Worldly Desires (2005)
Overview
One of three films commissioned by the Jeonju International Film Festival in 2005. A couple escaped their family to look for a spiritual tree in the jungle. There is a song at night, a song that spoke about an innocent idea of love and a quest for happiness. Worldly Desires is an experimental project where I invited a filmmaker friend, Pimpaka Towira, to shoot the love story by day and the song by night. The story, Deep Red Bloody Night, was written by my assistant who wanted to reprise a forbidden love story in a more romantic time in the past. I picked a pop song, Will I be Lucky? to convey a sense of guiltless freedom one feels when being hit by love. The video is a little simulation of manners, dedicated to the memories of filmmaking in the jungle during the year 2001-2005. -Apichatpong Weerasethakul
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Additional Info
| Budget | $50,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | th |
| Popularity | 0.809 |
Directed By
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Pimpaka Towira
Crew
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Un-seong Yoo
Lee Chatametikool
Sompot Chidgasornpongse
Jirucha Khanchanapornphong
Manita Niyomprasit
Akekarat Homlaor
Pimpaka Towira
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
Nitipong Thinthupthai
Sompot Chidgasornpongse
Akritchalerm Kalayanamitr
Sompot Chidgasornpongse
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Sivaroj Kongsakul
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