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Wise Kwai's Bangkok Cinema Scene
What's playing in Bangkok cinemas?
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Thursday , November 29 , 2007
Harsh new film law closer to reality
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 535 , 21:11:12   | Category : culture   Thai film   Censorship and ratings  
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The new Film and Video Act is being railroaded through Thailand's National Legislative Assembly by the Ministry of Culture.The make-up of the proposed film-ratings board has already been decided by the NLA sub-committee, Culture Minister Khaisri Sriarun tells Nation News Service. Now the the committee is deciding on the proposed ratings system, which would restrict people as old as 24 from seeing cer....


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Bangkok Cinema Scene special - The Bridge
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 516 , 02:46:39   | Category : cinema scene  
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Forgot to mention another film opening this week in my earlier roundup. It's The Bridge, a documentary about why suicide victims are drawn to San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. With camera trained on the famous span for all of 2005, director Eric Steel caught actual footage of people making the jump that would end their lives.Criticism of this film fall squarely into two camps: Those that say this f....


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Bangkok Cinema Scene - November 29 to December 5, 2007
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 464 , 00:54:48   | Category : cinema scene   Thai film  
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One of my favorite actors, Chris Cooper, whose films I've sought out since I first saw him in John Sayles' Matewan, stars in Breach, a taught spy drama based on the actual case of Robert Hanssen, an FBI agent who fed the Russians secrets for 20 years.Acclaimed up-and-coming young actor Ryan Philippe portays a rookie agent assigned to assist Hanssen, but in reality he's part of a sting operation that ....


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Bangkok Cinema Scene special - Releases on the King's birthday
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 379 , 00:39:58   | Category : cinema scene   Thai film  
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December 5, His Majesty the King’s birthday, has become an auspicious day for film premieres in the Kingdom. This year, the King’s 80th birthday, is more auspicious, and among the films celebrating the occasion is The Life of Buddha, an animated historical fantasy film tracing the life of the Lord Buddha.The film has been a labor of love for producer Wallapa Pimthong, who has been working for four ye....


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Bangkok Time, out of time
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 529 , 00:26:49   | Category : cinema scene   Thai film  
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After just one week of screening once a day at the Lido in Siam Square, indie director Santi Taepanich's Bangkok Time has already left the cinema.Seems Santi had personally rented a digital projector so his film could be shown at the Lido, which lacks the equipment. The film's premature close is simply because he couldn't afford to keep hiring the projector.There are other cinemas in Bangkok, Cinema ....


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Tuesday , November 27 , 2007
Review: Brave
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 319 , 15:27:05   | Category : Thai film   film reviews  
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Directed by Thanapon Maliwan and Afdlin Shauki Starring Pairote "Mike B." Boongerd, Supaksorn Chaimongkol, Afdlin Shauki, Sahaschai Chumrum Released in Thailand cinemas on November 22, 2007 Fearlessness will be required if you are to attempt to watch Brave, an action-comedy starring Thai stuntman Mike B. and Malaysian comedian Afdlin Shauki.Shaky, handheld camera work and fast-motion film s....


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Thursday , November 22 , 2007
Tale of the tape: Lust, Caution
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 688 , 18:13:50   | Category : cinema scene   Censorship and ratings  
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As I noted in my weekly Bangkok Cinema Scene roundup, Ang Lee's erotic spy thriller, Lust, Caution is in limited release.Something I've just learned is that particularly on the limited releases, sometimes the cinemas will make the cuts on films themselves and then submit those prints to the Thailand Board of Censors. So with Lust, Caution, there are three different versions in Thailand. Here's how th....


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Bangkok Cinema Scene: November 22-28, 2007
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 837 , 01:52:44   | Category : cinema scene   Thai film  
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The biggest release in Bangkok this week is a Thai film, The Love of Siam, a solidly dramatic but sweet story that mixes dysfunctional family heartbreak with the puppy love first romance between two friends. The boys, Witwisit Hirunwongkul and Mario Maurer, perform very well, but commanding attention are a couple of the women in the cast, Sinjai Plengpanich as a concerned mother, and "Ploy&quo....


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Review: The Love of Siam
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 2415 , 01:35:05   | Category : cinema scene   Thai film   film reviews  
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Directed by Matthew Chukiat SakveerakulStarring Witwisit Hirunwongkul, Mario Maurer, Chermarn Boonyasak, Sinjai Plengpanich, Songsit Rungnopakunsri, Kanya Rattanapetch, Aticha PongsilpipatWide release in Thailand cinemas on November 22, 2007Brilliantly conceived, The Love of Siam is a very different film in many respects. Most notably different is the length. At two and a half hours, it’s almost twic....


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Review: Lust, Caution
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 676 , 01:24:25   | Category : cinema scene   film reviews   Censorship and ratings  
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Directed by Ang LeeStarring Tang Wei, Tony Leun Chiu-Wai, Joan Chen, Wang Lee-homReview of uncensored version at press preview on November 14, 2007 at House cinema; limited release (most likely censored) in Bangkok at the Siam, SF World, SFX Lad Phrao and HouseAs I post this, I was not able to determine just how much of the full version of Ang Lee’s Lust, Caution would be left after the Thailand Boar....


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