Zombie Dogs

Zombie Dogs
Zombie Dogs
Directed by	Toh Hai Leong
Produced by	Fong Cheng; Eric Khoo
Starring	Toh Hai Leong;
Cinematography	Jimmy Tai
Edited by	Chew Tze Chuan
Release date	30 April 2004;
Running time	63 minutes
Country	Singapore
Language	English

Zombie Dogs is a 2004 Singaporean mockumentary film directed by Toh Hai Leong. It criticises aspects of Singaporean life.^[1]^[2]^[3] The film discusses behavioural dysfunction in the facet of both anomie and alienation in Singaporean culture.^[4]

Plot

A film director films a snuff film, airing his grievances about being a Singaporean in the process.

Cast

Toh Hai Leong as himself^[5]
Lim Poh Huat as himself^[6]

Release

The film premiered on 30 April 2004 in the Singapore History Museum as part of the Singapore International Film Festival.^[7]^[8]

Reception

Tay Yek Keak of The Straits Times gave the film four stars out of five, calling it "a surprisingly good part-documentary, part-film piece of work that starts out looking like an indictment of Singapore's artless soul but ends up harbouring the sad story of a man living on the margin of society."^[7]

References

^ Ng, Desmond (10 March 2004). "Will this make it to the censors?". The New Paper. Singapore.
^ Tan, Dawn Wei (10 March 2004). "Don't be a Zombie". The New Paper. Singapore.
^ Ong, Sor Fern (24 April 2004). "The home theme". The Straits Times. Singapore.
^ Liew, Kai Khiun; Teo, Stephen, eds. (2017). Singapore cinema: new perspectives. Media, culture and social change in Asia. London ; New York: Routledge. p. xx. ISBN 978-1-138-92525-0.
^ "He lived and breathed film". AsiaOne. 19 January 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
^ "Lim Poh Huat". IFFR EN. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b Tay, Yek Keak (17 March 2004). "Zombie Dogs has plenty of bark". The Straits Times. Singapore.
^ Wong, Kim Hoh (18 April 2004). "Who says I'm a weirdo?". The Straits Times. Singapore.

External links

Zombie Dogs at IMDb

[1] Ng, Desmond (10 March 2004). "Will this make it to the censors?". The New Paper. Singapore.

[2] Tan, Dawn Wei (10 March 2004). "Don't be a Zombie". The New Paper. Singapore.

[3] Ong, Sor Fern (24 April 2004). "The home theme". The Straits Times. Singapore.

[4] Liew, Kai Khiun; Teo, Stephen, eds. (2017). Singapore cinema: new perspectives. Media, culture and social change in Asia. London ; New York: Routledge. p. xx. ISBN 978-1-138-92525-0.

[5] "He lived and breathed film". AsiaOne. 19 January 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2022.

[6] "Lim Poh Huat". IFFR EN. Retrieved 2 September 2024.

[Tay-7] Tay, Yek Keak (17 March 2004). "Zombie Dogs has plenty of bark". The Straits Times. Singapore.

[8] Wong, Kim Hoh (18 April 2004). "Who says I'm a weirdo?". The Straits Times. Singapore.

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