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LAST LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE
DRAMA/ARTHOUSE,2003,104 Minutes,English/Thai/Japanese (Optional English subtitles,1.85:1, 16:9 Anamorphic,5.1 Dolby Digital,M (Moderate violence, themes, sexual references and coarse language),- Cast & Crew Interviews (incl. Director Pen-ek Ratanaruang, DOP Christopher Doyle);
- Behind The Scenes;
- Theatrical trailer.,Pen-ek Ratanaruang,Asano Tadanobu, Sinitta Boonyasak, Matsushige Yutaka.,Cheeky and elusive, Last Life in the Universe inhabits a high-lonesome world unto itself, a bright daydream that dissipates in the aching gap of a missed connection."
-- Jessica Winter, VILLAGE VOICE
"The mildly surreal drama doesn't always make sense, but it sure does look great."
-- Elizabeth Weitzman, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
"The Thai locales, the stars and Doyle's expressive cinematography add up to a disarmingly seductive yet always precarious film experience."
-- Kevin Thomas, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"The closest thing to entering a dream state at the movies right now is watching Last Life in the Universe."
-- Charles Taylor, SALON.COM
"[Reflects] the growing interpenetration of many individual national cinemas into a cultural conglomerate that reflects the irresistible tide of cinematic globalization."
-- Andrew Sarris, NEW YORK OBSERVER
"Directed by the talented Pen-ek Ratanaruang in a deadpan style that would be approved by Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismaki, the master of deadpan."
-- V.A. Musetto, NEW YORK POST
"There is some lovely filmmaking here, and nice surprises."
-- Wesley Morris, BOSTON GLOBE
"The film has a precise, slow pace that allows us to get to know these quiet, quirky characters, and an imaginatively experimental approach to their thoughts and dreams."
-- G. Allen Johnson, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"Allusive, and enigmatic, this Thai film is a wistful mood piece whose contemplative tone is periodically punctured with eruptions of violence."
-- Stephen Holden, NEW YORK TIMES
"An absorbing series of intricately planned shots that play like installation art at a modern museum."
-- Michael Booth, DENVER POST,BEST ACTOR - VENICE FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICAL SELECTIONl TORONTO, LONDON, MELBOURNE, VANCOUVER, SUNDANCE, ROTTEDAM.,LAST LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE brings together three of the most exciting talents in current world cinema: director Pen-ek Ratanaruang, Japanese superstar Asano Tadanobu, and Hong Kong-based Australian cinematographer Christopher Doyle (HERO, DUMPLINGS). Under the guidance of this much-celebrated triumvirate, refugee elements of Japanese yakuza films, an unpredictable succession of lush and intoxicating images, and a host of eccentric narrative tics from the cutting edge of Thai cinema converge to tell the story of the mysterious Kenji, a lonely, obsessive-compulsive Japanese librarian's assistant and occasional suicide hobbyist quietly living - and hoping to die - in Bangkok.
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