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Friday , May 30 , 2008

New film-censorship law takes effect on Monday

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 462 , 18:30:11 | Category : culture cinema scene Thai film Censorship and ratings

Here's a story from today's Daily Xpress, which for some reason I cannot find on the paper's website:Film censorshipNew law out soonUnder-13s to be banned from violent movies; producers of ‘national security threats’ jailed for a yearBy Pakamard JaichalardDaily XpressAs of next month the new Film and Video Act metes out jail time and Bt1-million fines for unlicensed screening, distribution and cinema....

Here's a story from today's Daily Xpress, which for some reason I cannot find on the paper's website:Film censorshipNew law out soonUnder-13s to be banned from violent movies; producers of ‘national security threats’ jailed for a yearBy Pakamard JaichalardDaily XpressAs of next month the new Film and Video Act metes out jail time and Bt1-million fines for unlicensed screening, distribution and cinema....

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Tuesday , April 22 , 2008

Review: Syndromes and a Century: Thailand's Edition

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 308 , 19:28:03 | Category : culture cinema scene Thai film film reviews Censorship and ratings

Written, produced and directed by Apichatpong WeerasethakulExclusive censored version for Thailand in limited, two-week release at Paragon Cineplex from April 10 until April 23, 2008Love is fleeting, and the chance of making a meaningful connection with another human being is damn near impossible. And try as hard as you might to make that connection happen, it doesn't usually work out. Perfect moment....

Written, produced and directed by Apichatpong WeerasethakulExclusive censored version for Thailand in limited, two-week release at Paragon Cineplex from April 10 until April 23, 2008Love is fleeting, and the chance of making a meaningful connection with another human being is damn near impossible. And try as hard as you might to make that connection happen, it doesn't usually work out. Perfect moment....

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Wednesday , April 2 , 2008

Syndromes and a Century: Thailand's Edition opens on April 10

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 439 , 23:42:43 | Category : culture cinema scene Thai film Censorship and ratings politics Censorship Watch

With scratched black film-reel leader and silence to replace the parts the censors cut out, Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Syndromes and a Century will be released on April 10 for a limited run at Siam Paragon.This will likely be the only way to see the special Thailand's Edition. The cultural authorities should be proud to have something so exclusive, and they had a hand in it, so congratulations are i....

With scratched black film-reel leader and silence to replace the parts the censors cut out, Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Syndromes and a Century will be released on April 10 for a limited run at Siam Paragon.This will likely be the only way to see the special Thailand's Edition. The cultural authorities should be proud to have something so exclusive, and they had a hand in it, so congratulations are i....

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Friday , March 14 , 2008

Apichatpong exhausted, prepares censored version of Syndromes for Thai release

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 355 , 15:53:14 | Category : culture Thai film Censorship and ratings

Filmmaker Magazine has the latest in the saga of Syndromes and a Century, Apichatpong Weerasethakul's latest feature film, which was censored and banned in Thailand after it had been screened to universal acclaim at film festivals and commercial runs around the world.The film was originally set to be released nearly a year ago in a limited run in Bangkok, but the screenings were canceled by the direc....

Filmmaker Magazine has the latest in the saga of Syndromes and a Century, Apichatpong Weerasethakul's latest feature film, which was censored and banned in Thailand after it had been screened to universal acclaim at film festivals and commercial runs around the world.The film was originally set to be released nearly a year ago in a limited run in Bangkok, but the screenings were canceled by the direc....

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Thursday , March 13 , 2008

Bangkok Cinema Scene: March 13-19, 2008

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 363 , 00:32:50 | Category : culture cinema scene Censorship and ratings

Sylvester Stallone's unstoppable killing machine John Rambo takes on the Burmese junta as he shoots, hacks and strangles his way through the jungles along the Thai border.The big question is whether this film is censored. It's not in the distributors' or the cinemas' interests to be forthcoming with this information, so I simply don't know. Since the Culture Ministry's pixellation of blood-letting of....

Sylvester Stallone's unstoppable killing machine John Rambo takes on the Burmese junta as he shoots, hacks and strangles his way through the jungles along the Thai border.The big question is whether this film is censored. It's not in the distributors' or the cinemas' interests to be forthcoming with this information, so I simply don't know. Since the Culture Ministry's pixellation of blood-letting of....

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Tuesday , March 11 , 2008

DVD review: Me ... Myself

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 427 , 20:09:06 | Category : culture cinema scene Thai film Censorship and ratings

It's funny. It's cute. It's English subtitled. And, it's censored.The DVD of last year's sleeper-hit romantic-comedy Me ... Myself is already hitting the bargain bins in Thailand, a move no doubt hastened by the fact that the DVD is published by Rose Media and Entertainment, the only Thai distributor I know of that self-censors its films.Me ... Myself is the story of a gay transvestite cabaret dancer....

It's funny. It's cute. It's English subtitled. And, it's censored.The DVD of last year's sleeper-hit romantic-comedy Me ... Myself is already hitting the bargain bins in Thailand, a move no doubt hastened by the fact that the DVD is published by Rose Media and Entertainment, the only Thai distributor I know of that self-censors its films.Me ... Myself is the story of a gay transvestite cabaret dancer....

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Saturday , March 8 , 2008

Bangkok Experimental Film Festival set for March 25-30 at Esplanade Cineplex

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 355 , 00:26:11 | Category : culture cinema scene Thai film Censorship and ratings Festivals and awards

The 5th Bangkok Experimental Film Festival (BEFF 5) will be held March 25 to 30 at Esplanade Cineplex in Bangkok, and several other venues around the city.The festival is a a co-production by Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Kick the Machine, the Thai Film Foundation and Project 304, an independent arts organization.This year's theme is "The more things change …", exploring the cycles - natural,....

The 5th Bangkok Experimental Film Festival (BEFF 5) will be held March 25 to 30 at Esplanade Cineplex in Bangkok, and several other venues around the city.The festival is a a co-production by Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Kick the Machine, the Thai Film Foundation and Project 304, an independent arts organization.This year's theme is "The more things change …", exploring the cycles - natural,....

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Tuesday , February 19 , 2008

NGOs to new government: Don't approve film censorship law

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 417 , 18:56:35 | Category : culture Thai film Censorship and ratings

It was only a small item on the bottom line of a graphic at the bottom of Page 2 of the Sunday Nation, but it caught my attention. Among the three "don'ts" issued for the new government by the Non-governmental Organization Coordinating Committee on Development: Don't approve the new film censorship law.The call to reverse the film censorship measure is lumped into the NGOs' "don'ts&quo....

It was only a small item on the bottom line of a graphic at the bottom of Page 2 of the Sunday Nation, but it caught my attention. Among the three "don'ts" issued for the new government by the Non-governmental Organization Coordinating Committee on Development: Don't approve the new film censorship law.The call to reverse the film censorship measure is lumped into the NGOs' "don'ts&quo....

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Monday , February 18 , 2008

Review: Charlie Wilson's War

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 275 , 23:34:39 | Category : culture cinema scene film reviews Censorship and ratings

Video-game violence and retro, pre-AIDS 1980s sexual antics blend in Charlie Wilson's War, an often hilarious, satiric look back at a true story of how a filandering congressman (Tom Hanks), a Texas socialite (Juliet Roberts) and a downtrodden spy (Philip Seymour Hoffman) were able to mastermind a covert war against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s.Directed by Mike Nichols and written by ....

Video-game violence and retro, pre-AIDS 1980s sexual antics blend in Charlie Wilson's War, an often hilarious, satiric look back at a true story of how a filandering congressman (Tom Hanks), a Texas socialite (Juliet Roberts) and a downtrodden spy (Philip Seymour Hoffman) were able to mastermind a covert war against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s.Directed by Mike Nichols and written by ....

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Thursday , January 31 , 2008

Bangkok Cinema Scene special: Atonement in sneak previews

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 348 , 16:54:20 | Category : culture cinema scene Censorship and ratings

Atonement, a lavish period drama set 1930s in the days leading up to World War II in Europe, is in sneak previews at the Lido cinemas in Siam Square.It opens in a wider release in Bangkok cinemas on February 7.The story is set on an English estate, where a young groundskeeper and ward of the family (James McAvoy), has captured the eye of the family's two sisters, the young, precocious Briony and the ....

Atonement, a lavish period drama set 1930s in the days leading up to World War II in Europe, is in sneak previews at the Lido cinemas in Siam Square.It opens in a wider release in Bangkok cinemas on February 7.The story is set on an English estate, where a young groundskeeper and ward of the family (James McAvoy), has captured the eye of the family's two sisters, the young, precocious Briony and the ....

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