Ashes contemplates love, pleasure, and the destruction of memory. The surroundings of everyday life are shared with extreme intimacy. For Apichatpong, Thailand, while full of beauty, is slowly collapsing into darkness.
“King Kong rarely barked. She had been with us since she was three months old. Every night she slept and looked around in her dreams.
We thought that our spirits...
Since she appeared in my film in 2009, Jenjira Pongpas has changed her name. Like many Thais, she is convinced that the new name will bring her good luck. So Jenjira has become Nach, which means water. Not long after, she was drifting online and encountered a retired soldier, Frank, from Cuba, New Mexico, USA. A few months later they got married and she has officially become Mr...
A man is Skyping to the other side of the world. He discovers a firefly and shows it to his partner.
A man is Skyping to the other side of the world. He discovers a firefly and shows it to his partner.
在泰国与缅甸边境的某处,住着一种被称为Nok Phii(幽灵鸟)的生物。又或者说,那儿曾经有过。如果真的存在Nok Phii,那么它会成为除了加拉帕戈斯群岛上的吸血鸟类以外的唯一一种靠吸食动物鲜血而生存的鸟类。在数个当地盛传的传说中,Nok Phii被描绘成一种具有强烈攻击性的夜间掠食动物,在有些故事中,它们甚至会袭击人类。2007年,泰国北部居民中有人在远山中目睹了一对雌雄Nok Phii。据推测,这很有可能是世界上仅存的一对Nok Phii。这种体型小眼睛大的鸟从来没有被捕获过,不管死活。也没有任何遗骸可考。在没有确切证据的前提下,这种鸟或许只是丛林中散发的危险有人气息的一个虚拟产物。“吸血鬼”只是对于这种鸟和它的习性的一种梦幻描述,电影中远航而寻求财富之人的虚幻印象而已。
Two men are in the room 1702 of a hotel named M, which situated in the heart of Yau Ma Tei area. They are the film crew members who has visited Hong Kong for the first time. They spend their afternoon in the room doing souvenir portraits. Below in the park outside sits their team member with a microphone clipped onto his jacket. The man later leaves his bench and wanders around...