Films I saw in the 10TH WORLD FILM FESTIVAL OF BANGKOK

Films I saw in the 10TH WORLD FILM FESTIVAL OF BANGKOK

in roughly preferential order:

1.AARAKSHAN (2011, Prakash Jha, India, A+30)

2.UNDER SNOW (2011, Ulrike Ottinger, Germany/Japan, documentary, A+30)

3.MEKONG HOTEL (2012, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, A+30)

4.MY PROFIT (2011, Hakan Un, Turkey, 36min, A+30)

5.PARTS OF THE HEART (2012, Paul Agusta, Indonesia, A+25)

6.THROUGH YOUR EYES (2006, Rodrigo Fürth, Argentina, A+25)

7.MEET THE FOKKENS (2011, Gabrielle Provaas + Rob Schroder, Netherlands, documentary, A+25)

8.INTERSEXION (2012, Grant Lahood, New Zealand, documentary, A+25)

9.BLOODY BOYS (2011, Shaker K. Tahrer, Sweden, A+25)

10.LAURENCE ANYWAYS (2012, Xavier Dolan, Canada, A+20)

11.VOICE OF MY FATHER (2012, Orhan Eskikoy + Zeynel Dogan, Turkey, A+20)

12.THE LOVERS ON THE BRIDGE (1991, Leos Carax, France, A+20)

13.LE HAVRE (2011, Aki Kaurismäki, Finland, A+15)

14.POST TENEBRAS LUX (2012, Carlos Reygadas, Mexico, A+15)

15.COLOURS IN THE DARK (2010, Sophie Heldman, Switzerland, A+15)

16.C.K. (2012, Barbara Visser, Netherlands, documentary, A+15)

17.YOU ARE THE APPLE OF MY EYE (2011, Giddens Ko, Taiwan, A+15)

18.BARBIE (2011, Lee Sang Woo, South Korea, A+10)

19.THE DEPARTURE TIME (2012, Salem Salavati, Iran, A+10)

20.HANGER PANGS (2010, Richard Soriano Legaspi, Philippines, A+10)

21.THE BUS (2011, Olgu Baran Kubilay, Turkey, A+10)

22.HOME (2012, Ruslan Magomadov, Chechen, A+10)

23.REW DAY (2011, Svilen Dimitrov, Bulgaria, animation, A+5)

24.HOLY MOTORS (2012, Leos Carax, France, A+)

25.FADOS (2007, Carlos Saura, Portugal/Spain, documentary, A+)

26.GAAMER (2011, Oleg Sentsov, Ukraine, A+)

27.THE HAPPY HOUSEWIFE (2010, Antoinette Beumer, Netherlands, A+)

28.ARTIFICIAL PARADISES (2012, Marcos Prado, Brazil, A+)

29.AVE (2011, Konstantin Bojanov, Bulgaria, A)

30.GIANNI SCHICCHI (2011, Francesco Visco, Italy, A)

31.THANK GOD (2012, Jamshid Ghodrati, Iran, A)

32.THE GREAT MONTELEONE (2011, João Leitão, Portugal, A)

33.WHITE & BLACK (2012, Dana Karim, Iraq, A)

34.WAILING (2012, Ferenc Cako, Hungary, animation, A-/B+)

35.DEAR FUKUSHIMA (2012, Kengo Otake, Russia, documentary, B+)

36.CINE HOLLIUDY (2012, Halder Gomes, Brazil, B+)

37.ECLIPSE (2011, Natthapon Amorntut, B+)

9TH WORLD FILM

http://celinejulie.blogspot.com/2012/02/films-seen-in-world-film-festival-of.html

8TH WORLD FILM

http://celinejulie.blogspot.com/2010/11/wffbkk-2010-is-best-film-festival-in-my.html

7TH WORLD FILM

http://celinejulie.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-forgot-title-is-my-most-favorite.html

6TH WORLD FILM

http://celinejulie.blogspot.com/2008/11/hashi-reminds-me-of-rivette-and.html

5TH WORLD FILM

http://celinejulie.blogspot.com/2007/11/world-film-festival-bangkok-2007.html

4TH WORLD FILM

http://celinejulie.blogspot.com/2006/10/why-konigs-sphere-made-me-cry-bucket.html

3RD WORLD FILM

http://celinejulie.blogspot.com/2005/10/best-film-angels-fall.html

2ND WORLD FILM

http://celinejulie.blogspot.com/2004/10/seven-days-seven-nights.html

The reason why I worship Prakash Jha is roughly the same reason why I worship Ken Loach.

One thing I like about Prakash Jha's films is that he can make his actors "much more desirable" in my eyes compared to other films in which the same actors appear. Saif Ali Khan does not appeal to me at all in COCKTAIL (2012, Homi Adajania, A+), but he is very desirable in AARAKSHAN. Arjun Rampal looks the handsomest in CHAKRAVYUH (2012, Prakash Jha, A+25) compared to other films he stars in. Ranbir Kapoor looks handsomer than usual in RAAJNEETI (2010, Prakash Jha, A+30).

The main reason why I worship AARAKSHAN is because I like the presentation of the anger of the lower-class people in this film. I can understand this anger very well.