When we were young, we always dreamed about impossible things. We would get together to make comic books. You could say the dream to be directors has been with us since we were children.
When we first came to Thailand, we worked in the commercial and advertising field, but we didn’t want to do that forever, so we tried making films.
Our imaginations always pushed us to make films.
We saw a lot of action movies where the killers would talk too much. We thought this was unrealistic, so we created the killer that could not talk or hear at all. It’s a very interesting character.
Re-Cycle was inspired by the news. One day we read about this new technology that could recall data from your computer that was erased five or 10 years ago. Something you forgot about long ago is actually still there. That’s the concept of this movie.
We spend a lot of time together on the script, but usually direct on alternate days.
We are not ghost movie directors. We enjoy making different styles of movies, from action and love stories to comedies. But the market right now seems to expect ghost movies from us.
Everyone is wondering what the next ghost story from the Pang brothers will be. Not many people are waiting for our love story to come out.
People like our ghost movies because they are fond of how we talk about ghosts. It’s a little different from other directors.
Our films always have actors from many countries. It’s a marketing strategy. Right now, we think, if you make a movie and focus on just one country, it’s too risky.
When we plan a new project, we always try to think globally. It’s good for the investor, too. They put a lot of money on us, so we can’t make films only to win awards.
We worked with Sam Raimi on The Messengers. This is a Hollywood movie that he produced and we directed. Raimi saw our work and contacted us to work with him.
Western and Asian viewers are not that different. Actually, they are the same.
Films are international. Language is not a problem. It’s about the concept and the script.
The remake of Bangkok Dangerous is a little different from the old version. The character is not deaf or mute anymore, but the storyline is the same.
It’s difficult to make a film that gets good reviews. If we feel some reviews are unreasonable, of course, we are upset. Sometimes they don’t even talk about the movie. But we are happy to accept sensible comments and criticism.
