Tuesday, 7 January 2014

Bangkok Street Scenes 1971




There's some real vintage Thailand video-gems being uploaded to Youtube these days. Many are from seasoned German tourists visiting Thailand back in the day, with cine film cameras and now sharing their home edited films and so forth. 

This one has street scenes from Bangkok including the old Erawan Shrine before it was smashed up by a mentally ill person who was then chased and killed by a mob (mob mentality).

There are also Chinatown (Yaowarat) scenes, Ratchadamnoen Avenue (I think), the Art Deco Hua  Lamphong Station, Khlong Saen Sab (by the looks of the low bridge) and possibly Rama IV.

If I've made any mistakes or you spot anything else I'd love to hear from you. 

I've also been posting some vintage Pattaya and Jomtien Beach videos over at my Jomtien blog.

Teppanyaki Kamakazi




Magician, Doc Penguino of Thailand's brilliant short film Teppanyaki Kamikaze is a must watch if you fancy a good laugh and a little insight into a very contemporary slapstick movie set in a modern Thailand that is rarely portrayed in the tourist driven media.

Watch it over here, and please vote for it if you like it as much as I did.

Monday, 6 January 2014

Imagine Dragon's - Ode To Stanley Kubrick




Nice to see pop culture intelligently lampooning the studio footage of the Apollo Landing. 

We may have gone to the moon, but they didn't show us the real footage.