The impact of censorship on Thai films industry
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Thai films had been censored since the implementation of the 1930 Film Act because the authority wanted to control the contents carried in each films. Mechanism for censorship had included strict control law, direct government, military or police force control over the broadcast media including films, and the use of economic and political pressure. The censorship board at present continues to operate according to that Act, where theatre owners must submit films that they plan to show in their theatres to the Film Censorship Board for review. The board was assigned to examine films for its harmful content before the mass screening and may ban films if its requirements that portions of the film to be removed are not met. Reasons for censoring films include violating moral and cultural norms and disturbing the public order and security. This thesis found that Thai films industry has been constantly developed in the past decade in terms of technology being used and the scale of production. However, the weak plot, acting problems, rationality and limited plots are still the main problems of Thai films. Moreover the majority of Thai films are still occupied with old popular genres like action flick, comedy and horror. The censorship board had been to a certain extent blamed for framing a very limited freedom for directors to make his film. Many of the sensitive issues has been forbidden to be the plot or even mention in Thai films such as religions and politics in order to maintain social stability as they claimed. Thus it resulted in the imminent decline of the improvement of Thai films. They said the problem with the censorship board is that people in the board lack the understanding of arts and film making process.
自1930年《电影法》（1930 Film Act）施行以来，泰国电影便始终处于审查规制之下，主管部门旨在管控每一部影片所承载的内容。彼时的审查机制涵盖严格的管控法规、政府、军方或警方对包括电影在内的广播电视媒体的直接管控，以及经济与政治施压手段。当前的电影审查委员会（Film Censorship Board）仍依据该法案开展工作：影院经营者须将计划上映的影片提交至该委员会进行审查。该委员会需在影片公映前排查其有害内容，若影片未满足删除特定片段的要求，则可对其实施禁映。电影审查的理由包括违反道德与文化规范、扰乱公共秩序与安全。本论文研究发现，过去十年间，泰国电影产业在所用技术与制作规模层面均实现了持续发展。然而，情节单薄、表演瑕疵、叙事合理性不足以及情节创作受限仍是泰国电影的核心问题。此外，绝大多数泰国电影仍局限于动作片、喜剧片与恐怖片等传统热门类型。电影审查委员会在一定程度上被指责为导演的创作自由划定了极为狭窄的空间。诸多敏感议题均被禁止作为剧情主题，甚至不得在影片中提及，例如宗教与政治议题——据委员会称，此举旨在维护社会稳定。这进而导致泰国电影的创作改进陷入了日趋式微的困局。有观点认为，审查委员会的症结在于其组成人员缺乏对艺术及电影创作流程的认知与理解。
