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The two-minute documentary film depicts wide-ranging talents of the king such as art, music and inventions and will be screened to the public at all branches of Major Cineplex Group and SF Cinema City’s cinemas from February 14 to April 14.
– Extracted from “Commerce Ministry launches film to honour creative King Bhumibol”, MCOT, 10 February 2010.
Asia Books has seen it necessary to attach a bright yellow sign saying something like “A must-read book for all expat foreigners” to one certain book. No, not Handley…, but “In the footsteps of the King” by staunch monarchist and anti-Thaksin activist Vasit.
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I took my kids to see Jackie Chan in “The Spy Next Door” at Central World Plaza a couple days ago. After the king’s anthem, the cinema ran a video from weloveking.org that, in the form of realistic-looking ‘news footage’, depicts Thailand falling apart (schools shut down, businesses closing for lack of business, weeping women, violent street protests, choppers lurking ominously overhead, etc). It scared the h*ll out of my younger kid because he thought it was all happening for real. Very disturbing to see such a depressing video whist trying to have a nice family afternoon.
At least the new ‘creative king’ video will be positive and uplifting. Of course both videos are simply different means to the same end.
Some people are desperately trying to keep all of us little people in line.
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” will be screened to the public ” = ” will be forced down the throats of the public ”
Expect this latest example of reflexive, brain-dead hagiography to become a permanent fixture in all cinemas soon. And woebetide all who don’t show a properly submissive response.
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I saw this biopic the first day it came out before I saw the movie “Confucius.” I’ll be honest, I just didn’t get the point of it. Why screen this before movie audiences – it seems like it would just get them upset. Moreover, the ad delayed the start of the movie. I bought tickets for “Confucius” for the 3:40 showing, thinking it would begin around 3:50 at the latest. Well, after all of the infomercials about the king, it didn’t begin until 4:15!
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