@inbook{78c1dfa32bf241129c4f72af3e5dfe8b,
title = "Ratana Pestonji and Santi Vina : Exploring the {\textquoteleft}Master{\textquoteright} of Thai Cinema during Thailand{\textquoteright}s {\textquoteleft}American Era{\textquoteright}",
abstract = "In recent years there has been a surge of interest in and recognition of post-World War II Thai filmmaker Ratana Pestonji (1908-1970), who often takes pride of place in narratives of Thai film history as a rare early Thai auteur untouched by the trappings of commercial filmmaking and bravely fighting against the monopolizing Hollywood system. This chapter seeks to clarify Pestonji{\textquoteright}s activities during the crucial and politically complex 1950s post-war period. Drawing largely upon historical sources and accounts from America, the chapter highlights Pestonji{\textquoteright}s close relationship with Hollywood filmmakers based in Thailand, suggesting that Pestonji{\textquoteright}s history and relationship with Hollywood studios in the early 1950s could potentially undermine posthumous nationalist constructions of this filmmaker.",
keywords = "Southeast Asia, film, economic crisis, national cinema, historical development",
author = "Ainslie, {Mary J.}",
year = "2020",
month = aug,
day = "3",
doi = "10.5117/9789462989344_ch08",
language = "English",
isbn = "9789462989344",
series = "Asian visual cultures",
publisher = "Amsterdam University Press",
pages = "171--192",
editor = "Khoo, {Gaik Cheng} and Thomas Barker and Ainslie, {Mary J.}",
booktitle = "Southeast Asia on Screen : From Independence to Financial Crisis (1945-1998)",
address = "Netherlands",
}