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Citizen Dog
Variant Title:Ma nakhon
Content:Feature Film
Available From:YesAsia.com
Media Type:DVD
Release Date:2005
Audience:Higher Education
Running Time:104 min.
Physical Description:sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language:Thai with English subtitles
Author:Directed by Wisit Sasanatieng
Resource Library Number:SEADVD 27
Subject:Diaspora and Ethnicity
Media Studies
Science, Technology, & the Environment
Subheading:Cinema Studies
Emigration and Immigration
Environment & Policy
Pollution
Region:Southeast Asia
Country:Thailand



Abstract:

Naive village boy Pod (Mahasamut Boonyaruk) moves to Bangkok to work in a factory producing canned sardine fish, where he accidentally cuts off his finger and re-attaches his colleagues'. While working as an office security guard, he meets and falls for Jin (Saengthong Gate-Uthong). After that he switches to be a taxi-driver, so as to drive her around, hoping to win her heart. All of a sudden, she decides to dedicate her life to environmental protection... A rare Thai cult film, Citizen Dog criticizes various aspects of the modern society with surrealistically colored visuals and a daring plot. CG effects transform Bangkok to an alien city, but that critical distance certainly helps to convey the film's comments about modern society. Narration is done by renowned Thai director Pen-ek Ratanaruang (Invisible Waves, Last Life in the Universe). || Awards: Toronto Film Festival and the Pusan Film Festival Official Selection. Bronze Prize for Best Asian Film at Fantasia Film Festival, Montreal.




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