S A T U R D A Y , M A Y 1
Program 28
Directors Guild of America • 9:45 p.m. • Theatre 1
THE ADVENTURE OF IRON PUSSY
(Thailand 2003) Dir./Scr.: Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Michael Shaowanasai
Thailand’s new indie filmmaker laureate Apichatpong Weerasethakul startles the world yet again by following his boldly experimental and sublime first features—MYSTERIOUS OBJECT AT NOON and the Cannes prize-winning BLISSFULLY YOURS—with the most unexpected of films: an outrageously over-the-top musical western featuring a transvestite secret agent on a James Bond-like undercover mission. A former go-go boy, Iron Pussy is a 7-Eleven clerk by day and a glamorous superheroine by night, aided by motorcycle taxi-driving sidekick Pew. Called upon by the Thai government to investigate a suspicious cache of money, Iron Pussy infiltrates the suspect’s lover’s mansion as a maid, discovering not only an illegal operation surrounding a mysterious pleasure-inducing drug, but also—to her (his) surprise—love, and a very forbidden one at that.
35mm, 90 min., color, Narrative, in Thai w/Eng. subtitlesCLICK HERE to go to the VC FILMFEST ONLINE BOXOFFICE and purchase tickets for this program
