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Filmmaker who believes in LOVE, Wasin Pokpong

Wasin Pokpong Director and Writer of “A Little Thing Called Love” and "My Name is Love”

                With the movie "A Little Thing Called Love" and "My Name is LOVE" are created some crazy trend of romance in Thailand and among Thai film community. So who want to sit down and know more background of the screenwriter/producer/director of these two popular films, Wasin Pokpong?

                 

                Wasin Pokpong has been a director his whole life; it’s seriously the only job he has ever had. His past work includes: Director, Writer and TV-Producer.

Director

My Name is Love (2012)

A Little Thing Called Love (2010)

Screenwriter

My Name is Love (2012)

A Little Thing Called Love (2010)

The Odd Couple (2007)

Let's know more about him.

Q: How did you start out in this field of filmmaker?

A: I started out with my friend in the production business, which got me hook on music video production. But I’ve always wanted to produce movies since I was a young boy.

Q: What are the main considerations when you start making the film?

A: Plot, theme, conflict, characters, setting, symbol and point of view. These seven elements are the main things that I have to consider in order to make it relevant, unique and interesting.

Q: What is different between “A Little Thing called LOVE” and “My Name is LOVE?”

A: A Little Thing Called Love started with a woman who told a story of falling in love with an older boy in school and changing herself in order to impress the boy. My Name is Love is a story about cupid, fate and destiny which presents in a view of love that is all around us and sometimes we may oversee it.

Q: Are you writing your real life experience in the film?

A: I think I would identify myself more likely as the women. I was more like the lead actress in the film, not the lead actor”.

Q: What do you think about Thai film box office?

A: Most Thai films are created with a grand opening and then slow down. For my own film, we banked over 4 million baht when it opened and the number keeps rising, very unusual for Thailand.”  

Q: What is the main reason why “A Little Thing called LOVE” win many hearts of the audiences and become one of the top chart in the Box office?

A: It’s about a girl named Nam who is dark-skinned and considered unattractive. With a little whitening cream and help from her friends she becomes the prettiest and smartest girl in school. With the same as many people experience, this movie has stolen many heart of the audience who have gone through similar perils of adolescent relationships. That’s a reason why this movie is doing what most Thai movies never seem to accomplish; contining to make money. Come on, anyone who lives in Thailand knows that this story is going to kill at the box office.

Q: Who is the great performer you have ever work with?

A: I would rather say….
Bai-fern, Pimchanok. She nails the role in this whole film, which the movie spans about 10 years and she is the only one who looks different throughout, physically and emotionally though the whole film. She should win the Thai Oscar for the best performance!

Q: What is the characteristic of your film?

A: BASED ON TRUE STORY! I believe in LOVE in the real life that people may oversee it and I would like to express in my entire film.

Thank you,

KHUN WASIN POKPONG

I think and l'm looking forward to watching your professional and interesting films in the future. 

"Talking about romantic comedy film, talking about Wasin Pokpong."

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My name is Love : เค้าเรียกผมว่าความรัก 

From the movie “ My name is Love”, it has the same theme, tone and background setting as “A Little Thing Called Love” because it is created by the same director. The plot of story is the main actress of movie used to be such an ugly duckling. 

When she get mature, she becomes the most attractive and beautiful girl among her gang.  

This film is enjoyable and humor-filled pace along the story line.

"Do you believe in love?

“Do you believe in fate?”

“Do you believe in cupid?”

Have you ever suspected why you have special feeling for someone even if you see many million people?

Do you ever think that people around you will help you falling in love with each other? Are they the cupid? 

Perhaps fate is often kidding with our lives.

Perhaps someone we hate, one day may become our lovers.

Perhaps someone we hate, one day may become the person we love the most.

Perhaps before we decided to do something, we should carefully think about.

Because maybe someday cupid may get around you. What goes around comes around!

Have you ever suspected why you have special feeling for someone even if you see many million people?

Do you ever think that people around you will help you falling in love with each other? Are they the cupid? 

This film presents a view of love that is all around us and sometimes we may oversee it.

It's fun, it's not boring, but it's just like it's not satisfied all the wants of heart and mind, as it should be.

Narrative It was considered crab made out well. Many humorous scene that bring the audience into the movie, which this movie create laughs since beginning toward the end, which considered to be the great one.

For my own favorite scenes, I personally impressed with the almost the ending scene when the actor (Pae Arak), wearing a fish mascot, wanted to tell his feeling to the actress (Bow), but he could not speak it out! I can feel the expression from his eye, face and feeling. I totally feel that how he feel and how much he loves her.

It is not easy to make people falling in love with each other. There are such things, events and surroundings more than our effort, time and commitment. Love is not only the relationship between two people, but they they also value one another and are willing to make an investment of time into the relationship – day after day.

Sometimes, it has already been fixed, but it only has to wait for the right time in order to make everything better and continue in its own way ...

Watching this film, I really feel like a cupid seeing people around us fulfill with love and happiness. Cupid is still around us in abundance. And perhaps we may have a Cupid by our own people.

This film totally creates love and happiness among the audience as well.

Even though, it is fulfilled or disappointed, at least we still have a chance to tell our feeling, so we should believe in the sense of our own good. It is worth to try it ^ ^.

After watching this film, who want to be cupid? At least, you can laugh and enjoy the movie. This movie may help someone beside to confess to you and you may be brave enough to confess.

Take someone to see this film. 
These Cupids may help you ^ ^.

But ...

"Do not believe in Cupid. But do believe in love ... ".

(8/10)

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