Film - Sin Sisamouth, what would you like to see

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Fellow KCers--if there was a movie to come out on Sin Sisamouth, what would you like to see? In other words which aspects of his life or his career should be touched? Why is it important?

I need your help-

Silong

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A descriptive biography that depicted his lifestyle, the impact his music had on the listeners and what exactly inspired him etc. would be nice.

Hehe, by movie i hope you don't mean a documentary. I'd prefer a movie over a documentary but i wouldn't mind a documentary on his life. I'd like to see his life outside of his career, his relationships with other arists/actors/actresses back then. and hopefully we can get an idea of what his last few days were like and how he felt. So is this gonna be a project you're working on?

 thx

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to clear it up its not going to be a documentary...its gonna be an actual film based on what we've found out about him through the research we've been doing the past few years..

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The story of his rise to fame and eventual legend status. But also his faults and things to depict his "human" side.

what inspires him to write certian songs, there may be some of his songs that were political and what difficulties he faced being an entertainer with a view.

i dont know if this is much help but his violinist and the organ player is still alive. i saw a documentary about it on tv. they had this reunion cause one of the band members is living in japan and the other is in cambodia teaching music and singing, it was pretty emotional seeing two old guys cry.

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Sounds interesting...so who is going to play as him? What about other famous names that ties in with Mr. Samouth? Such as Ros Sereysothea, Pan Ron...I think they were the closest as to "singing relationships" (in a friendly, working way) I'd like to see this documentary/movie when it comes out

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Originally posted by vatthanalim1
Sounds interesting...so who is going to play as him? What about other famous names that ties in with Mr. Samouth? Such as Ros Sereysothea, Pan Ron...I think they were the closest as to "singing relationships" (in a friendly, working way) I'd like to see this documentary/movie when it comes out

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Showing the singers relate to each other is a good idea. I only heard people say how he sort of discovered Ros Serey Sothea, but not the details. Some part of it would should deal with the struggle of making a living as a Khmer performer (neak selapak អ្នក​​សិល្បៈ), I remember reading a translation of magazine saying how he was the most popular singer and he had his own house, but many of his fellow singers struggle so much to live off their music. He even forbid his children from becoming a singers. I also like the idea of showing how he writes his songs and taught himself how to sing. I really wnat to see both a documentary and a movie. Can't wait. សំបូរ​ (Sambo)

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Originally posted by sidmann
i dont know if this is much help but his violinist and the organ player is still alive. i saw a documentary about it on tv. they had this reunion cause one of the band members is living in japan and the other is in cambodia teaching music and singing, it was pretty emotional seeing two old guys cry.

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Does the violinist by any chance go by the name of Has Salon? Has Salon was one of Sin Sisamouth's best violinists. I can also list for you a few more people that you might what to interview or get some information from for this movie.
Sin Chanchaya: Sin Sisamouth's Son
Sin Sisamouth's wife: name unknown but i heard she was still alive
Sos Mach: His father Sos Math was married to Rous Sarey Sothea and he might be able to help out
Kung Bonchoeun: Novel writer & movie director back then. I'm not sure if he ever worked personally with Sin sisamouth but Sin Sisamouth did write a few songs for some of Kung Bonchoeun's movie soundtracks "Nirk Kurng Pka Ltom & Phoum Phnom Thoum Tronom Kha'aek Kmao" just to name a few.
Ly Bun Yim: Movie director, Directed On euy srey On and his wife Vireak Dara who played On are currently alive living in France i believe
Dy Saveth: Actress still living and still acting
Sihanouk: haha he's personally worked with Sin Sisamouth a few times
Om Somavathey?: I'm not sure if that's her name. It's been a while since she released anything but she's Huy Meas's daughter. Huy Meas was a singer and a radio talk show host and did alot of Lakorn Niyeays and sang with Sin Sisamouth a few times.
Di Kan Kolin: She's currently residing in CA. She used to be a Karaoke actress in the mid/late 90's then went to California. Her father was Yin Di Kan. Yin Di Kan was a music composer back then also, one of his most popular songs were "Snae Bat Somros"
Chhoun Malai: Singer back then currently alive, popular songs include "Bong Kmean Maytha, Tuk Ho Chnai, Bopha"
Vor Sarun: Original artist of the famous song "Neary Maksi" and currently alive

I'm not sure if this helps any but hopefully they would be able to provide you with some information. I'd list down Pen Rom too (Pen Ron's sister) but she recently passed away.

 hey nate!

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Thanks for all the info..its is very useful..so far i've met and personally interviewed most of the people on that list except for 4 when i was in Cambodia..but i wont tell you who yet haha..i have lots of pictures, videos, and audio clips of the interviews that i will share with you all as soon as i finish everything i need to finish..I'm making a trip back to cambodia sometime summer or fall depending my situation here in the US..

but thanks to everyone who replied..if you have anymore suggestions please let me know in this thread..

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I'm really excited about this movie. Is it going to be on 35mm? I'd love to participate in helping make the movie in anyway i can if possible.

Well I just hope it's made in a tasteful, classic way and not the way Khmer movies are made nowadays! I just watched this Thai film called "The Overture" which is based on a true story of a real person! That film was awesome and great! I'm not saying you should copy them but if Khmer films were made or exceed to this standard then I will be super happy! Also watching other Asian film such as Thai, Chinese, Japanese, and Indian would be great for you too see how films about people of history are made in Asia. Also it would be great if that film is made in which other asian countries can watch it without hearing chuckles,laughs in the crowd. I mean this is Sin Sisamouth and I don't want a movie made about is life if it lacks quality and looks like a child playing with cameras! I know I might come off a bit harsh and mean but this is just an opinion and suggestions that I hope you take it lightly into consideration. I mean if Mongolia made a movie about Genghis Khan or Kublai Khan they would want something great too!

 exactly right

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Originally posted by DaraAngels
Well I just hope it's made in a tasteful, classic way and not the way Khmer movies are made nowadays! I just watched this Thai film called "The Overture" which is based on a true story of a real person! That film was awesome and great! I'm not saying you should copy them but if Khmer films were made or exceed to this standard then I will be super happy! Also watching other Asian film such as Thai, Chinese, Japanese, and Indian would be great for you too see how films about people of history are made in Asia. Also it would be great if that film is made in which other asian countries can watch it without hearing chuckles,laughs in the crowd. I mean this is Sin Sisamouth and I don't want a movie made about is life if it lacks quality and looks like a child playing with cameras! I know I might come off a bit harsh and mean but this is just an opinion and suggestions that I hope you take it lightly into consideration. I mean if Mongolia made a movie about Genghis Khan or Kublai Khan they would want something great too!

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i totally agree..i'm on the exact same page as you are..we're going to overdub voices..haha j/k..this is something we've been researchin for the past 2 years and a half to almost be exact..still researchin..so i hope it doesn't end up cheesy..one very important thing is the Budget..man that is killing us..

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What's the budget for this movie?

awesome. sin sisamouth....maybe on how he lived his life and what inspiration in life made him sing and who he inspired during his time or after.

im also wondering, what about the movie stars of the past? who were the king and queen of movie stars and is it a good idea to make movies about them too? just wondering...

ahh, homrong? it was pretty good (one of the pieces they played was a traditonal khmer tune...sounded very nice).

back to the topic: according to my mom, my neighbors are supposed to be cousins of sinn sisamuth, or distant cousins. i should go and ask...i think they told me once before, but since i'm not a huge fan of sinn sisamuth, i really didn't pay attention.

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Originally posted by DaraAngels
Well I just hope it's made in a tasteful, classic way and not the way Khmer movies are made nowadays! I just watched this Thai film called "The Overture" which is based on a true story of a real person! That film was awesome and great! I'm not saying you should copy them but if Khmer films were made or exceed to this standard then I will be super happy! Also watching other Asian film such as Thai, Chinese, Japanese, and Indian would be great for you too see how films about people of history are made in Asia. Also it would be great if that film is made in which other asian countries can watch it without hearing chuckles,laughs in the crowd. I mean this is Sin Sisamouth and I don't want a movie made about is life if it lacks quality and looks like a child playing with cameras! I know I might come off a bit harsh and mean but this is just an opinion and suggestions that I hope you take it lightly into consideration. I mean if Mongolia made a movie about Genghis Khan or Kublai Khan they would want something great too!

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Of course, I would love to see such a film. I think this will be very successful considering how many fanatics exists.

here it is again a short footage of him from a movie

http://www.my5minutes.com:6969/torrents/22557_samouth%20full.mpg.torrent

u need bittorrent to download

[Message last modified 03-17-2005 09:29am by sidmann]

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