Mysterious Object at Noon
Apichatpong Weerasethakul brought an appetite for experimentation to Thai cinema with his debut feature, an uncategorizable work that refracts documentary impressions of his homeland through the surrealist concept of the exquisite corpse game. Enlisting locals to contribute improvised narration to a simple tale, Apichatpong charts the collective construction of the fiction as each new encounter imbues it with unpredictable shades of fantasy and pathos. Shot over the course of two years in 16 mm black and white, Mysterious Object at Noon established the director’s fascination with the porous boundaries between the real and the imagined.
Mysterious Object at Noon was restored in 2013 by the Austrian Film Museum and the Cineteca di Bologna/L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, in association with The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, LISTO laboratory in Vienna, Technicolor Ltd. in Bangkok, and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Restoration funded by Doha Film Institute.
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Collector's Set
Cast
- Duangjai Hiransri
- Dogfahr 1
- Somsri Pinyopol
- Dogfahr 2
- Kannikar Narong
- Dogfahr 3
- Jaruwan Techasatiern
- Doctor
- Daew
- Crippled boy 1
- Thanit Niyomprasit
- Crippled boy 2
- Jack
- Alien boy
- Chakree Duangklao
- Neighbor
Credits
- Director
- Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- Producers
- Gridthiya Gaweewong
- Producers
- Mingmongkol Sonakul
- Production managers
- Napaporn Kongkirati
- Production managers
- Sirithorn Teerakulchanyut
- Production assistants
- Supakchai Sihbutra
- Production assistants
- Supamok Silarak
- Production assistants
- Monchai Tharasak
- Assistant director and grip
- Nattasit Sombulwit
- Story editors
- Mingmongkol Sonakul
- Story editors
- Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- Camera
- Prasong Klinborrom
- Camera
- Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
- Camera
- Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- Camera assistant
- Weerapon Booranapim
- Digital video
- Soros Sukhum
- Sound recordists
- Adhinan Adulayasis
- Sound recordists
- Teekadech Watcharatanin
- Sound supervisor
- Sirote Toolsuk
- Casting supervisor
- Ekarin Yusuksomboon
- Acting coach
- Natanan Julthongpipat
- Still photographer
- Montri Sirithamapiti
- Project coordinators
- Panu Aree
- Project coordinators
- Sontaya Subyen
- Transportation
- Piroj Kantawong
A scene from Mysterious Object at Noon
