Fay Roberts’s final sonnet this year is inspired by Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s romantic, mythic, surreal creation, the Thai movie Sud Pralad (2004), written by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, and starring Banlop Lomnoi, Sakda Kaewbuadee, and Huai Dessom
I do not want to watch this film tonight.
Don’t get me wrong: I want to see the thing,
to get engaged with strangers’ layered plights,
suspend myself, and feel my spirit sing.
The critics call it vivid, taut, and lush;
ambitious, beautiful, and quite surreal.
The thing is – art that good should not be rushed,
but, damn it all: I signed up for this deal!
Well, fine, I’ll check the platforms it was on;
both English phrase and Thai to be quite sure…
It’s disappeared; it’s vanished – up and gone!
So was it ever there, or just a lure?
It seems they’ll have to wait another day
(until I’ve found a price I’m game to pay).
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| Image from the Sabzian listing of the press kit for the movie |
Humph! I was really looking forward to this one, but was worried I didn’t have the spoons to focus on subtitles and complex, mythic symbolism tonight. Now we’ll never know! If you have access to the DVD, which is the only legal place it seems to be (and too short notice for my deadline), you can watch the 1:58 long, Thai language movie there. Content warnings include: violence, homophobia, heartbreak (I guess… from the stuff I’ve read!). Let us know what you thought if you’ve seen it!
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