From Page to Screen: Christopher G. Moore on Hard-Boiled Bangkok [S5.E64]

Greg interviews Christopher G. Moore, long-time friend of
the podcast and senior Bangkok expat, known for his extensive
fiction and non-fiction writing as well as his legendary
conversational skills. Chris begins by relating his recent short
film project, a Bangkok noir featuring his most famous character,
Vincent Calvino and what it takes to bring a fictional character
to life in Bangkok, a city that's a character all of its
own.


Greg and Chris discuss his writing career and 17 (!)
Vincent Calvino novels, the last of which came out in 2020 and
addresses how climate change might affect Bangkok in the near
future. This leads to a discussion of another of Chris's passion
projects, the CCCL Film Festival
dedicated to young Thai filmmakers who want to tell stories
about how climate change impacts their communities. 


The boys then get nostalgic and trade stories of how much
Bangkok has changed over the years, especially when compared to
the 90s when no one had cell phones and the MRT was but a dream?
Greg tries to keep up, but must bend the knee to one of the
giants of the expat world, who very few people can rival for
their knowledge of Bangkok over the decades.


Listen in next week for Part 2 of Greg's interview with
uber-expat Chris!


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