“I’m not saying I’m trying to create some revolutionary style, but each film has its own language – the movie tells you how it wants to be told.” — Apichatpong Weerasethakul

“I’m not saying I’m trying to create some revolutionary style, but each film has its own language – the movie tells you how it wants to be told.” — Apichatpong Weerasethakul

It’s Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s birthday today. This Thai director is doing some of the most challenging, provocative, and hard-to-classify work in contemporary cinema. He’s only 55 years old, and has already directed 9 feature films, and many short films. The first one I saw was his award-winning Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010), and I remember thinking, “I legit have never seen anything like this before.” It was so exciting!…