A delirious fever dream of pulp-Western conventions by way of 1950s Hollywood melodrama, Thai filmmaker Wisit Sasanatieng's surreal oddity unfolds in heavily manipulated colors so rich they seem ready to leap off the screen, and is punctuated by spasms of over-ripe dialogue, floridly dramatic songs and maniacally villainous laughter.
As the sky weeps uncontrollably, a beautiful woman enters a gazebo set down in the middle of the verdant countryside and waits — but who is the man in the photo that drops from her neatly folded hankie? Elsewhere, two bandits in stylized cowboy gear attack a small gang of gunslingers, slaughtering them in a dazzling display of impo...
Released:
2000
Rated:
NR
Length:
113 mins