The Epic of Heroes---On the Creation of Thai Movie of Legend and Epic
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DOI: 10.25236/iwacle.2018.074
Corresponding Author
Yijie Wan
Abstract
In 90s of 20th century, Epic movie is the most representative film type in the renaissance of Thai movie, which is mostly based on the classical legend and epic in Thai history and full of the unique feeling of religious and romantic poetry. Based on the origins of Thai epic and legend movie, our research has analyzed its story model and specifications of art as the classical movie model in contemporary Thailand, in order to find out the Thai national idea and the art imagination that shown in the movies.
Keywords
Thailand, Thai Film, Hero, Epic