Thursday 26 October 2017

The death of entertainment

Cemetery of Splendour (2015)

Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul this film stars Jenjira Pongpas, Banlop Lomnoi and Jarinpattra Rueangram. A woman volunteers at a small, rural hospital that is treating soldiers with a strange sleeping sickness.

I will be honest that the subtext of this film completely passed me by, supposedly the film is a metaphor for Thai societal issues but that alluded me. The film is also very slow and at times feels like it is padded out empty moments. While this film may have had a lot of critical acclaim I found it boring and impenetrable.


2/5

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