I make films for myself

• Published in: Southeast Asian Independent Cinema p. 179
• Main Authors: Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Tilman Baumgärtel
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Hong Kong University Press, HKU 01.01.2012; Hong Kong University Press
• Subjects: Anthropology; Apichatpong Weerasethakul; Applied anthropology; Artists; Arts; Arts organizations; Arts participation; Behavioral sciences; Buddhism; Cultural anthropology; Cultural customs; Cultural Studies; Earth sciences; Economic disciplines; Economics; Employment; Equatorial regions; Festivals; Film festivals; Film producers; Film studies; Finance; Financial economics; Funding; Geographic regions; Geography; Independent Cinema; Interview; Labor economics; Motion picture employees; Movies; Occupations; Performing arts companies; Physical sciences; Religion; Society and Culture; Southeast Asia; Spiritual belief systems; Thailand; Tropical regions
• ISBN: 9888083600; 9789888083602
• DOI: 10.5790/hongkong/9789888083602.003.0017

Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul is among the most important avantgarde directors of current world cinema. His films, like Mysterious Object at Noon, Syndromes and a Century, and Tropical Malady, polarize the audience and the critics, since they disregard traditional narrative structures and focus on the visible instead: the rich vegetation of the jungle, the reflections in a brook, the shy interactions between two doting lovers. Trained as an architect in Thailand and as a visual artist in Chicago, he has not restricted himself to feature films. As an artist he has experimented with audio and video installations, including his Haunted