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World Cinema Ser.: Thai Cinema : The Complete Guide by Katarzyna Ancuta (2025, Trade Paperback)

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Thai Cinema : The Complete Guide, Paperback by Ainslie, Mary J. (EDT); Nagib, Lúcia (EDT); Ancuta, Katarzyna (EDT); Ross, Julian (EDT), ISBN 1350543365, ISBN-13 9781350543362, Brand New, Free shipping in the US An essential reference guide to the contemporary Thai cinema industry and its history.

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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing

ISBN-101350543365

ISBN-139781350543362

eBay Product ID (ePID)25071307843

Product Key Features

Number of Pages284 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameThai Cinema : the Complete Guide

Publication Year2025

SubjectAsia / Southeast Asia, Popular Culture, Film / History & Criticism

TypeTextbook

AuthorKatarzyna Ancuta

Subject AreaPerforming Arts, Social Science, History

SeriesWorld Cinema Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight12.7 Oz

Item Length8.4 in

Item Width5.4 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Dewey Edition23/eng/20230509

ReviewsThorough and contextualizing ... Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers., "Thorough and contextualizing ... Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers." -- K. J. Wetmore Jr., Loyola Marymount University, CHOICE

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal791.4309593

Table Of ContentIntroduction Key Directors Key Early Productions New Thai Cinema Heritage Films Horror (Nang Phi / Nang Sayong Khwan) Action (Muay Thai) Comedy / Romantic Comedy Queer Cinema Animation Independent Cinema

SynopsisOne of the fastest growing and most internationally renowned cinemas in Southeast Asia is that of Thailand. In the first ever book devoted solely to this major centre of creative filmmaking, experts on contemporary and historic Thai film provide a timely overview and discussion of key films, directors and current movements in the region in a comprehensive encyclopaedia format. What many critics, analysts and scholars have retrospectively christened New Thai Cinema' began to take shape in the late 1990s when national film moved away from its position as lower-class and provincial entertainment and became a firm fixture in Bangkok multiplexes and festivals worldwide. This book will provide information on the influential figures behind the films - up to and succeeding the 1997 watershed film Dang Bireley's and Young Gangsters that began the breakaway movement - as well as detailing and explaining the traditions of popular and art-house genres specific to Thailand. Featuring contributions on Thai visionaries such as Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Wisit Sasanatieng and providing rare insight into early Thai cinema, this is an essential scholarly guide to a vibrant aspect of Southeast Asian cinema - its history, industry and aesthetic trends - for scholars and students alike., One of the fastest growing and most internationally renowned cinemas in Southeast Asia is that of Thailand. In the first ever book devoted solely to this major centre of creative filmmaking, experts on contemporary and historic Thai film provide a timely overview and discussion of key films, directors and current movements in the region in a comprehensive encyclopaedia format. What many critics, analysts and scholars have retrospectively christened 'New Thai Cinema' began to take shape in the late 1990s when national film moved away from its position as lower-class and provincial entertainment and became a firm fixture in Bangkok multiplexes and festivals worldwide. This book will provide information on the influential figures behind the films - up to and succeeding the 1997 watershed film Dang Bireley's and Young Gangsters that began the breakaway movement - as well as detailing and explaining the traditions of popular and art-house genres specific to Thailand. Featuring contributions on Thai visionaries such as Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Wisit Sasanatieng and providing rare insight into early Thai cinema, this is an essential scholarly guide to a vibrant aspect of Southeast Asian cinema - its history, industry and aesthetic trends - for scholars and students alike.