Syndromes and a petition.

As of this writing, nearly 600 people from around the world have signed the "Free Thai Cinema Movement Petition." You'll have heard about Apichatpong Weerasethakul's run-in with Thailand's Censorship Board, which demanded four cuts before it would release Syndromes and a Century. "Joe" has refused to make those cuts, and you can read his reasons in the petition.

That said: "We're petitioning not only for a just decision for Syndromes and a Century, but also for a long-needed modernization of Thai legislation concerning movie censorship."

Go on, sign. I did.

Updates, 4/15: Commentary from Peter Nellhaus and, among the Cinemarati, Brian Darr. The "Syndromes" entry's also been updated through 4/21.

Posted by dwhudson at April 14, 2007 12:27 PM