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Wise Kwai's Bangkok Cinema Scene
What's playing in Bangkok cinemas?
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Thursday , September 4 , 2008
Bangkok Cinema Scene special: Director in Focus - Hamer Salwala
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 107 , 22:41:58   | Category : culture   cinema scene   Thai film   Festivals and awards  
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Considered an "early Thai independent and experimental filmmaker", Hamer Salwala is the Director in Focus at the 12th Thai Short Film & Video Festival. Five of his works will be shown on Friday night (September 5), covering the years from 1989 to 1997.The earliest, 1989's War Before War (3 minutes) was inspired by news broadcasts of the Persian Gulf War, which back then were considered ....


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Bangkok Cinema Scene: Movies opening September 4-10, 2008
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 138 , 14:34:59   | Category : cinema scene   Thai film   politics  
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Sukiyaki Western DjangoProlific cult director Takeshi Miike loosely remakes the classic spaghetti western, with two warring clans in a remote mountain village facing off over rumours of hidden gold. Watch for a cameo by Quentin Tarantino. The original soundtrack is in phonetic English -- which is part of the fun -- and there are hopefully also English and Thai subtitles.Says Twitchfilm.net's Todd Bro....


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Wednesday , September 3 , 2008
Bangkok Cinema Scene: Boonchu puts a nail in The Coffin
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 91 , 22:47:58   | Category : cinema scene   Thai film   box office  
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The teen comedy Boonchu 9 was the No. 1 film for the opening weekend from Thursday, August 28 to Monday, September 1, 2008, at Major Cineplex, Thailand's biggest cinema chain.Word is that Boonchu 9 cleared 15 million baht over that four-day period, and might have done better had it not been for the anti-government protests.A reboot of a six-film series from Five Star Production that ran in the late 1....


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Tuesday , September 2 , 2008
State of Emergency: Thai Short Film & Video Festival still on
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 104 , 14:02:35   | Category : cinema scene   Thai film   Festivals and awards   politics  
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A clash between anti-government protesters and a counter-protest group left one man dead overnight in Bangkok, leading to the declaration of a state of emergency that puts the prime minister and the military in charge of the security situation in Bangkok.As with the protests by the anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy, and despite the closure of airports and planned civil disobediance by l....


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Monday , September 1 , 2008
Bangkok Cinema Scene special: 12th Thai Short Film and Video Festival previews, September 2-4, 2008
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 100 , 16:54:53   | Category : culture   cinema scene   Thai film   Festivals and awards  
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The Convert, an 83-minute documentary by Panu Aree, Kong Rithdee and Kaweenipon Ketprasith, makes its world premiere on Tuesday as the opening film in the Doc Forum at the 12th Thai Short Film & Video Festival.In The Convert (Muallaf), a Buddhist woman and a Muslim man form a relationship in Bangkok and decide to marry. The woman totally transforms herself, changing her religion and adopting the ....


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