Shill Thread #37
A completely and utterly forgotten film, Suriyothai (2001) depicts the 16th century ruined Kingdom of Ayutthaya, which later became Siam. During this period, there were 2 city states that encompassed Siam (Ayutthaya and Pitsanulok). This film takes place over a score of years where the Kingdom saw many invasions from the neighboring Honsawadee (Ancient Burma), lots of political drama, Kings dying, child kings being executed, poisonings, cousins marrying each other, all out war, espionage, etc.
Featuring full scale 'lived in' outdoor sets (which still exist in Thailand today in abandoned form), temples, throne rooms, palaces, and massive scenes with thousands of extras on camera in a scale not seen since Lawrence of Arabia, this film shits on any historical film made by Hollywood. The film notably features the ancient 'royal language' of Thailand, so its hard even for Thai people to understand. It was supported by the Thai royal crown, so they used real palaces and royal relics, and directed by one of their princes who went to film school with Francis Ford Coppola, so the actual budget of the film is still unknown to this day.
The link below features both the Thai edition (5 hours long), and Francis Ford Coppola's edit. Watch the Coppola edit if you prefer something faster paced (the audio is better too). Watch the 5 hour edit for an increased number of characters, longer royal rituals, more battles, less narration and exposition, a brighter color grade and more kino.
If you like the film, spread it around so it can finally be brought to 4k as it deserves. I've already contacted all the major players (Criterion, Arrow, Kino...) If you watch it for anything, watch it so you can appreciate a dead, exotically beautiful and nearly forgotten culture (even by its own country).
Subtitles on the 5 hour version are a little botched.
>DOWNLOAD:
https://gofile.io/d/XHiNJO
kino preview:
https://youtu.be/q2_oMpISxYY?si=2eezCLu1599Yvutp
Featuring full scale 'lived in' outdoor sets (which still exist in Thailand today in abandoned form), temples, throne rooms, palaces, and massive scenes with thousands of extras on camera in a scale not seen since Lawrence of Arabia, this film shits on any historical film made by Hollywood. The film notably features the ancient 'royal language' of Thailand, so its hard even for Thai people to understand. It was supported by the Thai royal crown, so they used real palaces and royal relics, and directed by one of their princes who went to film school with Francis Ford Coppola, so the actual budget of the film is still unknown to this day.
The link below features both the Thai edition (5 hours long), and Francis Ford Coppola's edit. Watch the Coppola edit if you prefer something faster paced (the audio is better too). Watch the 5 hour edit for an increased number of characters, longer royal rituals, more battles, less narration and exposition, a brighter color grade and more kino.
If you like the film, spread it around so it can finally be brought to 4k as it deserves. I've already contacted all the major players (Criterion, Arrow, Kino...) If you watch it for anything, watch it so you can appreciate a dead, exotically beautiful and nearly forgotten culture (even by its own country).
Subtitles on the 5 hour version are a little botched.
>DOWNLOAD:
https://gofile.io/d/XHiNJO
kino preview:
https://youtu.be/q2_oMpISxYY?si=2eezCLu1599Yvutp