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Wise Kwai's Bangkok Cinema Scene
What's playing in Bangkok cinemas?
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Friday , October 12 , 2007
Ladda: Moviegoers in Thailand are uneducated
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 653 , 23:59:54   | Category : culture   Thai film   Censorship and ratings  
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"Uneducated." This is what a government official thinks of moviegoers in Thailand."They're not intellectuals — that's why we need ratings," Ladda Tangsupachai, 58, head of the Cultural Surveillance Department at the Ministry of Culture, is quoted as saying in a recent article in Time magazine.The US-based news mag has a recap of the fight over Thailand's proposed new motio....


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From Books to Celluloid at the 5th World Film Festival of Bangkok
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 378 , 18:36:01   | Category : cinema scene   Thai film   World Film Festival of Bangkok  
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The World Film Festival of Bangkok opens a new program this year, From Books to Celluloid, spotlighting films that are inspired by or adapted from novels and poetry.Dusit Silakong, deputy director of the festival, says literary adaptations are rare in the Thai film industry, where most directors are also screenwriters and only make films of their own works.“It’s quite common in Western films that are....


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