ArtsCutting-edge archives project Thailand's film history
In a remote Bangkok suburb, a museum and a preservation lab realize a movie dream
The Thai Film Archive complex features a wax figure of Thai Indian producer and director R.D. Pestonji. (All photos courtesy of the Thai Film Archive)
JOHN KRICH, Contributing writer
September 2, 2022 08:00 JST
BANGKOK -- At the heart of Thailand's stylish new Thai Film Museum, attached to the Thai Film Archive complex, there is a wax figure of R.D. Pestonji, a Thai Indian producer and director of groundbreaking feature films, sitting beside a hulking camera set up for a crane shot on a mock set.