Director: Apitchatpong Weerasethakul
I give Uncle Boonmee... no rating because it's such an unusual film. The 'story' is about the eponymous Uncle Boonmee who has a kidney ailment and is dying. Yet there are long interludes about his dead wife and a strange incident with his son. The meaning of some events in the film appears inscrutable, and it did sometimes struggle to hold my attention. Still, some of the shots in this movie are incredible. I think I say this too often, but while I love that there are films like Uncle Boonmee... - non-linear, inscrutable, prone to raise questions without answering them, I don't know how much I enjoy them. I also have to imagine that this film is far, far better on the big screen.
This one was really something, and I'm glad that I saw it on a big screen (one of those times you appreciate living in a place like Cambridge).
ReplyDeleteI loved the La Jetee-style still shots part, and the entering the cave to die sequence near the end was just transfixing.
No rating is probably appropriate.
Yeah, I remember seeing Andrei Rublev on the big screen at SJC - I feel like it would've been a totally different experience had I not seen it that way first. The longer the takes, the bigger the screen should be.
ReplyDeleteHave not seen La Jetee, might have to check that out.