Blankboy
09-21-2003, 02:07 PM
<P><FONT size=4><STRONG>Last Life in the Universe</STRONG></FONT> - Pen-ek Ratanaruang</P>
<P><A title="Last Life in the Universe" href="http://www.kinolounge.de/pn/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=100&mode=flat&order=0"><IMG height=183 src="http://www.kinolounge.de/pn/images/news/Last.Life.Universe/Last.Life.Universe.jpg" width=300 border=1></A></P>
http://www.lastlifeintheuniverse.com/
Plot: A mysterious, obsessive-compulsive, suicidal Japanese man living in Bangkok, Thailand, is thrown together with a Thai woman through a tragic chain of events. The woman is everything he is not. He is a neat freak who keeps his dishes washed and his books neatly stacked and categorized. She dresses like a slob, smokes pot and never picks anything up. It's a match that somehow works, though. Slowly and entertainingly, more is revealed about the Japanese man and why he's suicidal and living in Bangkok.
Guests: Director Pen-ek Ratanaruang.
http://www.movie-list.com/tiff2003/Pen-ek_Ratanaruang.jpg
J.P.: **1/2 out of 5
Paul: **1/2 out of 5
Notes: Very slow paced and quiet, bordering on boring at times. Good performances with nice touches of humour.
<P><A title="Last Life in the Universe" href="http://www.kinolounge.de/pn/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=100&mode=flat&order=0"><IMG height=183 src="http://www.kinolounge.de/pn/images/news/Last.Life.Universe/Last.Life.Universe.jpg" width=300 border=1></A></P>
http://www.lastlifeintheuniverse.com/
Plot: A mysterious, obsessive-compulsive, suicidal Japanese man living in Bangkok, Thailand, is thrown together with a Thai woman through a tragic chain of events. The woman is everything he is not. He is a neat freak who keeps his dishes washed and his books neatly stacked and categorized. She dresses like a slob, smokes pot and never picks anything up. It's a match that somehow works, though. Slowly and entertainingly, more is revealed about the Japanese man and why he's suicidal and living in Bangkok.
Guests: Director Pen-ek Ratanaruang.
http://www.movie-list.com/tiff2003/Pen-ek_Ratanaruang.jpg
J.P.: **1/2 out of 5
Paul: **1/2 out of 5
Notes: Very slow paced and quiet, bordering on boring at times. Good performances with nice touches of humour.