Loong Boonmee raleuk chat (2010)'s comments

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ChrisReynolds

Strange film more interested in symbolism and cinematography than narrative. It starts off quite interestingly, but gets increasingly dull as it moves towards the end and has nothing to sustain itself with beyond the Buddhist imagery.

11 years ago

coffeejazzlofi

8 years 5 months ago

VagueVisages

The film haunts you long after it has ended. Strange, mystifyingly oblique magical realism you cannot miss. It sets no boundaries between past and present, dream and reality, body and spirit. It is probably one of the most amazing films where reality submerges with a dream-like world that is hard to forget.

7 years 5 months ago

HyliaFischer

Very beautiful movie, both pictures and meaning. One of the Best from 2010.

12 years 6 months ago

greenhorg

There's a similar feel to this and Taste of Tea.

12 years 1 month ago

David Giancarlo

Absolutely beautiful composition, as we should come to expect from Thai Joe. I hope that this film will blur into my dreams!

13 years 7 months ago

devilsadvocado

Soft, simple, subtle effects are enough to convey real magic. This is my number one for 2010, above Copie Conforme and Blue Valentine.

11 years 5 months ago

Siskoid

Though quiet and lyrical, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives is the kind of film that stays with you. We are introduced to a man who undergoing dialysis on his farm in rural Thailand, convinced he's not long for this world and wondering what the next might bring. Long takes, no score, natural conversation, mundane stuff, and then a spirit shows up and if that's normal and everyone sort of takes it in their stride. We're in what Western audiences call magical realism - karma, reincarnation and ghosts are taken for granted and don't really disturb the film's realism. Director Apichatpong Weerasethakul has spoken about reincarnation as running parallel (I'm grossly oversimplifying it, I'm sure), quantum mechanics as spirituality, and it shows up twice in the film. The first is in a flashback(?) to what feels like an old legend of a princess and a catfish, which the modern-day time frame does not address in any way. Is this one of Boomnee's former/parallel lives? And if so, which character is he? The second is the enigmatic ending. What I'll remember most, however, is the subtle relationship between Boonmee and his sister-in-law, a lot of things unspoken there, about lives not lived and choices not made, and perhaps that's how we explain the ending after all.

2 years ago

mattjacobs188

This wasn't as great as I was expecting and certainly lacked in some areas. But it was a beautifully shot, meditative film that makes one think about spirituality, death and after-life. Those not well-versed with magical realism may be a little shocked at first.

Definitely a good viewing experience.

2 years 3 months ago

kurvduam

(removed by mod: please post in English)

7 years 8 months ago