Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Wird an der Documenta 13 teilnehmen. http://alturl.com/kx4yf

Ich habe lange darüber nachgedacht, und kann ich natürlich auch nur von meinem eigenen bisherigen Wissenstand ausgehen. Aber wenn ich es mir so überlege gehörte keinem Regisseur die letzte Dekade so sehr wie ihm in Sachen Qualität und Quantität!

"For TROPICAL MALADY I found that diptychal form worth exploring. I wanted to describe certain ideas of difference, of contrast, of darkness and light, of suffering and love, and so on. The film should show how such a thing as the love of two human beings is transformed and shaped not only by society, but also by the way films tend to stereotype homosexuality. It became clear for me, that I as a filmmaker would have to break this mode. And by consequence, break this film in two parts, physically. Thailand has got this extreme contrast about it. In the past years since I started making movies, our country has heavily changend, with new technologies, architecture and the initiation of democracy, which means materialism and capitalism, coming up. At the same time we are still deeply rooted in animist, hinduist, buddhist or fake-buddhist beliefs and practices. In Thailand it has become a habit to drive a european car to your temple in order to pray for money.