15 Most Groundbreaking Movies Of The Decade (So Far)

2. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

What's it about? Apichatpong Weerasethakul's challenging and beguiling film Uncle Boomnee Who Can Recall His Past Lives focuses on the final day of the titular character, who joins his loved ones - both living and deceased (the spirit of his dead wife and lost son appear in non-human form) - as he attempts to comprehend the meaning of the illness which will imminently lead to his death. What makes it groundbreaking? Uncle Boomnee Who Can Recall His Past Lives is often labeled an art project rather than a movie, which is perhaps understandable from the perspective of a Western audience glimpsing a new insights into an entirely different belief system. This is a film firmly rooted in Eastern traditions with Weerasethakul not only examining death, rebirth and transformation but the end of conventional cinema as we know it. Each of the six reels are filmed in contrasting styles - each demonstrates a master artist at the top of his game.