. And although this one won't move you to ponder the painful disintegration of family values the way the director's near-masterpiece Nobody Knows did in 2004, the uncoiling of revelations here is as gentle as it is refreshing.
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Film festival needs direction
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 01/02/2012
» If the Red Carpet works, the film festival works. That seems to be the motto of the hype machine behind last weekend's Hua Hin International Film Festival, which proudly paraded stars down the sandy, horse-free beach of the InterContinental while the cinemas were haunted by ghosts. Nothing's wrong with using a movie festival to support tourism, as long as some attention is paid to what it's all about: film, and the film-going experience.
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