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Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
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Last discussed Jun 29, 2026
A 2010 Thai film by director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes, known for its meditative, surreal exploration of Buddhist themes.
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Tyler Cowen · Jun 29, 2026
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Tyler Cowen
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Praised: One of the greatest movie scenes of all time; deeply Buddhist and meditative;...
vs: Compared favorably to Bergman and classic European cinema by implication
"I think I said I thought it was the best movie of the last 25 years. So that's pretty high praise. Within the first 15 minutes, yes. The scene where the ghost, if that's the right word, comes and sits down at the table — one of the greatest movie ..."
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Nabeel Qureshi
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Used for: Accessing a meditative, trance-like state of consciousness through cinema
Praised: Induces a meditative state; deeply Buddhist in sensibility; rewards patience ...
"All of his movies induce in me a very trance-like meditative state and I think he cultivates and creates that. He's deeply Buddhist, this guy. If you view his movies as a way of accessing this state of being that you're not normally accessing, the..."
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