Double Bill Film Wish List (continued)
7.SAMAKKEE-PET-KAMCHAN (2013, Theeraphat Ngathong, 26.09min)
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LE CAMION (1977, Marguerite Duras)
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DANGER (DIRECTOR’S CUT) (2008, Chulayarnnon Siriphol, 14min)
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A MISCHIEVOUS SMILE LIGHTS UP HER FACE (2009, Christelle Lheureux)
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CORNEILLE-BRECHT OR ROME, THE SOLE OBJECT OF MY RESENTMENT (2009,
Jean-Marie Straub + Cornelia Geiser)
I want to screen these films together, because SAMAKKEE-PET-KAMCHAN
reminds me of the other four films. What I like very much in
SAMAKKEE-PET-KAMCHAN includes:
1.The fact that it presents some people reading books or texts like
LE CAMION and CORNEILLE-BRECHT.
2.The fact that it requires the imagination of the viewers to help
complete the film. The film doesn’t show the images which tell the story
directly. Sometimes we see only the back of the readers. Sometimes we see the
texts on the screen. Sometimes we see some students in present-time uniform unconvincingly
playing kings and princes in the ancient time. What we see on the screen and
hear from the film arouse us to imagine other images in our heads. This is the
technique which can be compared to the ones employed in LE CAMION, A
MISCHIEVOUS SMILE LIGHTS UP HER FACE, and CORNEILLE-BRECHT.
In LE CAMION, we never see the truck driver and the female
hitchhiker. We must imagine the faces of these two main characters by
ourselves, inspired by what Marguerite Duras and Gerard Depardieu say onscreen.
In A MISCHIEVOUS SMILE LIGHTS UP HER FACE, we are also aroused to
imagine some images by ourselves, while listening to some characters talking
about THE BIRDS (1963, Alfred Hitchcock).
In CORNEILLE-BRECHT, we see and hear a woman reciting a text
written by Pierre Corneille and a text written by Bertolt Brecht. We must
picture the ancient Rome in our own head.
3.What is important is not only what is said, but also how it is
said. In SAMAKKEE-PET-KAMCHAN, what is important is how awkwardly some students
read the texts using old Thai language. In CORNEILLE-BRECHT, how the woman
recites the texts is fascinating for me.
4.What is important is not only the story, but also the comments on
the story. SAMAKKEE-PET-KAMCHAN does not only tell the story about the downfall
of a king in the past, but it also analyzes this story, what kinds of verses
this story is told, and how usefulness this story is. This reminds me of LE
CAMION, in which Duras and Depardieu comment on the story they are reading. It
also reminds me of DANGER (DIRECTOR’S CUT), which includes both the story and
the vicious comments on the story.
DOUBLE BILL FILM WISH LIST 1-6
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