Mubi is showing Pen-ek Ratanaruang's Last Life in the Universe (2003) in the United States from August 13 - September 11, 2016.“Let’s not know too much about what we’re going to do, let’s just look for the film.” —Pen-ek RatanaruangThere are films that you sleep through and films that guide you through sleep. Pen-ek Ratanaruang’s 2003 film Last Life in the Universe falls under the latter category, invoking that lull between wake and slumber. That slow-motion moment when your eyes are still open as you’re dreaming, where the most nonsensical fantasies make perfect sense. It is also a film labeled as quintessentially “art-house” and “Thai New Wave,” known as the hit that propelled director Pen-ek Ratanaruang into the international spotlight once dominated by his friend and colleague, Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Yet with each viewing Last Life in the Universe ceases to be anything at all. Maybe that is the point,...
- 8/26/2016
- MUBI
Getty Images Filmmaker Pen-ek Ratanaruang at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival.
In the opening scenes of “Headshot,” a man sporting a shaved head and clad in the orange robes of a Buddhist monk enters a courtyard, turns toward a group of thugs, pulls a gun from a small bowl and fires at them. The imposter is a hitman, not a holy man, and in the subsequent chaos he’s shot in the head.
Three months later he wakes from a coma...
In the opening scenes of “Headshot,” a man sporting a shaved head and clad in the orange robes of a Buddhist monk enters a courtyard, turns toward a group of thugs, pulls a gun from a small bowl and fires at them. The imposter is a hitman, not a holy man, and in the subsequent chaos he’s shot in the head.
Three months later he wakes from a coma...
- 4/26/2012
- by Dean Napolitano
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Pen-Ek Ratanaruang's Headshot continues to wend its way nearer to completion, with fans left to wonder just what the director of 6ixtynin9 and Fun Bar Karaoke's promised return to darker, more overtly genre oriented fare will look like. Well, things have gotten a little more clear with the release of four new stills. Check them in the gallery below.Tul, a hitman, is shot in the head during one assignment. He wakes up after a two-month coma to find that he sees everything upside down, literally. He tries to quit his job, but the past starts to catch up with him. Then he meets a girl who turns his world even more upside down. Plus, who was trying to kill him in the first place?From...
- 5/8/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Exciting news from the Pen-Ek Ratanaruang camp with word that his return to the noir tinged style where he first made his name is now in production and evidently looking good enough that it's already picked up distribution in France.
Titled Headshot we've got the first still from the picture above and here's the official sales announcement with additional details about the film:
Wild Side Goes For Ratanaruang's 'Headshot'
A return to the crime thriller genre by one of Thailand's most acclaimed directors
Bangkok, December 16th 2010 - Headshot, the latest project by renowned Thai director Pen-ek Ratanaruang (6IXTYNIN9, Last Life In The Universe, Ploy), has been acquired by distributor Wild Side for distribution in France. The film is currently in production.
Produced by Local Color Films, whose previous productions include Wisit Sasanatieng's Red Eagle and the omnibus Sawasdee Bangkok, Headshot is a modern film noir adapted from the novel...
Titled Headshot we've got the first still from the picture above and here's the official sales announcement with additional details about the film:
Wild Side Goes For Ratanaruang's 'Headshot'
A return to the crime thriller genre by one of Thailand's most acclaimed directors
Bangkok, December 16th 2010 - Headshot, the latest project by renowned Thai director Pen-ek Ratanaruang (6IXTYNIN9, Last Life In The Universe, Ploy), has been acquired by distributor Wild Side for distribution in France. The film is currently in production.
Produced by Local Color Films, whose previous productions include Wisit Sasanatieng's Red Eagle and the omnibus Sawasdee Bangkok, Headshot is a modern film noir adapted from the novel...
- 12/16/2010
- Screen Anarchy
This could be spectacular.
According to the very reliable Wise Kwai, Thai film maker Pen-Ek Ratanaruang is about to launch production on a new feature film - a noir tinted crime thriller whose title translates roughly to Rain In Blue. Based on a novel by award winning author Win Lyovarin, it is reportedly a hitman tale with hard boiled noir overtones.
It's been a little since Ratanaruang has wandered into hard crime territory but the times when he's cozied up to this sort of material - his debut film, Fun Bar Karaoke and the later 69 are both good examples - he has proven to be very good indeed.
Production is slated to begin next month. More details as we get them.
According to the very reliable Wise Kwai, Thai film maker Pen-Ek Ratanaruang is about to launch production on a new feature film - a noir tinted crime thriller whose title translates roughly to Rain In Blue. Based on a novel by award winning author Win Lyovarin, it is reportedly a hitman tale with hard boiled noir overtones.
It's been a little since Ratanaruang has wandered into hard crime territory but the times when he's cozied up to this sort of material - his debut film, Fun Bar Karaoke and the later 69 are both good examples - he has proven to be very good indeed.
Production is slated to begin next month. More details as we get them.
- 6/27/2010
- Screen Anarchy
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