Bangkok’s House Samyan cinema has announced the films in this year’s House Classics season. The theme this time is The Edge, and the film selection features two controversial titles by Stanley Kubrick (A Clockwork Orange and Eyes Wide Shut) and two Alfred Hitchcock masterpieces (Psycho and Vertigo).
Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Salò is also included, which is a result of the liberalisation of Thai film censorship that has been apparent since 2024. (A 1977 screening of Pasolini’s notorious film at a London cinema club was raided by the vice squad.)
The lineup for The Edge was revealed in a trailer for the season, which was played after a surprise screening of A Clockwork Orange this evening. The reveal of each film drew cheers and applause from the audience.
Psycho was previously shown at Scala in 2016, at Cinema Winehouse in 2018, and at Bangkok Screening Room in 2019. It will be shown in its uncut version, following its restoration in 2019.
Vertigo was voted the greatest film of all time in the 2012 Sight and Sound critics’ poll. It was screened at the Thai Film Archive in 2021, at Cinema Winehouse in 2018, and at Bangkok Screening Room in 2016.
A Clockwork Orange was previously shown at the Thai Film Archive and Scala in 2019, at Cinema Winehouse in 2018, and at Thammasat University in 2014. It was also screened earlier this year at Arcadia.
Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Salò is also included, which is a result of the liberalisation of Thai film censorship that has been apparent since 2024. (A 1977 screening of Pasolini’s notorious film at a London cinema club was raided by the vice squad.)
The lineup for The Edge was revealed in a trailer for the season, which was played after a surprise screening of A Clockwork Orange this evening. The reveal of each film drew cheers and applause from the audience.
Psycho was previously shown at Scala in 2016, at Cinema Winehouse in 2018, and at Bangkok Screening Room in 2019. It will be shown in its uncut version, following its restoration in 2019.
Vertigo was voted the greatest film of all time in the 2012 Sight and Sound critics’ poll. It was screened at the Thai Film Archive in 2021, at Cinema Winehouse in 2018, and at Bangkok Screening Room in 2016.
A Clockwork Orange was previously shown at the Thai Film Archive and Scala in 2019, at Cinema Winehouse in 2018, and at Thammasat University in 2014. It was also screened earlier this year at Arcadia.