Word: patra
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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THAILAND is spawning a new wave of versatile film makers concerned with such local problems as teenage prostitution and guerrilla terror. But they also do occasional excellent non-message films. Actress-Writer-Producer Patra-vadee Sritrairat, 28, a bright and beautiful newcomer, has made a sensitive movie called Games that is the sophisticated story of a triangular bisexual love affair. A splashy sidelight of the industry is movie-poster art. In Bangkok, block-long billboards picturing grotesque snake-entwined monsters hovering over eviscerated women may cost $40,000 and take 36 artists to paint. These gargantuan murals, which used...
...Papadopoulos regime started an extensive campaign in the press against the people of Athens, Thessaloniki and Patra who had participated in the revolt. They had to scare the population once more with threats of an impending communist revolt, they had to consolidate their hold on the armed forces and they had to polish the tarnished "stability...
...riots were spreading. Thesaloniki, Patra and Prama joined the list of cities with student directed revolts. The American embassy was heavily guarded by police who feared attack by the angry demonstrators...
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