Cambodian Cinema Cowboy Zombies
Aug 13th, 2007 by Jinja
I had it all planned out: skive off work at 4:30, and catch the dubbed Chinese Thai flick pictured here. Alas, over the weekend they’d changed the picture at Cinema Lux. Foiled. I’ll have to wait for the video.
I’d put off seeing the film, my anglophone friends were disinterested, and most of my Khmer friends don’t seem to like ghost stories – though someone is buying the tickets.
Cambodia has one of the fastest growing cinema industries in Asia, and it’s mostly digital. Some theatres specialize in Korean or Chinese dubbed films. Most homegrown films veer towards horror.
These ‘Wild West’ style film posters are great, but I regret that most theatres are now using photo posters instead of painted signs, a change from just a few years ago.
Long Nih Long (‘Chase the Chaser’ or ‘Hound the Hound’ in my amateur translation) looked like it was worth 4500 riel ($1.12) – I’ll advise when I do clamp my eyes on the story. For more film fun, Khmerbird has been known to do the occasional review.
That’s actually a Thai movie, โกยเถอะเกย์ /goy thuh gay/. I didn’t see it, but I recognize the poster. Here’s one of the Thai posters. And it’s not just cowboy zombies… it’s *gay* cowboy zombies. If ever there were a tipoff that it’s a Thai movie…
Ha ha! Thanks for the correction. Must be a ‘Brokeback Mountain’ riff.
I would have gone with you! I was eyeing that one too…next time, next time.