Description
| Product ID: | 9786162151699 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Thai Cinema Uncensored |
| Title: | Thai Cinema Uncensored |
| Authors: | Author: Matthew Hunt |
| Page Count: | 312 |
| Subjects: | Films, cinema, Films, cinema, Asian history, Ethical issues: censorship, Asian history, Ethical issues: censorship, Thailand |
| Description: | In this first full-length study on the topic, Matthew Hunt—with access to rare and controversial films—provides a history of film censorship in Thailand. Hunt outlines its beginnings in the country, when films were censored by the police for political and ideological reasons, rather than on the basis of taste and decency, to the present when issues such as politics, religion, and sex are the main reasons films are banned. He also examines how Thai filmmakers approach culturally sensitive subjects and how their films have been censored as a result. Hunt presents interviews with ten leading directors, including conversations with Thai New Wave veterans Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Pen-ek Ratanaruang. In these interviews, the directors discuss their most controversial films, which range from mainstream studio movies to independent arthouse releases, and explain their responses to censorship. In this first full-length study on the topic, Matthew Hunt—with access to rare and controversial films—provides a history of film censorship in Thailand. Hunt outlines its beginnings in the country, when films were censored by the police for political and ideological reasons, rather than on the basis of taste and decency, to the present when issues such as politics, religion, and sex are the main reasons films are banned. He also examines how Thai filmmakers approach culturally sensitive subjects and how their films have been censored as a result. Hunt presents interviews with ten leading directors, including conversations with Thai New Wave veterans Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Pen-ek Ratanaruang. In these interviews, the directors discuss their most controversial films, which range from mainstream studio movies to independent arthouse releases, and explain their responses to censorship. |
| Imprint Name: | Silkworm Books |
| Publisher Name: | Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-03-01 |
