Intertextuality

Intertextuality is to select the previous text to create new text or humorous. In order to understand it, the audience need to familiar with original text. For example, in the film, The Siam Renaissance (2003) which is based on popular novel, Thawipob. It is the romance and fantasy style directed by Surapong Pinitka. The film based on popular novel Thawipop by Tomayanti . Florence Vanida plays the role of Thai Consulate who is brought back to Siam during King Rama IV. In that period, Siam or Thailand was turbulent as Britain and France tries to colonize Siam so she has to help her country to survive with her ability.

intertextuality which suggests another dimension to the film. In this film, the written text could be change to visual text which the characters will be shown to audiences. Although this film based on novel, the artifact is different from the original text. The original text focuses on a romantic story between Maneejan and young official administration Tep along with solving the colonized problem, but the film focuses on the way to solve the problem rather than a love story. Therefore, this film uses the novel as its reference to reveal the plot structure and characters rather than copy.