A loosely strung together series of episodes in the forests of Siam, where most of the time seems to be spent hunting big animals, trapping them, and running from them. Over half a dozen leopards and tigers get killed, and a lot of other animals are trapped, a bear cub and a mongoose and a pangolin and a lizard, and kept in cages, presumably for the wild animal trade. Only the cayman seems to be hunted for food. A baby elephant falls into a pit, and the mother comes and knocks down the house on stilts, and trouble with elephants ensues, until the villagers corral them, and the movie ends with the father of the happy little family (man, woman, boy, girl, and a very attractive long-armed monkey of some sort) live happily ever after with their own trained elephant added to the menagerie. Some of the wild animal photography is very striking, and the monkeys are very cute, but it seems the Thai villagers do a lot of killing, which makes one suspect this was brought on by the presence of the film crew, the big-game hunting craze, and the zoo business. Animal lovers will not like a lot of what goes on.
Review of Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness
