Thai documentary 'Censors Must Die' gets Screening approval from Thai censors

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FILM CENSORSHIP
Good news for "Censor Must Die"



BANGKOK: -- Manit Sriwanichpoom, producer of the banned film "Shakespeare Must Die", has some good news for once - his followup film "Censor Must Die" will not be censored.

A documentary that chronicles his and his wife and co-director Ing K's struggles to appeal against the banning of "Shakespeare Must Die", "Censor Must Die" was submitted to the Film and Video Censorship Committee as required by law.

"This morning we received a letter by post from the Department of Cultural Promotion to inform us of the result of their deliberation, 'Censor Must Die is exempted from the film censorship process'," Manit reports in a press release.

Furthermore, "Censor Must Die" is not subject to the ratings process because the film is made from "events that really happened", he said.

Up receiving the news, Manit said he felt like hitting the lottery jackpot.

"We can't stop smiling. It's a great relief," he said, praising the decision on his documentary.

However, he and Ing K will still fight on in the case of their "horror film" adaptation of "Macbeth", "Shakespeare Must Die", and the matter is now with the Administrative Court.


-- The Nation 2013-08-16

[chrisbacke]

"Censor Must Die" is not subject to the ratings process because the film is made from "events that really happened", he said.

So, as long as it's a documentary...?

[Mudcrab]

"Censor Must Die" is not subject to the ratings process because the film is made from "events that really happened", he said.

So, as long as it's a documentary...?

interesting to see what happens to the follow up....Bangkok Must Burn - the documentary

[kirk0233]

"Censor Must Die" is not subject to the ratings process because the film is made from "events that really happened", he said.

So, as long as it's a documentary...?

Unless this is an about face from the censor board the reason for not censoring since the documentary was a recording of "events that really happened" is not consistent with the recent banning of the film, Fah Tam Pan Din Soong, or Boundary, directed by Nontawat Numbenchapol. The documentary recounts the journey of a private who took part in the 2010 crackdown on the red shirts before returning home to Si Sa Ket. The censor board said it threatened national security. I suppose passing the scrutiny of the Thai censor board is reason to feel like winning the lottery - dumb luck?

[chrisinth]

I wonder when they banned "Shakespeare Must Die" were they trying to tell the guy that he has been dead for 397 years?

Sometimes it is necessary to be cruel to be kind.................

(Shakespeare died on 23rd April 1616)