thai3 Posted June 23, 2002 Report Share Posted June 23, 2002 A few thai films coming out now on DVD, this week the postie delivered body jumper,mon pleng lukthung FM, behind the picture and dang bireley and young gangsters. This is the story of the brief and violent life of a james dean wanabee involved in gang warfare set in 1956 bangkok. Quite a surprise to see thai youth dancing to Elvis and sporting james dean medallions.Anyone know if the film is based on fact or is it all fiction? One thing in the film I never knew was Krung Thep was not called so in 1950's but Pra Nakorn,or is that fiction as well? Thought mon pleng lutkhung fm was great, some of the singers put in very good comic performances, especially yingyong as the police inspector and looknok supaporn (khun lam yai) as the fruit seller. All these discs have subtitles which I have never seen on VCD, some of the translations seem a bit off but anything is better than trying to follow a film in thai only. what's on in the cinema over there now?-peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daeng bireley Posted June 23, 2002 Report Share Posted June 23, 2002 Its a true story as told by "Biak" one of Daengs friends. Hes the one whos father was a monk. I'm pretty sure hes still alive now. Daengs girlfriend "Pa" is still alive and makes occasional TV appearances etc. Shes quite old now. The thai name of the movie is "2499 Antapaan Khrong Muang" or " 1956 Gangsters Rule (or possess) the City" most thais just know it as "2499". Phranakorn is just another name for BKK not used much now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarisin Posted June 24, 2002 Report Share Posted June 24, 2002 I don't believe there are any Thai movies at the moment at the mainstream theaters Peter - just crap like Scooby Doo and Air Bud. There was one Thai movie not too long ago which was a takeoff of the 'Magnificient Seven.' It took place during the Vietnam War and the bad guys were the GIs from the US. I saw Body Jumper and Lukthueng FM without the subtitles and enjoyed them both. I am far from being a fluent Thai speaker, but with many of these movies a little bit of Thai goes a long way. The flicks are still my date of choice with the Thai straight girls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thai3 Posted June 24, 2002 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2002 Dang, I get the feeling you liked this movie as well! Thanks for the answer. Pity they did not come up with any wide angle location shots of 'old Bkk', money limitations I guess. I am waiting for monrak transistor to come out on DVD, the VCD is out now. Terrific film, sad, funny, and some marvelous songs.I think it's one of the best thai films I have seen,certainly the funniest. Agree Mr S, few things are as enjoyable as taking a girl to the pictures in Bkk major cineplex Ekami is my favourite. It's always cold so you have a good reason to wrap the girl up in your arms to keep her warm.-peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodthaigirl Posted June 24, 2002 Report Share Posted June 24, 2002 thai3, >Pity they did not come up with any wide angle location shots of 'old Bkk', money limitations I guess. Yes and no. Yes, because they have to pay big money for the special effect to make the present day Bangkok look like the 'old' one. No, because if they did the wide angle shot you would get the present day Bangkok ! GTG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted June 24, 2002 Report Share Posted June 24, 2002 For historic films, the Ancient City is a common venue. (Has a replica Thai village of about 100 years ago.) What is usually done with period films in Bangkok is to shoot a very narrow view -- e.g. a shot of Sanam Luang and the Grand Palace cropped so you can't see anything too modern. But nowadays it is getting hard to do even that in Bangkok. The Thonburi side of the city is far less "over developed" and makes a good choice for some scenes. Also, parts of the "Rattankosin Island" (the original city within the moat) are still much as they were. Clear the traffic off of Rachadamnern and it would look very much like 50 or more years ago. Those buildings lining it mostly go back to before WWII. But closing down such a street would be difficult and need a lot of government cooperation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daeng bireley Posted June 24, 2002 Report Share Posted June 24, 2002 If you liked that movie try: "Jan Dara" same director Nonzee Nimbutr "Nang Naak" same director "Faa Talaay Jone" produced by Nonzee "Bangkok Dangerous" produced by Nonzee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thai3 Posted June 24, 2002 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2002 Dang are you thai? I have Nang Nak but not seen any of the others yet. One film I would love to see is Monrak Lukthung from 1970, never seen it out on VCD though. -peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted June 24, 2002 Report Share Posted June 24, 2002 Hi, I thought Ngarn Ngak was prett okay, but I did not like Jan Dara at all. Had no clue what was going on, nor did my wife. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodthaigirl Posted June 25, 2002 Report Share Posted June 25, 2002 khunsanuk, >I thought Ngarn Ngak was prett okay, but I did not like Jan Dara at all. Had no clue what was going on, nor did my wife. If you really want to know what the story is all about. The novel has been republished again. You can find it in any major book stores. A movie version is slightly different from the original novel. GTG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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