Flick Pick
Last Life in the Universe
Penek Ratanaruang's Last Life in the Universe, released last summer, takes the notion of the Odd Couple to dizzyingly philosophical heights, while the director, who earlier gave us the ingenious musical Mon-Rak Transistor (2001), speculates on time, space and narrative itself. The seemingly mismatched pair here are a meek Japanese librarian in Bangkok (Tadanobu Asano) whose frustrated suicide wish is matched in intensity only by his obsessive need for order, and a lovely but slovenly Thai beauty (Sinitta Boonyasak) who's just been involved in a fatal car accident. Limited by language and their clashing temperaments, the strangers try to connect in an intriguing tale interspersed with violence. The Village Voice called Last Life "a serene experiment in dissonance [in which] long snatches of boy-girl quiescence [are] occasionally broken by snarling bursts of gangster mayhem."
Related Content
More About
Last Life in the Universe will screen Friday and Saturday, November 19 and 20, in Muenzinger Auditorium on the University of Colorado's Boulder campus as part of the school's International Film Series. There will be two shows each night, at 7 and 9:30 p.m. For information, go to www.internationalfilmseries.com
Now Showing
Find capsule reviews, showtimes & tickets for all films in town.
Join My Voice Nation for free stuff, film info & more!
Now Trending
Movie Trailers
-
Voice Places
Find everything you're looking for in your city
-
Happy Hour App
Find the best happy hour deals in your city
-
Daily Deals
Get today's exclusive deals at savings of anywhere from 50-90%
-
Best Of...
Check out the hottest list of places and things to do around your city
- Profile
- Newsletters
- Mobile
- Logout
-
Publishing:
ONOFF
