blog 8 : apichatpong weerasethakul
The surrealist work of Apichatpong Weerasethakul Over the past couple of weeks, two of the films I have watched that have stood out to me most are two of Apichatpong Weerasethakul's films: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives , and his most recent film, Memoria. The first follows Uncle Boonmee, a man diagnosed with kidney disease, as he reflects on his past lives with the help of the ghost of his wife and his estranged son. It is a beautiful, authentic portrayal of grief, loss, and reflection, and how those who leave us never really leave us. Due to my complicated relationship with grief, I tend find I have a complicated relationship with the way in which it is portrayed in films. Often, it gets skipped over, pretending that it's not there, or that it's easy to move past. In Uncle Boonmee , however, this is not the case. Rather, it shows the complexity between ourselves and the souls of those we lose, and what loss can teach us. Whilst this is different for every...