The hullabaloo around the Thai film Arpat, which features a misbehaving young monk, is the latest example of problems caused by what some people in the film industry perceive as flaws in the Film and Video...
Some of the controversial aspects of the law, which was passed by the coup-appointed National Legislative Assembly, include the composition of the censor committees, and the measure that allows a film...
The new act was passed after a campaign by film professionals following an internationally publicised incident in which the censor board ordered Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul to cut four scenes...
"The law says the rating committee consists of four government officials and three representatives from the private sector, but what happens is that these three 'private representatives' are often those...
In the case of Arpat, the committee thought it could destroy Buddhism. But for others, the film may be interpreted as a promotion of the religion," he said. "The audience should have the right to judge...