Duncan Caillard is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Te Kura Whakapāho (the School of Communication Studies) at Auckland University of Technology. His research investigates on the intersections of narrative art cinema, film philosophy and experimental filmmaking in the Asia-Pacific, with particular interest in works of anti-authoritarian and decolonial art practice. His current research investigates the history of independent filmmaking in Hawai’i, with a focus on how communities use moving images to negotiate politics, place and identity. His work has been published in Third Text, New Review of Film and Television Studies and Senses of Cinema.

• Acknowledgements Dedication Preface List of Figures Introduction: The Art of Looking1. Silence2. Pillows3. Ghosts in Empty Houses4. Strays5. Intimate Boredom6. Sleep CinemaConclusion: An Apichatpongian CinemaReferences

A beautifully observed and often mesmerising analysis of Apichatpong’s filmmaking practice that takes its lead from his poetic approach to film without sacrificing academic rigour. Just as Apichatpong champions ‘the art of looking’, Caillard looks lingeringly and with great sensitivity at the empty moments that comprise Apichatpong’s work.