Burn After Reading

Burn After Reading is now my favourite Coen Brothers movie since The Big Lebowski. In one sense it serves its purpose in portraying the CIA as a bungling spy agency (much like that Adam Curtis piece on MI5) but at times it is hilarious and the acting is exquisite.

We're all used to John Malkovich banging out a good role, but for my money Brad Pitt's part as a dim-witted Gym trainer is his best since that Gypsy character in Snatch. George Clooney also plays a wonderfully absorbed narcissist type State Department character, veering widely between witty and somewhat shallow at work or getting laid.

I've posted the trailer above but it's a bullshit marketing edit. If you really want to get a feel for the movie, the finest scene is linked here because I can't embed it. Please watch it. It's 3-4 minutes of flawless acting. A CIA Director is being briefed by one of his lieutenants on a bizarre clusterfuck situation involving an officer that was recently demoted (and quit) by the subordinate character in the scene. 

It's the end scene but you don't pay too much attention to the details just enjoy the feel of it. It wont blow the movie.

Every gesture and word in this Burn After Reading scene is exquisite. I keep watching it over and again for it's honesty and craft. 

Anything to keep it spinning out of control.

Giving Is The Best Communication - ทรูมูฟ เอช " การให้ คือการสื่อสารที่ดีที่สุด " | TrueMoveH

This Thai commercial was published on 9/11 only a week ago and already has eight and a half million views on Youtube. It's so good I'm going out to buy a USB Internet connection from True irrespective of whether it is a better deal or not than its competitive mobile and internet data carriers.

From time to time, Thai advertising is easily the best in the world.

I can tell you from experience that it's less about strategy than having something important to say. I've talked about this in the past.

Headshot - Thai Crime Thriller - ฝนตกขึ้นฟ้า

Most (but not all) Thai movies aren't sophisticated enough to hold my attention, and generally speaking I'm not a fan of Crime Thrillers. Headshot goes against that grain. 

It's well directed, beautifully shot, with real care and attention to detail and has a reasonable script if you can suspend disbelief on the central premise that the Thai Police and Thai criminals are invariably competing teams for the same chunk of business.

The full film is available on Youtube and posted below, but I can assure you that wont last forever. Watch it quickly if you enjoy a good crime thriller movie. It's certainly one of the better Thai Movies I've seen for a while. It's quite sexy too in a grown up kind of way that is usually trivialized in Thai culture.