SAIC alumnus, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, director of Mysterious Object at Noon and Tropical Malady, is reportedly in a showdown with the Thai government over his latest film, Syndromes of a Century.  Apparently after submitting it to the Thai censorship board, they’ve held it hostage until four cuts to the film are made.
 From Variety:
“Controversial scenes in the movie about the memories of two doctors include an image of a young monk casually strumming a guitar; a scene of four doctors drinking whisky in a hospital storeroom; and a scene of a male doctor kissing his girlfriend in the hospital’s locker room.
A representative from the Thai Medical Council said that the scenes involving doctors are improper and do not portray good conduct by medical professionals. “Drinking liquor is OK, but drinking it in a hospital is not,” Supawat Pothong of the Council’s law department said.
The scene showing the monk playing the guitar is against the Buddhist precepts, according to the censorship board.”
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