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Mobile Men
Two young men in a pickup truck, from different parts of the world, discover each other through the use of a camera. In a windy atmosphere, they initially film close-ups of their bodies, then, little by little, their full figures. As the camera lenses change, a landscape of rice fields and a cinema crew get into the frame. The camera then reshoots the road and the men, as if we were witnessing a film rehearsal.
One of the characters has tattoos covering his entire body. He lifts his shirt and tears off a wired microphone taped to his chest. He then pastes it on the tattoo and cries out from the top of his lungs. The microphone picks up the heavy wind noise, and the camera moves to capture his face. He looks directly at the lens and smiles.
Bio Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Filmmaker and visual artist Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Bangkok, 1970) began making films and video shorts in 1994. Celebrated around the world for his tranquil and lyrical works, he received the Cannes Jury Prize in 2021 for Memoria and also won the Palme d’Or in 2010 with Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives.
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- This film was #62 in the “Greatest” Short Films of All Time 2025