Traces and Fragments of Memory
With a function of camera recorded. The filmmaker started filming “Prang Sam Yot” an archaeological site in Lopburi Province in the south-northern of Thailand. And then the story jump to “Prang Ku” an archaeological site in Khon Kaen Province in the north-eastern with same architecture. Like a poetry cinema. The film recorded everyday life and realism with non-linear. Lopburi, Khon Kaen and Bangkok or sometime in “non-place” “Traces and Fragments of Memory” is an experimental film in creative documentary style. The filmmaker convey an aesthetic of the film by deconstructed a “Hollywood Film Language”. It’s try the film back to the first conception of cinema without intervene.
Wichanon Somumjarn directed Traces and Fragments of Memory. Explore their complete filmography and the collaborators who shaped their vision.