Episode 1.4 - Change: A Drama of the Wilderness

Here is the next deep dive episode of season one. Today we are looking at the film Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness, produced and directed by Meriam C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack. Shot completely on location in the jungles of Siam, the film follows a local man and his family trying to eek out a living in the foreboding jungle.

The characters will deal with leopard and tiger attacks, an elephant stampede and plenty of other dangers around every corner. While dated in the way it treats the animals on screen, the film is important as a look at what that part of the world looked like nearly 100 years ago.

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Wikipedia: Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness, Merian C. Cooper, and Ernest B. Shoedsack
Silent Era: Chang
Silents Are Golden: Chang commentary
The Guardian: Chang review
BBC: Chang review
Simbasible: Chang review
Nick's Flick Picks: Chang review
SAMIC: Staging Authenticity in the Jungle of Siam by Alexander J. Klemm
School of Digital Media and Cinematic Arts, Bankok University: Influences, Methods and Distortion in Film Chang by Jakkarin Thepvong
Bankok Post: What's Past is Prologue by Andrew Biggs

Music for this episode from https://filmmusic.io, "Onion Capers" and "Breaktime" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)