Board to decide on film's fate
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The National Board of Film and Video will make a final decision on April 25 on whether it should allow the controversial film "Shakespeare Must Die" to hit the big screen, Culture Minister Sukumol Kunplome said yesterday.
The Film and Video Censorship Board, chaired by Pol Maj-General Anek Samplang, had decided to ban commercial release on grounds that the film, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” directed by Manit Sriwanichpoom, might cause disunity among Thais. The ban was based on 2009 Article 7 (3) related to the type of films and the 2008 Thai Film Act.
Sukumol said the producers had appealed to the National Board of Film and Video, chaired by Deputy PM General Yuthasak Sasiprapha, because the 2008 Thai Film Act’s Article 66 allows filmmakers to file a petition 15 days after the ban.
On April 25, the board is scheduled to watch the film and decide whether it should reconsider the ban.
