Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
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Apichatpong Weerasethakul
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Thursday June 26, 2008 (7:30pm)
Sunday June 29, 2008 (2pm)
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- Price
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$8
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- Postponed
Note: Due to shipping problems the series Mysterious Objects has been postponed. Instead, Weerasethakul's feature Syndromes and a Century (2006) will be shown for free on Thursday, June 26th at 7:30pm and on Sunday, June 29th at 2pm.
To say that Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul's films may make you fall asleep is to pay them a high compliment. Somnambulant and elliptical features like Tropical Malady (2004) and Syndromes and a Century (2006) follow their own dream logic, in which the local lore and forest landscape shape the narratives as much as the peripherally observed actions of humans. More mysterious are Weerasethakul's short films, ranging from early student work to music-video-inspired caprices. The 40-minute Worldly Desires (2005) ranks among the most beautiful of this maverick's puzzling jungle treks.
