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Sin and the art of redemptive violence
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 04/01/2015
» Sitting in the courtyard of the Carlton Hotel in Cannes, Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke talks about violence _ the violence in his new movie that is riding a wave of critical favour at the world's biggest film festival, and the real violence back in his home country where the unstoppable motor of progress has brought on many changes, good and otherwise.
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Shallow Waters
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 21/03/2014
» The school is on a houseboat, moored in a scenic dam-flooded river in the North. The teacher is an ex-wrestler — goofy, lovely, lively — determined to prove his worth in the educational profession. The students are a bunch of lovably dirty rural children, supposedly poor, though naturally, indefatigably happy. But this isn’t the story about the children, who exist not as people but as a mere conduit for the film’s high cuteness quota.
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Picture predictions
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 28/02/2014
» The last time the Los Angeles Times checked, the nearly 6,000 Oscar voters were 94% white, 77% male, almost 100% American, with the average age of 62. So much for movies as democracy, so much for art as majoritarianism, because to guess the Oscar winners — the time-honoured and completely useless activity practised around the world — is to guess the taste and preference of these faceless voters.
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The accidental warehouse
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 05/02/2014
» To experience a show bearing Rirkrit Tiravanija's name is to witness and to succumb, to feel the urge to giggle and to raise eyebrows in wonder. No more cooking this time, or at least not in the main gallery; but the playfulness, the appearance of spontaneity, and the plain what-is-that incredulity that accompany his works of the past three decades are healthily, unexpectedly there.
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Reaping what they Sow
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 24/01/2014
» Rice is what has raised Thailand, but our staple crop hasn't raised many smiles in the Land of Smiles lately. When Uruphong Raksasad set out to make Pleng Khong Khao (The Songs Of Rice) two years ago, he didn't imagine that his documentary would acquire a timely resonance now that the epic mess of the government's rice-pledging scheme has become an escalating imbroglio and national embarrassment. Rice, the filmmaker believes, is the soul of the country, but the song it sings has unfortunately turned into a sad one.
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Tokyo wrap!
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 01/11/2013
» Opening while one typhoon swept past and closing as a second was coming ashore, the 26th Tokyo International Film Festival wrapped up last weekend to some well-deserved cheers. One of the last big events in this year's film-festival calendar, Tokyo showcased an impressive mix of high-profile international titles, Asian highlights and some new Japanese fare.
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Global cine buffet
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 18/10/2013
» The World Film Festival of Bangkok _ the only remaining well-stocked buffet of global movies after the government-sponsored Bangkok International Film Festival folded _ is returning for the 11th year. Running from Nov 15-24, the festival this year will show 62 films from 25 countries. I will preview some of the highlights in November; here's a first look at the line-up and what cinephiles should be looking for.
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Striking with a pose
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 30/08/2013
» How frustrating it is to get stuck in the middle _ limbo _ somewhere between the past that hasn't been forgotten and the future that hasn't yet arrived. How sad to think we're adults when we're just children who dream of advancement, of reason, of democracy, of being something else we're probably not ready to be (though we're trying hard to be), something we struggle to grasp the basics of, like a runner with one shoe, or a dancer clumsily scrambling to get into her first pose. What's worse, we realise, is that as we're fighting to move forward, deep-seated fears, doubts and mental weaknesses hold us back and convince us that our will alone, or our human power and ability alone, is never enough and we're condemned to forever rely on something invisible, something divine, something supernatural, something we're not sure we believe in yet have no choice but to keep believing.
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