Mysterious Object at Noon

2007

INTERNATIONAL INVITATION

Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Thailand|2000|Documentary|35mm(Beta)|Color|83min

SYNOPSIS

Mysterious Object at noon is part fiction, part documentary, and part pseudodocumentary about several unrelated lives in Thailand. It was shot without a
conventional script and relies on the subjects being filmed. It is one of the first modern Thai films that are made independently among mainstream works.
The film crew set out on an expedition across Thailand, from the north to the south,
documenting several lives along the way. In the process, each subject filmed is
required to continue a story.
A next person in another city is asked to resume the story with total freedom of
expression. The person can even come back to any point in the story, make changes, and continue the tale alternatively. The film emphasizes a documentary approach that presents people with different professions rather than looking for a perfect and unbroken narrative of the fiction's storyline.
After the journey from the south, the crew set back for Bangkok, where the collaborated story is shot in a fiction-drama style with non-professional actors.

FESTIVAL & AWARDS

2001 Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival - 2nd prize for International Competition
2001 Yamagata Documentary Film Festival - NETPAC awards
2001 Jeonju International FF - Grand Prix
2000 Vancouver International FF - Special Mention Prize
2001 Village Voice and Film Comment Magazine - Listed among "Best of 2000"

DIRECTOR
Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Apichatpong Weerasethakul (born July 16, 1970 in Bangkok, Thailand) is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter and film producer. His feature films include Tropical Malady, which won a jury prize at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, Blissfully Yours, which won the top prize in the Un Certain Regard program at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, and Syndromes and a Century, which premiered at the 63rd Venice Film Festival and was the first Thai film to be entered in competition there.
Long Film 
2000 < Mysterious Object at Noon > 
2002 < Blissfully Yours > 
2003 < The Adventure of Iron Pussy > 
2004 < Tropical Malady > 
2006 < Syndromes and a Century > 
Short Film 
1994 < 0116643225059 > 
1995 < Like the Relentless Fury of the Pounding Waves > 
1997 < Thirdworld > 
1999 < Malee and the Boy > 
1999 < Windows > 
2000 < Boys at Noon > 
2001 < Haunted Houses Project: Thailand > 
2001 < Narratives > 
2001 < Secret Love Affair > 
2002 < Golden Ship > 
2002 < Second Love in Hong Kong > 
2003 < 46664 > 
2004 < It is Possible That only Your Heart is Not Enough to Find You a True Love > 
2004 < GRAF > 
2005 < Ghost of Asia > 
2005 < Worldy Desires > 
2006 < The Anthem > 
2006 < FAITH > 
2006 < Waterfall > 
2007 < Unknown Forces > 
2007 < My Mother's Garden > 
2007 < Luminous People >
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