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Mysterious Object at Noon 
DVD cover.Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul Produced by Gridthiya Gaweewong
Mingmongkol SonakulStarring Phurida Vichitphan
Mesini KaewratriCinematography Prasong Klimborron
Sayombhu MukdeepromEditing by Mingmongkol Sonakul
Apichatpong WeerasethakulRelease date(s) 
October 2, 2000Running time 83 minutes Country Thailand Language Thai Mysterious Object at Noon (Thai: ดอกฟ้าในมือมาร, or Dokfa nai meuman, literally Dokfa in the Devil's Hand)[1] is a 2000 Thai independent experimental documentary film directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
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Production
The film is unscripted and uses the exquisite corpse party game as a concept, with the film crew traveling across Thailand, interviewing people and asking each person to add their own words to a story.
The film was shot in 16mm and enlarged to 35mm for international exhibition.[1]
Reception
Festivals and awards
Mysterious Object at Noon premiered in January 2000 at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, having received support from the Hubert Bals Fund in 1998. It had its North American premiere at the Vancouver International Film Festival, where it won a special citation Dragons and Tigers Award. It won the Grand Prize (Woosuk Award) at the Jeonju International Film Festival, second prize and the NETPAC Special Mention Prize at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival. The film was screened at many other film festivals, including the London Film Festival, the Singapore International Film Festival and the Hong Kong International Film Festival.
Critical reception
Because its experimental nature falls outside the mainstream of Thai cinema, Mysterious Object at Noon received little attention in the director's native country. However through film festival screenings overseas, the film gained positive notice from film critics.
"Mr. Weerasethakul's film is like a piece of chamber music slowly, deftly expanding into a full symphonic movement; to watch it is to enter a fugue state that has the music and rhythms of another culture. It's really a movie that requires listening, reminding us that the medium did become talking pictures at one point," said Elvis Mitchell in The New York Times.[2]
References
- ^ a b Stephens, Chuck. 2001-06-18. That obscure 'Object', Village Voice, retrieved 2007-03-27.
- ^ Mitchell, Elvis, 2001-11-1, From Thailand, adventures in collective storytelling, The New York Times, retrieved 2007-03-27.
External links
- Official site
- Dokfa nai meuman at the Internet Movie Database
- Mysterious Object at Noon at AllRovi
- Mysterious Object at Noon at Metacritic
- Mysterious Object at Noon at Rotten Tomatoes
Films of Apichatpong Weerasethakul Mysterious Object at Noon (2000) • Blissfully Yours (2002) • The Adventure of Iron Pussy (2003) • Tropical Malady (2004) • Syndromes and a Century (2006) • Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)
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