tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762681276595673682.post1027348590571944009..comments2024-03-19T23:22:19.759+07:00Comments on Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal: News and Views on Thai Cinema: Thailand's musical revivalWise Kwaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462741207572023832noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762681276595673682.post-23889601402661235022008-06-19T21:54:00.000+07:002008-06-19T21:54:00.000+07:0050 million baht seems kind of obscene, really. I g...50 million baht seems kind of obscene, really. I guess previous productions must have done well. The best seats are as expensive as Broadway, after all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762681276595673682.post-22352514573675920712008-06-19T21:50:00.000+07:002008-06-19T21:50:00.000+07:00I reviewed ฟ้าจรดทราย Fa Charot Sai "Sky Meets San...I <A HREF="http://rikker.blogspot.com/2007/06/play-review.html" REL="nofollow">reviewed ฟ้าจรดทราย</A> Fa Charot Sai "Sky Meets Sand" on my blog a year ago, the Rachadalai's premiere show. It's still one of my most-read posts (it's the top Google hit for <I>ฟ้าจรดทราย review</I>--not many in English--and in the top fifteen or so results for <I>ฟ้าจรดทราย</I>).<BR/><BR/>Anyway, for me it definitely falls into the "visually extravagant but dramatically shallow" category. My wife and I even tried reading the eponymous novel it's based on together, but we fizzled out some 50 pages into its 400-plus-page girth.<BR/><BR/>I had hoped to see this La Mancha adaptation (the posters have been in the subway since at least March), but it coincides with my travels abroad. So it goes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762681276595673682.post-45006056906633798602008-06-19T21:41:00.000+07:002008-06-19T21:41:00.000+07:00Thank you BD. I will update my post with that info...Thank you BD. I will update my post with that information.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if the budget for those shows includes rent on the theatre, which surely must be high?<BR/><BR/>But yeah, 50m baht seems a lot. They make movies for less than that.Wise Kwaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00462741207572023832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762681276595673682.post-28018419080676995152008-06-19T20:48:00.000+07:002008-06-19T20:48:00.000+07:00Incidentally, 'Roengsak Loyshusak' won't mean much...Incidentally, 'Roengsak Loyshusak' won't mean much to readers. He goes more commonly by the name of James.Bkkdreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14576554830728879991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762681276595673682.post-16602714105775997362008-06-19T20:44:00.000+07:002008-06-19T20:44:00.000+07:00You missed two upcoming ones: JoJoSang, based on a...You missed two upcoming ones: JoJoSang, based on an adaption of Madame Butterly, and Khang Lang Phap(ข้างหลังภาพ, or Behind the Painting), which was once a movie, and before that, a Thai novel.<BR/><BR/>A report in the Thai language media said the budget for each was B50m, which sounds too much. Even if you half the figure, it is still a lot of money. <BR/><BR/>Read more about it here at my blog:<BR/><BR/>http://bkkmindscape.blogspot.com/2008/06/musical-fever.htmlBkkdreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14576554830728879991noreply@blogger.com