One Man In Bangkok
Total Film sends its News Editor to Southeast Asia's biggest film festival! Here's his first report...
BY Feb 20th 2006 11:11AMFILED UNDER: Movie news
| Hours in Bangkok | 24 |
| Mangy dogs | 2 |
| Social faux pas | 1 |
| Chick-boys | 3 |
| Obliging Asian women | 22 |
| STDs | 0 |
| Morale | Strong |
Films
Invisible Waves (dir Pen-ek Ratanaruang, Last Life in the Universe)
Hitman-turned-chef kills girlfriend, legs it to Phuket to wrestle with guilt and karma for 118 mins. Thai homeboy Ratanaruang yanks festival curtain with wispy pan-Asian noir that pulls mood and funk from mad 2046 DoP Chris Doyle. Doyle verdict on Memoirs Of A Geisha: "Three of my best friends fucked themselves on that movie."
Stolen Life (dir. Li Shaohong, prod. Springtime In A Small Town)
Beijing student knocked up by handsome serial-seducer. Chinese wrist-slitter. See /L'Enfant/ instead.
Quote Of The Day
"I know more about James Bond than anyone else alive."
Christopher Lee, presenting a screening of The Man With The Golden Gun.
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