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Mysterious Object at Noon

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Filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul interviews a hodgepodge of people to continue a creative story about a boy and his teacher.

Critics Reviews

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Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse 01/02/2023
6.5
Despite these issues, the trip “Mysterious Object at Noon” places its viewer in, is a rather enjoyable one, both for its beauty and as an introduction to the area and China in general. Go to Full Review
Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com 09/09/2020
3.5/5
Shot in grainy 16mm, metaphors blend with the nonsensical in this surreal first journey from Weerasethakul. Go to Full Review
Jordi Costa El Pais (Spain) 04/28/2016
A tale constructed by many where the camera slowly builds up a story of many voice and methods. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 10/04/2007
A-
... it's wonderfully different from any American film... Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 08/16/2005
3/5
Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid 03/01/2004
This masterpiece from new Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul blends fiction and nonfiction into a form of cinema previously forged by Hou Hsiao-hsien and Abbas Kiarostami. Go to Full Review
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07/07/2019 Gran ejercicio, un blanco y negro muy básico pero lleno de vida gracias a las personas que la llenas de imaginación. Al principio una persona inventa una historia y a lo largo de la cinta diferentes personas la van completando a su mejor parecer. Precioso experimento. See more 03/10/2019 Gorgeous visual, incredible experimentation in storytelling, multilayered perspectives See more spencer p @s_plewe 03/30/2017 It's strange and sometimes confusing, but certainly beautifully filmed and directed. See more 04/21/2015 A series of Thai people from different parts of the country are asked to tell a story. After one woman tells her tragic personal history, she begins a tale of a crippled boy and his tutor. Then, people from Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, Phitsanulok, Khon Kaen, and Phang Nga add parts to it. Since part of a story takes place during World War 2, I guess the director of Uncle Boonmee thought it would be easier to stick with the grainy, colorless style throughout. Including the "behind the scenes" parts. See more 05/04/2014 Very cool little film done with the "exquisite corpse" idea of continuing a story. It's a little hard to understand at first because it doesn't have a traditional sort of narrative. It's not as good as the directors later films but it possesses a lot of the motifs and signatures that the director would later employ. Cool for fans of the director but this is a very artsy/talky film. Not one for more casual audiences. See more 06/04/2012 Se siente como un ejercicio más que como una obra definitiva. Sin embargo Apichatpong despliega una búsqueda muy actual donde se van borrando los límites entre la realidad y la ficción a través de recursos como su explicitación total. Grabada en 16 mm, esta obra tiene un aspecto antiguo, lo que fortalece estéticamente al conjunto con una búsqueda muy moderna que se ve como un archivo más antiguo. Recomendable en especial para quienes les interesa la búsqueda del coumental y los hibridajes de lenguajes en el cine. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul interviews a hodgepodge of people to continue a creative story about a boy and his teacher.
Director
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Producer
Gridthiya Gaweewong, Mingmongkol Sonakul
Screenwriter
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Production Co
Hubert Bals Fund
Genre
Documentary, Drama, Fantasy
Original Language
Thai
Release Date (DVD)
May 30, 2017
Runtime
1h 23m