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Book SynopsisDelving into Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s films, this book uncovers a plethora of conceptual paradigms. Apichatpong's films frequently utilize rural Thailand as a backdrop, showcasing daily life, interactions, rituals, and customs, all infused with a Southeast Asian essence. This utilization of local imagery provides a national quality to his works, allowing a global audience to explore both urban and rural aspects of Thai society, along with discourses on history, culture, politics, and practices. Beyond the surface, the films also address universal and intricate themes, transcending cultural boundaries. The book delves into a range of lesser-explored aspects regarding the films and filmmaking of Apichatpong, developing fresh perspectives on the representation of nonhumans, hybrid forms, transmedia plot, technique, production among others. With meticulous analyses of his key works this interdisciplinary study unveils the threads that bind Apichatpong’s creative practice, innovative techniques, and philosophical insights. An essential read for cinephiles, scholars, and seekers of cinematic depth, this book uncovers the vibrant tapestry of meaning within Apichatpong’s enigmatic film-worlds.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Introduction Open Cinema: The Films and Installations of Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Anik Sarkar and Jayjit Sarkar
Time
1.Time, Social Reproduction and the Precarious Body in the Films of Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Patricia Sequeira Brás
2.Representing Memory through Slowness: the Time-Images of Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Syndromes and a Century and Cemetery of Splendour
Francesco Quario
Non-human
3.Stray Dogs and Strange Beasts: Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Queer Animal Ethics
Duncan Caillard
4.Imagining the Nonhuman in the cinema of Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Çağatay Emre Doğan
Mind
5.The Stillness Wandering Within: Notes on the Caesura of the Cinematic Image in Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Primitive Project
Elizabeth Sikes
6.Dreams, Abstractions and Spectatorship in Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Films and Videos
Alessandro Ferraro
7.EFFULGENCES Particles in Motion: Cycling the Mindscapes of Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Jeffner Allen
Forms and Representations
8.Transmedia Plot in Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Primitive
Jade de Cock de Rameyen
9.Home Away From Home: Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Filmed Images of Home and Homeland Envisioned
Palita Chunsaengchan
10.Between an Erased Past and an Uncertain Future: Hybrid Forms in the Films of Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Sivaranjini
11.Post-Interstitial Authorship in Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Cinema
Anchalee Chaiworaporn
Note on the Contributors
Index
