THINGS EXPERIENCED IN JAN 2008

THINGS EXPERIENCED IN JANUARY 2008

A.FILMS

1.CORN IN PARLIAMENT: LE GENIE HELVETIQUE (2003, Jean-Stephane Bron, Switzerland, A+)

2.HEART (1955, Kon Ichikawa, A+)

3.SATANTANGO (1993, Bela Tarr, A+)

4.TURTLES ARE SURPRISINGLY FAST SWIMMERS (2005, Miki Satoshi, Japan, A+)

5.REGULAR LOVERS (2004, Philippe Garrel, A+)

6.MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA (1929, Dziga Vertov, A+)

7.THE DESERT OF THE TARTARS (1976, Valerio Zurlini, Italy, A+)

8.LE GRAND CHEF (2007, Jeon Yun-su, South Korea, A+)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1135972/

9.MURDER OF THE INUGAMI CLAN (2006, Kon Ichikawa, A+)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0794297/

10.5 PAYAK SAO (1967, Rungsee Tasanapayak, Thailand, A+)
Many thanks to Filmsick who gave me this vcd.

11.FROZEN DAYS (2005, Danny Lerner, Israel, A+)

12.BEZHIN MEADOW (1937, Sergei Eisenstein, A+)

13.CLOVERFIELD (2008, Matt Reeves, A+)

14.REPAST (1951, Mikio Naruse, A+)

15.MOTHER (1963, Kaneto Shindo, A+/A)
I like this film a lot, except the emotional manipulation at the end.

16.MARTIAN CHILD (2007, Menno Meyjes, A+/A)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0415965/

17.RETRIBUTION (2006, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, A+/A)
http://filmsick.exteen.com/20071122/retribution-kiyoshi-kurosawa-2006
http://www.coffeecoffeeandmorecoffee.com/archives/2008/04/retribution.html#more

18.CHILDREN SHOULDN’T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS (1972, Bob Clark, A+/A)
Many thanks to Filmsick who gave me this vcd.

19.EASTERN PROMISES (2007, David Cronenberg, A+/A)

20.EARTH (1930, Alexander Dovzhenko, A)

21.A GEISHA (GION FESTIVAL MUSIC) (1953, Kenji Mizoguchi, A)

22.LOVE & DANCE (2006, Eitan Anner, Israel, A)

23.THE DITCH (1954, Kaneto Shindo, A)

24.THE GHOST STORY OF YOTSUYA (1959, Nobuo Nakagawa, A)
http://dechito.blogspot.com/2008/01/ghost-story-of-yotsuya.html

25.FOUR MINUTES (2006, Chris Kraus, Germany, A/A-)

26.SAW IV (2007, Darren Lynn Bousman, A/A-)

27.A ROOM FOR RENT (1959, Yuzo Kawashima, A-)

28.TRUTH OR DARE (2005, Arne Nolting, Jan Martin Scharf, Germany, A-)

29.WE SHALL OVERCOME SOMEDAY (2004, Izutsu Kazuyuki, Japan, A-)

30.ACROSS THE UNIVERSE (2007, Julie Taymor, A-)

31.SIYAMA (2008, Preecha Songsakul, A-/B+)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1194673/

32.YERN PAE LAE (2007, Poj Arnon, A-/B+)

33.THE FLOCK (2007, Andrew Lau, A-/B+)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473356/

34.MR. MARGORIUM’S WONDERFUL EMPORIUM (2007, Zach Helm, A-/B+)

35.FIRST FLIGHT (2008, Tanit Jitnukul, A-/B+)

36.HITMAN 47 (2007, Xavier Gens, B)
I wonder if this hitman is a virgin or not.

37.MR. WOODCOCK (2007, Craig Gillespie, B-)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419984/
I think the film is fine, but I really hate the ending of this film.



B.ART EXHIBITION

1.PAUSE & PLAY (2007, Thanaraj Vangsiripaisal, Koichi Shimizu, A+/A)
http://www.bkmagazine.com/feature/thanaraj-vangsiripaisal

2.UAB SANASEN 72 YEARS – A RETROSPECTIVE ART EXHIBITION

3.PROJECT OF ARTWORK EXHIBITION “KING BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ: THE GREAT ACHIEVER”

4.MARR’S TERRITORY (2007, Maethawee Chiraphong)



C.TV PROGRAMS AT ALLIANCE FRANCAISE

1.SUIVEZ L’ARTISTE (A+)

1.1 PORTE-BOUTEILLES (1914-1964) by Marcel Duchamp, chosen by Pierre Berge

1.2 ROGER AND HIS SON (1936) by Balthus, chosen by Pierre Arditi

1.3 CHEVAUCHEE AU SOLEIL COUCHANT (1936) by Georges Roualt, chosen by Daniel Picouly

1.4 ANTHROPOMETRIE DE L’EPOQUE BLEUE (ANT 82) (1960) by Yves Klein, chosen by Agnes Varda

1.5 COMPRESSION ”RICARD” (1962) by Cesar, chosen by Jean Nouvel

1.6 LE METAFISYX (1950) by Jean Dubuffet, chosen by Alain Corneau


2.D’ART D’ART (A+)

2.1 MONOCHROME IKB 3 (1960) by Yves Klein

2.2 LA DANSE AU MOULIN ROUGE (1890) by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

2.3 ETUDES DE CIEL by Eugene Delacroix

2.4 LA FONTAINE by Marcel Duchamp

2.5 LE BAIN TURC (1862-1863) by Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres

2.6 LA DAUPHINE (1959) by Cesar

2.7 LA CLOSERIE FALBALA by Jean Dubuffet (1971-1973)


3.PALETTES—EPISODE: THE FOUR SEASONS (1660-1664) by Nicolas Poussin (1991, Alain Jaubert, A+)



D. STAGE PERFORMANCES

1.PAST IS SIMULATION – THE LADIES OF THE SEA VS. NORA, AND OTHER STORIES OF THE SOCIETY (directed by Monica Emilie Herstad, performed by Herstay, Norway, A+)

2.7 GRACES (directed by Hari Krishnan, performed by Anita Ratnam, India, A+)
You can watch a clip of Anita Ratnam here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SvzMikK3Y4

3.PUSH UP (directed by Damkerng Thitapiyasak, from the play by Roland Schimmelpfennig, A+)

4.PRASAD TAEK (directed by Panpassa Thoobthien, A+)
http://dechito.blogspot.com/2008/01/prasadtaek.html

5.OSMOSIS (directed by Jerry Snell, performed by Rajanikara Kaewdee, A+)

6.SUNFLOWER (directed by Noppan Boonyai, A)

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--Things experienced by Filmsick in Jan 2008
http://filmsick.exteen.com/20080203/experience-in-jan-2008

--Things experienced by Black Forests in Jan 2008 + His list of desirable actors
http://blackforests.blogspot.com/2008/02/fast-forward-january-2008.html