Comments on: Bangkok’s Danse Macabre http://absolutelybangkok.com/bangkoks-danse-macabre/ Welcome to Bangkok Thailand, Airport, Politics, Food, Nightlife and Thai Culture of the Big Mango! Wed, 20 Jul 2011 22:43:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bombed German http://absolutelybangkok.com/bangkoks-danse-macabre/#comment-5493 Bombed German Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:24:39 +0000 http://absolutelybangkok.com/?p=261#comment-5493 [...] pages as far as I can tell. Foreigners just can’t take it. We had an earlier post about this danse macabre; about this Thai way of looking at death so much more indifferently than foreigners are used [...] [...] pages as far as I can tell. Foreigners just can’t take it. We had an earlier post about this danse macabre; about this Thai way of looking at death so much more indifferently than foreigners are used [...]

]]> By: Death In Thailand http://absolutelybangkok.com/bangkoks-danse-macabre/#comment-971 Death In Thailand Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:43:23 +0000 http://absolutelybangkok.com/?p=261#comment-971 [...] love the morbid, bloody and the shocking - or don’t they? Thais’ odd fondness for a very own danse macabre is legendary. Just have a look at the front page of a local [...] [...] love the morbid, bloody and the shocking – or don’t they? Thais’ odd fondness for a very own danse macabre is legendary. Just have a look at the front page of a local [...]

]]> By: Thaistory http://absolutelybangkok.com/bangkoks-danse-macabre/#comment-281 Thaistory Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:34:19 +0000 http://absolutelybangkok.com/?p=261#comment-281 These pictures are supposed to "educate" the public ... These pictures are supposed to “educate” the public …

]]> By: BangkokDan http://absolutelybangkok.com/bangkoks-danse-macabre/#comment-272 BangkokDan Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:24:27 +0000 http://absolutelybangkok.com/?p=261#comment-272 <em>Axel</em>: Sorry 'bout that. Took out some sting and blurred that one victim ... oneditorial: For heaven's sake what are you implying! And being at it: In the latest Big Chilli you find this story - does say something about the Thais' love for the bloody and gory: <em><strong>Ghosts, Gore and Go-Go Girls</strong> Recent changes in the import duties on boats have led to a boom in Thailand's sailing and boating industries, with a huge increase in private ownership of yachts and all kinds of new regattas being hosted here The Thai film industry seems to have carved out a dubious niche for itself, producing some of the most spectacularly gory and at the same time deeply silly, movies in South East Asia. However, a new competitor entering this already overheated box office race promises to be something a little bit different. P, a modern tale of witchcraft set in the seedy underworld of Bangkok's Go-Go Bars, is making history on two counts. For a start it's the first Thai horror movie to win almost universal international critical acclaim, one of the world's biggest movie review sites called it "The best movie of the year ... a masterpiece in horror" and it took the Audience Best Film Award at the Erlangen Film Festival in Germany. And second, its director Paul Spurrier, is the first ever farang to direct a Thai language film. When Paul Spurrier first traveled to Thailand in 1999 on a documentary assignment for the BBC, he was surprised when the driver of the crew vehicle stopped at a particular corner and requested that everyone step out. At this corner, there had been many car accidents, and in order to pass safely, one must request permission from the spirits to pass by ...</em> <a href="mailto:absolutelyBangkok@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">BangkokDan</a> Axel: Sorry ’bout that.

Took out some sting and blurred that one victim …

oneditorial: For heaven’s sake what are you implying!

And being at it: In the latest Big Chilli you find this story – does say something about the Thais’ love for the bloody and gory:

Ghosts, Gore and Go-Go Girls

Recent changes in the import duties on boats have led to a boom in Thailand’s sailing and boating industries, with a huge increase in private ownership of yachts and all kinds of new regattas being hosted here

The Thai film industry seems to have carved out a dubious niche for itself, producing some of the most spectacularly gory and at the same time deeply silly, movies in South East Asia. However, a new competitor entering this already overheated box office race promises to be something a little bit different. P, a modern tale of witchcraft set in the seedy underworld of Bangkok’s Go-Go Bars, is making history on two counts.

For a start it’s the first Thai horror movie to win almost universal international critical acclaim, one of the world’s biggest movie review sites called it “The best movie of the year … a masterpiece in horror” and it took the Audience Best Film Award at the Erlangen Film Festival in Germany. And second, its director Paul Spurrier, is the first ever farang to direct a Thai language film. When Paul Spurrier first traveled to Thailand in 1999 on a documentary assignment for the BBC, he was surprised when the driver of the crew vehicle stopped at a particular corner and requested that everyone step out. At this corner, there had been many car accidents, and in order to pass safely, one must request permission from the spirits to pass by …

BangkokDan

]]> By: oneditorial http://absolutelybangkok.com/bangkoks-danse-macabre/#comment-271 oneditorial Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:05:49 +0000 http://absolutelybangkok.com/?p=261#comment-271 Thai Rath is a rag, but it is also the most popular newspaper in Thailand. It is really not nice, isn't it? Thai Rath is a rag, but it is also the most popular newspaper in Thailand.

It is really not nice, isn’t it?

]]> By: Axel http://absolutelybangkok.com/bangkoks-danse-macabre/#comment-269 Axel Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:33:26 +0000 http://absolutelybangkok.com/?p=261#comment-269 I feel sick ... I feel sick …

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