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The force is strong with this one
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 04/05/2015
» In 1997, Atis Ruchirawat translated the script of the original Star Wars trilogy for subbing and dubbing in Thai. He didn't need the script, he said. He could recite the dialogue more or less by heart. He even knows the words Greedo and Jabba the Hutt say in their fictional language, though he does not care to speculate whether Greedo or Han Solo shot first. His scope of interest is boxed in by the film itself — he isn't concerned about the numerous spin-offs of the movies or unsolvable hypotheses.
When art becomes smart
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 02/04/2014
» In 2011 the royal family of Qatar, the world’s richest nation, bought Cezanne’s The Card Players at more than $250 million (8 billion baht). The purchase marked the highest price ever paid for a piece of art.