Mysterious Object at Noon Blu-ray
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Posted March 9, 2016 03:16 PM by Webmaster
British label Second Run will add to its Blu-ray catalog Apichatpong Weerasethakul's film Mysterious Object at Noon. The release will be available for purchase on April 11.
The extraordinary films of Thai filmmaker and artist Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Blissfully Yours, Tropical Malady, Cannes Palme d'Or-winner Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, Cemetery of Splendour) have defined him as one of contemporary cinema's most unique voices.
Mysterious Object at Noon is his hallucinatory debut feature, an experimental mix of documentary and fiction that wends its way through the landscapes and mindscapes of rural Thailand. Apichatpong and his film crew travel from the Thai countryside to Bangkok, asking the people they encounter along the way to expand upon a story involving a wheelchair-bound young boy and his teacher, with the resulting stories later re-enacted by non-professional actors in dramatic re-creations. The daisy-chain structure of interlocking vignettes and its formal strategy bridge documentary realism and the avant-garde, resulting in a boldly original debut that looks and feels like nothing else.
The Blu ray presents the film from a new 2K restoration by the Austrian Film Museum and Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Foundation (Full 1080 HD); Apichatpong's 2007 short film Nimit (Meteorites); a new and exclusive filmed interview with the director plus a booklet featuring a new essay on the film by author Tony Rayns. Additionally the original sleeve artwork has been designed exclusively for this release by director Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
The extraordinary films of Thai filmmaker and artist Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Blissfully Yours, Tropical Malady, Cannes Palme d'Or-winner Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, Cemetery of Splendour) have defined him as one of contemporary cinema's most unique voices.
Mysterious Object at Noon is his hallucinatory debut feature, an experimental mix of documentary and fiction that wends its way through the landscapes and mindscapes of rural Thailand. Apichatpong and his film crew travel from the Thai countryside to Bangkok, asking the people they encounter along the way to expand upon a story involving a wheelchair-bound young boy and his teacher, with the resulting stories later re-enacted by non-professional actors in dramatic re-creations. The daisy-chain structure of interlocking vignettes and its formal strategy bridge documentary realism and the avant-garde, resulting in a boldly original debut that looks and feels like nothing else.
The Blu ray presents the film from a new 2K restoration by the Austrian Film Museum and Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Foundation (Full 1080 HD); Apichatpong's 2007 short film Nimit (Meteorites); a new and exclusive filmed interview with the director plus a booklet featuring a new essay on the film by author Tony Rayns. Additionally the original sleeve artwork has been designed exclusively for this release by director Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
