His films and installations often deal with memory, and address personal, politic and social issues. A woman lies awake at night. VIDEO : « Blue » – Apichatpong Weerasethakul (réalisation) – La 3e Scène, Opéra de Paris.
In his latest, Apichatpong combines the dramaturgical with the elemental, once again exploring the intersection of art and dreams. Le réalisateur thaïlandais Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Palme d’Or au Festival de Cannes en 2010, est le nouvel invité de la 3e Scène de l’Opéra de Paris. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Thai: ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ; RTGS: Lung Bunmi Raluek Chat) is a 2010 Thai art drama film written, produced, and directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul.The film, which explores themes of reincarnation, centers on the last days in the life of its title character, who is played by Thanapat Saisaymar. It stars Tilda Swinton, Jeanne Balibar, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Juan Pablo Urrego and Elkin Diaz. Sur sa plateforme baptisée La 3è Scène, l’Opéra de Paris diffuse Blue, un court métrage signé Apichatpong Weerasethakul. 12:32 "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives" (Official Trailer) by Concrete Clouds. A woman lies awake at night. Directly across from her is a theatrical flywheel with a number of automatically changing backdrops:…
BLUE by Apichatpong Weerasethakul by Opéra national de Paris. Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. This is Weerasethakul's first English-language film. Memoria is an upcoming internationally co-produced drama film, written and directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL (1970, Thailand) studied Architecture in Thailand and was educated in filmmaking in Chicago. Un réalisateur qui a reçu la Palme d’or au Festival de Cannes en 2010 pour Oncle Boonmee (celui qui se souvient de ses vies antérieures). In Blue, we see Jenjira Pongpas Widner (star of Uncle Boonmee and Cemetery of Splendor) asleep in an outdoor bed. La 3e Scène est un espace numérique créé par l’Opéra de Paris en 2015, qui propose des réalisations vidéo ou numériques d’artistes -plasticiens, cinéastes, vidéastes, performers, danseurs et chorégraphes- en lien avec la notion d’Opéra. Film director Apichatpong Weerasethakul - Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010 for his film “Uncle Boonmee, Who Can Recall His Past Lives” - joins the 3e Scène with his new work, “Blue”, filmed during 12 nights in the heart of the Thai forest. Upon the woman’s blue sheet, a flicker of light reflects and illuminates her realm of insomnia.
2:33. Nearby, a set of theatre backdrops unspools itself, unveiling two alternate landscapes. Chez Apichatpong Weerasethakul, le travail plastique et le formalisme ne sont que des voies tendues vers une expérience onirique. Dès le 3 octobre, il présentera “Blue”, son nouveau court-métrage tourné pendant douze nuits en plein cœur de la forêt thaïlandaise. He is one of the few Thai filmmakers who work outside the strict Thai studio system. with Jenjira Pongpas Widner.