{"id":626,"date":"2011-07-02T10:59:13","date_gmt":"2011-07-02T10:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/?p=626"},"modified":"2011-06-11T17:04:46","modified_gmt":"2011-06-11T17:04:46","slug":"top-10-thai-movies-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/top-10-thai-movies-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Thai Movies, part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>10. Naang Nak<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeap, another ghost story. Thais are very superstitious so ghosts and spirits permeate their culture. This ghost story is a little different, in that it is also a period film back during the time of Siam. You\u2019ll see period clothing, hairstyles, and old-Thai language vocabulary. This film was very famous when it came out, and to this day you\u2019ll see references and jokes about it \u2013 this is why I recommend it. Ever see someone with a long stretching arm in an advertisement or billboard? This is the film where it came from.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nang Nak (Trailer)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bDqew5U68Q4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>11. 14<sup>th<\/sup> October (14 \u0e15\u0e38\u0e25\u0e32 \u0e2a\u0e07\u0e04\u0e23\u0e32\u0e21\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e0a\u0e19)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is probably very relevant to the current red-yellow shirt crisis that\u2019s currently happening in Thailand. This historical film takes place after the military violently quashed a protest against its rule (surprise surprise) in 1973. Most of the protesters were fighting for democracy, but there was a growing communist movement as well who joined them. As you may or may not know, communism was a growing threat in Thailand like it was in many Asian and European countries at the time. This story is from the point of view of a communist who, like many, ran to the jungles to fight a guerrilla war against the Thai government. If you\u2019d like to learn more about Thai history, this film is definitely worth watching. You\u2019ll also learn more about what Thailand was like in the 70\u2019s. Interestingly, some of the protesters \u2013 victims of the brutal military crackdown in the 70\u2019s \u2013 later became leaders of the PAD \u2013 supporters of the violent military crackdowns on the UDD protesters of 2009\/2010. Oh, the irony. Anyway, I couldn\u2019t find a trailer for you as youtube was filled with actual historical films of the event.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/magnet.narak.com\/collection\/movies\/thai\/images\/14oct.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And yes, I realize my top-10 list had 11 movies in it . . .\u00a0 There are many other top Thai films out there that didn\u2019t make my list, so if you\u2019d like to see more there is a nice list up on Wikipedia.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Thai_films\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Thai_films<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What is your favorite Thai film?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2011\/07\/14oct.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p>A list of the top 10 Thai movies for farang.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":2929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3,178],"tags":[49722],"class_list":["post-626","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-history","tag-top-10-thai-films"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":629,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626\/revisions\/629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}