"THERE IS A BLANK IN BLANKET"--TOSSAPOL BOONSINSUKH

This is my comment in Riverdale’s blog:
http://riverdale-dreams.blogspot.com/2008/05/blog-post.html

หนูขอจอง “หนุ่ม นักเพาะกล้วยไม้” (โสภณ ภู่กนก) ในหนังเรื่องนี้ค่ะ


This is my comment in Merveillesxx’s blog:
http://www.bloggang.com/viewdiary.php?id=merveillesxx&month=06-2008&group=9&date=11&gblog=96

I also don’t like the last painting, or actually the political statement in the painting. Can the term “democratic junta” in the painting be considered an oxymoron?


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My poll 22 ended with 11 votes. That’s great. The number of votes is much higher than what I expected. It includes one vote from me for AFTERNOON TIMES, BUNNY, OUT OF TIME, and TOKYO LULLABY. Thank you very much for everyone who participated in it. Here is the result:

THESE GREAT FILMS HAVE LONELY ATMOSPHERE. WHICH FILM DO YOU LIKE?

1..FALLEN ANGELS (1995, Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong)
+THE SILENCE (1963, Ingmar Bergman, Sweden)

Each of them got 4 votes, or 36 %.


3.AFTERNOON TIMES (2005, Tossapol Boonsinsukh, Thailand)
It got 3 votes, or 27 %.


4.BUNNY (2000, Mia Trachinger, USA)
+SHADOWS IN PARADISE (1986, Aki Kaurismaki, Finland)
+WONDERFUL TOWN (2008, Aditya Assarat, Thailand)

Each of them got 2 votes, or 18 %.


7.BLUE CHA CHA (2005, Cheng Wen-tang, Taiwan)
+EGG (2007, Semih Kaplanoglu, Turkey)
+NOI ALBINOI (2003, Dagur Kari, Iceland)
+OUT OF TIME (1995, Andreas Kleinert, Germany)
+THE PASSENGER (2005, Eric Caravaca, France)
+RAIN DOGS (2006, Ho Yuhang, Malaysia)
+TOKYO LULLABY (1997, Jun Ichikawa, Japan)

Each of them got 1 vote, or 9 %.


14..EGG (1987, Danniel Danniel, Netherlands)
+HOLE IN THE SKY (2001, Kazuyoshi Kumakiri, Japan)
+MEMORIES OF DUST (2005, Supakit Itsadisai, Thailand)
+SCHULTZE GETS THE BLUES (2003, Michael Schorr, Germany)
+SHOPPING CART BOY (2007, Hou Chi-jan, Taiwan)
+THERE, THERE (2005, Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit, Thailand)
+ULTRANOVA (2005, Bouli Lanners, Belgium)

Each of them got 0 vote.


--Tossapol Boonsinsukh has released a teaser of his new film UNDER THE BLANKET. You can watch his teaser at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJTVUJIS4Dg

--Tossapol also wrote a touching story about the inspiration for his new film. You can read his Thai writing at:
http://thirdclasscitizen.exteen.com/20080609/under-the-blanket-teaser

I particularly like his sentence, “For me, the word “blanket” hides the word “blank” in it. Blank means empty, void, devoid of story or as a noun it can mean empty space or a place to be filled. The beginning of MANTA RAY talks about a man who has a big hole in him. The hole is very deep, dark, and cold. A blanket or someone should help him to get through these days and nights.”

Now I’m sure Tossapol’s new film will have the lonely atmosphere as his previous ones.


--One Minute Film Review’s blog has a review on RAIN DOGS
http://1minutefilmreview.blogspot.com/2008/06/rain-dogs.html

--Graiwoot Julpongsathorn wrote about WONDERFUL TOWN in Bioscope magazine, June 2008.

Other reviews on WONDERFUL TOWN:

Wise Kwai
http://thaifilmjournal.blogspot.com/2008/05/review-wonderful-town.html

Merveillesxx (Thai)
http://www.bloggang.com/viewdiary.php?id=merveillesxx&month=05-2008&date=28&group=1&gblog=141

Piovere (Thai)
http://www.bioscopemagazine.com/smf/index.php?topic=1133.0