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Cinema Diverse: Director's Choice 2015
Saturday 5 September 2015
at 16.30 - 21.00 hrs.
Auditorium, 5th floor
Bangkok Art and Culture Centre proudly presents "Cinema Diverse: Director's Choice
2015". For the third Cinema Diverse, five international films, selected by five acclaimed
Thai directors, will be shown bi-monthly from March - November 2015, followed by a talk
with the Thai director after each screening.
The fourth screening on Saturday 5 September 2015which is supported by
the Korean
Cultural Center in Thailand, is The Chaser (Korea / 2008) directed by Na Hong-jin.
It has been chosen by Banjong Pisanthanakun, an acclaimed Thai director of Pee Mak,
Hello Stranger and Shutter.
The Chaser is Na Hong-jin’s directorial debut. The film had grossed over $35 million
(1.2 billion baht) in South Korea alone. Apart from its commercial success, The Chaser
was screened out of competition in the Cannes Film Festival 2008, and won 6 Korean
Film Awards including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor. It has been praised as
one of the best Korean action-thriller movies of all time.
Ex-detective pimp Jung-ho has a big problem on his hands. His girls keep
disappearing without clearing their debts. One night, he gets a call from a
customer and sends Mi-jin,
one of his girls still remaining, while ignoring
her refusal due to her bad cold. But when
Mi-jin meets the customer
against her will, Jung-ho realizes the phone number of the
customer
matches that of the calls the missing girls got last. As something smells
fishy,
he searches for her.
"I am crazy about thriller films. Of course I started with American thrillers but soon I
formedthe opinion that Korean directors make the best thriller movies. They seemed
to
be masters of suspense with excellent tension-building techniques. Their clever use
of violen cecarries a real emotional impact, much like in this film, The Chaser. I used to
believe that only directors from Western countries could make good movies about serial
killers. The killers in these films would mostly come from the upper class, often being
extremely clever but deranged. However after watching The Chaser, with its working
class characters and the plain and simple motive of the killer, I realised that anyone can
make a good thriller movie about serial killers. It showed what could be done once you
have a good story and know how to play with the audience’s emotions just like what
Mr. Na Hong-jin did superbly with The Chaser." Banjong Pisanthanakun
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxm72hmhdXU
Join us for the screening of The Chaser and a post screening talk with Banjong
Pisanthanakun and Na Hong-jin, the film director.
Free entry
No reservation needed
*With Thai and English subtitles
*Film screening starts at 17.30 hrs.
*The talk after the screening will be in Thai with English translation.
*The film is suitable for adults 15 years and over.
For more information please call 02 214 6630-8 ext.528
Email: [email protected]
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