Months after director Baz Poonpiriya first started working with Wong Kar Wai, the legendary filmmaker came to a realization about his protege.
“One day he turned to me and said, ‘You know what? I don’t think you believe in this story. You should do something that you totally believe in,’” Poonpiriya tells Gold Derby. “So that’s why I had to go back and come up with this one.”
The suggestion paid off. For his third feature, Poonpiriya mined his own life experiences for the emotional drama “One for the Road,” which premieres at this year’s Sundance Film Festival in the World Cinema Dramatic competition section.
“It now feels like ‘One For The Road’ is the first time that I can express my own voice and feel through this medium,” Poonpiriya said in a statement. “It is a chance for me to turn the filmmaking process into therapy,...
“One day he turned to me and said, ‘You know what? I don’t think you believe in this story. You should do something that you totally believe in,’” Poonpiriya tells Gold Derby. “So that’s why I had to go back and come up with this one.”
The suggestion paid off. For his third feature, Poonpiriya mined his own life experiences for the emotional drama “One for the Road,” which premieres at this year’s Sundance Film Festival in the World Cinema Dramatic competition section.
“It now feels like ‘One For The Road’ is the first time that I can express my own voice and feel through this medium,” Poonpiriya said in a statement. “It is a chance for me to turn the filmmaking process into therapy,...
- 1/29/2021
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
You may not have heard of Lyra yet, but the music video for their eponymous debut single, which dropped two days ago, already has more than two million views on YouTube. Early Friday morning, Universal Music Thailand announced that the major label entity has partnered with leading Thai music company Iam Records to sign Lyra — a Bangkok-based group of six female singers — on a global level.
The members of Lyra were plucked from an Iam Records T-pop collective called BNK48, which rotates through 78 featured performers. On TikTok, videos attached to #BNK48 are approaching 600 million views.
The members of Lyra were plucked from an Iam Records T-pop collective called BNK48, which rotates through 78 featured performers. On TikTok, videos attached to #BNK48 are approaching 600 million views.
- 10/9/2020
- by Samantha Hissong
- Rollingstone.com
Chinese filmmaker Wong Kar Wai has boarded upcoming buddy film One For The Road from helmer Nattawut (Baz) Poonpiriya, the director behind 2017 Thai crime comedy hit Bad Genius, which grossed more than $40m in China.
Wong Kar Wai’s Jet Tone Films has attached to the pic as a producer, and the Chinese filmmaker’s Block 2 Distribution will handle worldwide sales.
The project is already shooting, with photography kicking off in New York last week. It will transfer to locations in Thailand at the end of the year.
One For The Road will follows Boss, a high end club owner living in New York, who receives a call from his friend in Thailand, Aood, revealing he is in the last stages of terminal cancer. When Aood opts to forego chemo, the pair set off on a road trip to see and thank each of his ex-girlfriends whom he has wronged.
Wong Kar Wai’s Jet Tone Films has attached to the pic as a producer, and the Chinese filmmaker’s Block 2 Distribution will handle worldwide sales.
The project is already shooting, with photography kicking off in New York last week. It will transfer to locations in Thailand at the end of the year.
One For The Road will follows Boss, a high end club owner living in New York, who receives a call from his friend in Thailand, Aood, revealing he is in the last stages of terminal cancer. When Aood opts to forego chemo, the pair set off on a road trip to see and thank each of his ex-girlfriends whom he has wronged.
- 12/12/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Wong Kar-wai is producing “One For The Road,” a new film that reunites the director and star of 2017 Thai hit “Bad Genius.” Production in New York and Thailand will begin by the end of the year.
The film is a buddy drama and a road movie that sees two old friends who have been separated for years embark on final road trip when they discover that one of them has terminal cancer. But there is also another agenda behind the trip.
Directed by Nattawut (Baz) Poonpiriya, the picture will be produced by celebrated Hong Kong-based auteur Wong through his Jet Tone Films. International sales are to be handled by the related company Block 2 Distribution.
The screenplay is written by Poonpiriya, Nottapon (Kai) Boonprakob and Puangsoi Aksornsawang. Director of photography is Phaklao Jiraungkoonkun.
The Thai cast includes Thanapob (Tor) Leeratanakachorn, Nattarat (Ice) Noprattayakorn, Violette Wautier, Ploi Horwang, Siraphun (Noon) Wattanajinda and Chutimon (Aokbab) Chuengcharoensukying,...
The film is a buddy drama and a road movie that sees two old friends who have been separated for years embark on final road trip when they discover that one of them has terminal cancer. But there is also another agenda behind the trip.
Directed by Nattawut (Baz) Poonpiriya, the picture will be produced by celebrated Hong Kong-based auteur Wong through his Jet Tone Films. International sales are to be handled by the related company Block 2 Distribution.
The screenplay is written by Poonpiriya, Nottapon (Kai) Boonprakob and Puangsoi Aksornsawang. Director of photography is Phaklao Jiraungkoonkun.
The Thai cast includes Thanapob (Tor) Leeratanakachorn, Nattarat (Ice) Noprattayakorn, Violette Wautier, Ploi Horwang, Siraphun (Noon) Wattanajinda and Chutimon (Aokbab) Chuengcharoensukying,...
- 12/12/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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