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Wise Kwai's Bangkok Cinema Scene
What's playing in Bangkok cinemas?
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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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Review: Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and the Sea
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 501 , 01:16:00   | Category : cinema scene   film reviews   World Film Festival of Bangkok  
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Directed by Shinichiro SawaiStarring Takashi Sorimachi, Mayumi Wakamura, Rei Kikukawa, Yusuke HirayamaReviewed as the opening film of the 5th World Film Festival of Bangkok; limited release on November 22, 2007, at the Scala in Siam SquareBy director Shinichiro Sawai’s own admission, Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and the Sea, is meant to show the human side of the legendary Mongol conqueror,....


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