Cemetery of Splendor
aka Rak ti Khon Kaen
First screened in September 2015
Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Cast: Jenjira Pongpas, Banlop Lomnoi, Jarinpattra Rueangram, Tawatchai Buawat, Petcharat Chaiburi, Sakda Kaewbuadee, Sujittraporn Wongsrikeaw, Bhattaratorn Senkraigul, Boonyarak Bodlakorn, Kammanit Sansuklerd, Wacharee Nagvichien, Apinya Unphanlam, Richard Abramson. Screenplay: Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

Twitter Capsule: Reader, I must confess I'm starting to find Weerasethakul tedious, as much as I admire his directorial craft.

VOR:   Weerasethakul works like no one else, making unique claims on viewers and, at his best, yielding indelible images like the glowing hospital lights.



Photo © 2015 Kick the Machine/Match Factory Productions/Anna Sanders Films/ GFF/ZDF/Arté/Astro Shaw/
Asian Culture Centre/Detalle Films/ Louverture Films/Tordenfilm AS/CNC, © 2016 Strand Releasing

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B


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