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This is part 1/10, total of 10 parts uploaded by kobkomsleep, to read about Nang Nak Phrakhanong legend click here.
Great review of the movie Ghost of Mae Nak 2005 by Zomboscloset
As much as I love ghost story, this song, winyarn (spirit) is a bit frightening for me to listen to, hear it for yourself.
Winyarn: This is a spiritual world, the spirits that still have worried…they refuse to leave. Still lingering, hanging around us …many are still very upset with human, with so much anger, revengeful toward people, including YOU…have you ever feel, when you’re alone it seems as if someone is watching you…that is, in dead silence, do you ever feel chills run down your spine, have you ever heard something, even when you’re by yourself. Listen…Can you hear it?
The windows and doors, did you lock them? How did they get in? The smell of rotten flesh, smell of corps, the voices of the spirit…what are they saying? Listen…Can you hear it?
(Boo! I’ve had goose bumps listening and translating this song)
This song made me think of this Thai horror film, The Shutter (2004): A young photographer Thun and his girlfriend Jane discover mysterious shadows in their photographs after fleeing the sceen of an accident. As they investigate the phenomenon, they find other photographs contain similar supernatural images, that Thun’s best friends are being haunted as well, and Jane discovers that her boyfriend has not told her everything. It soon becomes clear that you can not escape your past. Written by Cleon. Click here to watch all parts of The Shutter, uploaded by tao7671 at YouTube.
The movie is somewhat scary to me, but it has English subtitles if your Thai is not that good or you don’t understand Thai language. According to Darly’s post Ananda Everingham, the actor, Ananda Matthew Everingham is the son of an Australian father, Bangkok-based photojournalist John Everingham, and a Laotian mother, Keo Sirisomphone. The quality of the film is excellent.
- Nerakhoon Prodcast from WNYC New York Public Radio
Underreported: The Legacy of the War in Laos
During the Vietnam War, the CIA used Laos to launch secret operations, which in turn led to mass bombings and destruction there. And after the 1975 Communist takeover, hundreds of thousands of Laotians who had aided the Americans had to flee the country for fear of retribution. On today’s first Underreported, we find out what has happened to those who left. Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath are director and co-director of the documentary film “Nerakhoon,” about Thavisouk’s long and difficult journey from war-torn Laos to Brooklyn. Source
To read more about the documentary film of Laos and a Laotian Family living in the US, I posted the story of Nerakhoon (The Betrayal) 2008 at Laovoices.com
The film is already set to show on PBS in the US 2008/2009, check your local listing.
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