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5 unusual facts about Syndromes and a Century


Censorship in Thailand

After controversy surrounded Apichatpong Weerasethakul's film Syndromes and a Century, the Free Thai Cinema Movement started to gain momentum in late April 2007.

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Bangkok Post film critic Kong Rithdee characterized the film as exploitive and complained that the film's general release was allowed by the same Board of Censors that had earlier in the year banned director Apichatpong Weerasethakul's drama film, Syndromes and a Century, because of what the board said were objectionable portrayals of medical professionals.

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Later in 2007, the film was shown twice in privately arranged screenings at the Alliance française in Bangkok.

The film was among the works commissioned for Peter Sellars' New Crowned Hope festival in Vienna to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

The censorship of the film came about as a motion picture rating system was being considered by the National Legislative Assembly.



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