Friday, April 25, 2014
Monday, April 21, 2014
Kenapa "Bumi Makin Panas" Penting?
1.
Di
Hari Kartini ini , asyik juga bahas film
"Bumi Makin Panas", film yang selalu dianggap penuh erotika dan tidak
dinilai penting oleh kritikus,jurnalis,akademisi film kita. #bumimakinpanas
2.
#bumimakinpanas
disutradarai Ali Shahab, produksi 1973, music score-nya funky,psikedelik,dan
ngeprog-rock!
3.
Coba
kesampingkan hal-hal sensual, dan lihat betapa Ali Shahab sedang serius
mengkritik banyak hal, yang masih relevan hingga saat ini. #bumimakinpanas
4.
pelacur
sebagai sentral cerita, dan karakternya dimanusiakan (dan dieksploitasi juga
sih), serta menjadi alat untuk nyentil sana sini (koruptor, jahatnya ibukota), #bumimakinpanas
5.
Ini
juga versi gelap dari Jakarta (dunia
malam, selalu minum alkohol, gila
judi,pelacuran)—dibuat thn2 awal era Orba dgn politik identitas “mencari wajah Indonesia”
#bumimakinpanas
6.
Tapi
film ini juga sekaligus melihat sosok2 idealis (pelukis miskin yang tak
terbujuk materi). #bumimakinpanas
7.
Adegan
paling berkesan:. ibu2 pejabat (berkebaya) datangi suzanna minta dia cegah
suami2nya nidurin dia. #bumimakinpanas
8.
Suaminya
a/ tokoh moralis anti pelacuran yang pidato
dan perbuatannya tak sekata. #bumimakinpanas
9.
film
ini ada di Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFQPaHZ_vqQ&list=PL12276D2839D1157C
#bumimakinpanas
10.
permasalahan
mendasar film ini adalah editing yang kurang rapi.jadi kadang penonton nebak2
sambungan cerita sbg jembatan antar adegan #bumimakinpanas
Saturday, April 12, 2014
Snow in Jakarta (a song and a shortstory)
Before the controversial snowing scene in The Raid 2 (2014), apparently I already made a song and a shortstory related to "Snowing in Jakarta". Here's "Snow in Jakarta" (raw recording, 2009) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF1lPcBi0WU#aid=P8ft5cXUVfw
and here's the shortstory titled " The Day My Grandma Passed Away" (2007) http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/6456-the-day-my-grandma-passed-away :)
and here's the shortstory titled " The Day My Grandma Passed Away" (2007) http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/6456-the-day-my-grandma-passed-away :)
It was a clear morning, with windy air and shiny sun, when I heard about the news. Just seconds from the great scenes I never bored of, the Heroes series on television, when old Hiro met young Hiro.
As I heard about the news, the clouds turned black, and rain slowly dropped, and, amazingly so did the snows. I didn’t know if it was only an illusion in my mind, but I deeply felt cold inside, and emptiness tied me so tight. “Attar, grandma passed away,” my cousin said. And thunders and storms suddenly stroke in my heart. I shocked as the snows touched my skins.
I just met my lovely grandmother last week, in my sister’s marriage ceremony. She was just fine with good heath and fresh look. Her husband, our grandpa, passed away years a go, but that day she seemed very far from loneliness. But now, diabetes took her life. It is her destiny. And snows still dropped in my pathetic soul.
But today is different. The snows melt. The cold weather is walking out the room. Yes, I sense the climate changing. I am now at my grandma’s funeral ceremony. I sit outside, accompanied by my wife. Sacred verses from al-Quran are read by some women and men, all dressed in black. It’s just like the most beautiful sound I’ve ever listened. I feel happy to know that grandma died in a good end. She smiled, as she knew that the time had come and she was ready. She fulfilled her duties and moral obligations. And nothing to worry. She is now finally free; to meet The Lover she’s missed and dreamed so much, Her Creator.
But there is more good news that heats my heart. I find that death makes life more alive. The funeral is just like national gathering family. Tens of family groups come, and get along. It is the biggest relatives’ reunion. Or even better. There are so many faces I don’t recognize, and this is the time to introduce one to another. The bond is tightening and the networking is bigger. And friends come, especially old friends we never heard their news for months or even years.
I don’t know if this is a bad attitude, but we laugh cheerfully. We celebrate grandma’s achievements and good manner. What a great grandmother we had. And we just realized it.
Actually, I am not that close with grandma, and I am not proud of it. Once, I felt that family sucks, with too many rules and laws. But I knew later on, that everything in this world needs rules and laws. Just be fun of them, instead of yelling around with mournful atmosphere.
So we do the last duty as grandsons and granddaughter for her. We provide a simple spiritual ceremony, and invite all of the family and friends as many as we can. So here they are, coming from far places, even from the edge of the world. For example, Sita, a 32 working woman bring along her five children from Netherlands. She never came home since 1998. Aldi, a 24 years old student, came yesterday from Perth. Silva, who run business in Pekalongan and northern coast roads are willing to come and meet Dilla, director from multinational company, even though they never spoke for five years—and now they share stories about grandma.
What a wonderful funeral, as flowers bloom, and rain stops complaining. And the snows, I am now sure that it’s only my imagination, have gone without saying good bye.
And this magical moment emerges in the day my grandmother is buried. She is now covered by kafan clothing and ready to be buried. And we all pray for her.
“O Lord, please forgive her sins, and love her…”
And the snows definitely melt as the sun comes down. Sunset ends this episode. What a fantastic day it is. And we all come home.
…and to Him we all shall return.
As I heard about the news, the clouds turned black, and rain slowly dropped, and, amazingly so did the snows. I didn’t know if it was only an illusion in my mind, but I deeply felt cold inside, and emptiness tied me so tight. “Attar, grandma passed away,” my cousin said. And thunders and storms suddenly stroke in my heart. I shocked as the snows touched my skins.
I just met my lovely grandmother last week, in my sister’s marriage ceremony. She was just fine with good heath and fresh look. Her husband, our grandpa, passed away years a go, but that day she seemed very far from loneliness. But now, diabetes took her life. It is her destiny. And snows still dropped in my pathetic soul.
But today is different. The snows melt. The cold weather is walking out the room. Yes, I sense the climate changing. I am now at my grandma’s funeral ceremony. I sit outside, accompanied by my wife. Sacred verses from al-Quran are read by some women and men, all dressed in black. It’s just like the most beautiful sound I’ve ever listened. I feel happy to know that grandma died in a good end. She smiled, as she knew that the time had come and she was ready. She fulfilled her duties and moral obligations. And nothing to worry. She is now finally free; to meet The Lover she’s missed and dreamed so much, Her Creator.
But there is more good news that heats my heart. I find that death makes life more alive. The funeral is just like national gathering family. Tens of family groups come, and get along. It is the biggest relatives’ reunion. Or even better. There are so many faces I don’t recognize, and this is the time to introduce one to another. The bond is tightening and the networking is bigger. And friends come, especially old friends we never heard their news for months or even years.
I don’t know if this is a bad attitude, but we laugh cheerfully. We celebrate grandma’s achievements and good manner. What a great grandmother we had. And we just realized it.
Actually, I am not that close with grandma, and I am not proud of it. Once, I felt that family sucks, with too many rules and laws. But I knew later on, that everything in this world needs rules and laws. Just be fun of them, instead of yelling around with mournful atmosphere.
So we do the last duty as grandsons and granddaughter for her. We provide a simple spiritual ceremony, and invite all of the family and friends as many as we can. So here they are, coming from far places, even from the edge of the world. For example, Sita, a 32 working woman bring along her five children from Netherlands. She never came home since 1998. Aldi, a 24 years old student, came yesterday from Perth. Silva, who run business in Pekalongan and northern coast roads are willing to come and meet Dilla, director from multinational company, even though they never spoke for five years—and now they share stories about grandma.
What a wonderful funeral, as flowers bloom, and rain stops complaining. And the snows, I am now sure that it’s only my imagination, have gone without saying good bye.
And this magical moment emerges in the day my grandmother is buried. She is now covered by kafan clothing and ready to be buried. And we all pray for her.
“O Lord, please forgive her sins, and love her…”
And the snows definitely melt as the sun comes down. Sunset ends this episode. What a fantastic day it is. And we all come home.
…and to Him we all shall return.
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Call for Papers Edited Volume: The Films of Jess Franco
Call for Papers
Edited Volume: The Films of Jess Franco
Editors: Antonio Lázaro-Reboll (University of Kent) and Ian Olney (York College of Pennsylvania)
Jesús “Jess” Franco (1930-2013) is one of the most prolific and madly inventive filmmakers in the history of cinema. His remarkable career spanned more than half a century and produced almost two hundred films shot in Spain and across Europe. He is best known as the director of jazzy, erotically-charged horror movies featuring mad scientists, lesbian vampires, and women in prison, but dabbled in a multitude of genres from comedy to science-fiction to pornography. Although he made his career in the ghetto of low-budget exploitation cinema, he managed to create a body of work that is deeply personal, frequently political, and surprisingly poetic. Franco’s offbeat films command a devoted cult following; they have even developed a mainstream audience in recent years, thanks to their release on DVD and Blu-Ray. To date, however, they have received relatively little scholarly attention. The Films of Jess Francoseeks to address this neglect by bringing together original essays on Franco and his movies written from a variety of different theoretical perspectives by noted scholars around the world. Ultimately, its aim is to encourage a reassessment of this critically undervalued director and his significant contributions to popular European cinema.
The editors of this proposed volume invite original essays on any aspect of Jess Franco’s work; all theoretical approaches are welcome. Possible topics might include:
· Franco as Horror Auteur
· Gender and/or Race in Franco’s Films
· Queer Franco
· The Franco Soundtrack
· Franco’s Non-Horror Films
· Late Franco (Films of the 1990s and 2000s)
· Franco as Spanish Filmmaker
· Franco as Transnational Filmmaker
· Franco and the Art Film
· Franco’s Influences
· Sex and Eroticism in Franco’s Films
· Franco and Film Adaptation
· Performance and Stardom in Franco’s Films
· The Politics of Franco’s Films
· The Cult of Franco
· Franco’s Legacy
Please send abstracts of 500 words to Antonio Lázaro-Reboll (a.lazaro-reboll@kent.ac.uk) and Ian Olney (iolney@ycp.edu) by July 30, 2014. Final essays will be due January 30, 2015. Essays should be 6,000-8,000 words in length and should follow MLA guidelines for citation and documentation.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Tukang Obat dan Kampanye Caleg di Sinema Kita
link: Tukang Obat dan Kampanye Caleg di Sinema Kita
Atas: lagu "Tukang Obat" di film Benyamin "Tukang Ngibul".
Bawah: Film "Benyamin Tukang Ngibul" di Youtube
Saturday, April 5, 2014
Film Combat Syndicate: GARUDA POWER Presents A Cinematic Look Into Indone...
Film Combat Syndicate: GARUDA POWER Presents A Cinematic Look Into Indone...: While developments continue to linger for veteran Indonesian thesps Billy Chong and Barry Prima for the previously announced producti...
Sensor dalam Film Menurut Usmar Ismail dan Asrul Sani
Sensor dalam Film
- See more at: http://islamindonesia.co.id/detail/1669-Sensor-dalam-Film#sthash.OIyOwGsv.dpuf
isakah film mempengaruhi moral masyarakat? Inilah pendapat dua tokoh film nasional: Usmar Ismail dan Asrul Sani
ISU sensor marak kembali. Yang paling terasa adalah dicekalnya film Noah di berbagai Negara, termasuk di Qatar, Bahrain, dan Indonesia. Keberatan atas isi film yang idenya diadaptasi dari kisah Nabi Nuh itu datang, di antaranya, dari Universitas Al-Azhar Mesir, National Media Center Uni Emirat Arab, bahkan beberapa kelompok Kristen di bebeberapa negara bagian di Amerika Serikat.
Dan hampir bersamaan dengan itu, The Raid 2 dilarang pula di Malaysia. Ada yang bilang karena kekerasan yang terkandung di dalamnya, ada yang bisik-bisik itu karena ada representasi karakter polisi yang korup. Yang menarik, saat memperingati Hari Film Nasional baru-baru ini, Ketua Persatuan Produser Film Indonesia (PPFI) Firman Bintang, menyatakan bahwa film ini berpotensi mencoreng budaya bangsa karena banyak adegan kekerasan. Produser film Ada Apa dengan Pocong (2011) dan Bukan Pocong Biasa (211) itu menyatakan bahwa adegan penuh darah itu ditakutkan akan membuat pergeseran persepsi terhadap bangsa Indonesia di dunia internasional: yang tadinya dianggap ramah menjadi beringasan. (Liputan6, 1 April 2004). Untuk yang terakhir, temanya agak nyambung dengan tulisan saya soal film, kenyataan, dan representasi, yang bisa dibaca di: http://m.islamindonesia.co.id/detail/1119-Film-Kenyataan-dan-Representasi.
Mumpung masih dalam suasana Hari Film Nasional, mari kita tengok ke belakang dan melihat bagaimana dua tokoh besar perfilman Indonesia, Usmar Ismail dan Asrul Sani, melihat tentang sensor, baik sensor Negara atau sensor sosial.
Asrul Sani menulis “Film dan Sensor Ditindjau dari sudut Kreasi”, di majalah Aneka No. 25/VIII/1957. Ia menyoroti sensor negara, dan mengkritik pandangan umum yang beredar tentang film yang berbahaya dan menginspirasi orang berbuat kejahatan. Bagi Asrul, sensor berpotensi untuk menghambat kemerdekaan sineas berkreasi, sehingga akan menumpulkan ide-ide yang terepresentasi dalam karya-karyanya. Ia menulis:
" Dapatkah para seniman film secara leluasa memberikan kepada kita berbagai horizon
baru dari pengalaman mereka. Dapatkah seniman film kita melakukan fungsinja sebagai “sanubari dari masjarakat dan zaman”? Dapatkah hal-hal baru diperlihatkan? Dapatkah diprotes dengan merdeka kebobrokan-kebobrokan jang terdapat dalam masjarakat ? Tidak ! pada film tidak diiberikan kebebasan seperti diberikan kepada seni-seni lain. Toh film adalah suatu medium dan alat komunikasi terbaik untuk melakukan itu."
Asrul menggarisbawahi kondisi masyarkat yang penuh dengan ketakutan dan ketidakpercayaan kepada segi-segi kebaikan manusia. Penyakit ini, untungnya, bagi Asrul, tak hinggap di masyarakat pada umumnya. Benarkah film itu berbahaya dan menjadi salah satu pangkal bala kejahatan? Asrul meyatakan bahwa ini adalah mitos dan menolaknya dengan mengemukakan beberapa hasil riset dari luar negeri. Misalnya, ia mengutip hasil penelitian dari Departmental Committee on Children and the Cinema, Inggris, yang mengkaji hubungan menonton film dan tindak kejahatan. Kesimpulannya, setelah peneliti banyak anak-anak di bawah 16 tahun, film tidak terbukti mempengaruhi mereka untuk berbuat kejahatan. Lantas, mereka meneliti 130 kriminal anak, dan kesimpulannya adalah:
" Sebab-sebab dari kedjahatan mereka itu dapat dikembalikan kepada keadaan rumah tangga jang djelek, kurangnja rasa kasih sajang orang tua mereka, dan kedjadian-kedjadian dalam hidup mereka jang menimbulkan sematjam ketakutan dalam diri mereka."
Kedua, ia mengutip laporan tahunan dari Magistrates Association Inggris, 1948, yang menyatakan hal yang sama: tidak ada hubungan antara film dan kriminalitas anak muda. Terakhir, ia juga menjabarkan pendapat Bijdendijk (Ketua Panitia Sensor di Belanda) yang disiarkan di Utrech tahun 1956. Ia berkata: “Penjelesaian sebaik2 nja dari masaalah2 jang berhubungan dengan bioskop dan film terletak dalam pendidikan dan penerangan jang baik terhadap pemuda2, dan tidak terletak dalam tangan panitia sensor. Karena itu dalam bioskop djanganlah orang dengan penuh rasa ketakutan mentjoba mendjauhkan pemuda-pemuda kita dari hal-hal jang dalam kehidupan sehari-hari jang kedjadiannja tak bisa dielakkan."
Asrul pun mengambil konklusi: bahwa lembaga sensor itu punya keterbatasan, dan tidak efektif dalam mencegah kejahatan dan memperbaiki masyarakat. Masalahnya bukan karena pencekalannya kurang keras, tapi sensor, menurut Asrul, tidak kuasa mencegahnya, mengingat biang keladinya bukan pada film itu sendiri, melainkan pada pendidikan dan kehidupan berumahtangga.
Soal penyakit takut dari masyarakat, Usmar Ismail menulis Sensur Film Djanganlah Merupakan Polisi Susila : masjarakat sekarang takut melihat bajangannja sendiri di News Star III No. XII , 1955. Dari judulnya saja kita sudah bisa meraba arah pembicaraan
Usmar sendiri punya masalah dengan sensor. Tahun 1953, film yang ia produseri, Terimalah Laguku (sutradara Djajakusuma), dipotong bagian-bagian pentingnya oleh—kala itu masih bernama—Panitya Pengawas Film, sehingga agak mengganggu substansi cerita. Salah satunya, adalah adegan seorang suami menjewer telinga istrinya yang terlalu serius mendengarkan seorang penyanyi asing di televisi.
Usmar beberapa kali menulis analisa seputar sensor. Salah satunya adalah “Pembatasan-Pembatasan Pembuatan Film di Indonesia” yang dimuat di majalah GELANGGANG Sastera, Seni dan Pemikiran, Edisi Desember 1966 No. 1 Thn. I. Di sini, Usmar lebih menyoroti sensor dari masyarakat, yang tak kalah sengitnya dengan lembaga negara. Usmar bercerita bahwa film yang acap dianggap menjadi tonggak Hari Film Nasional, Darah dan Doa alias The Long March, mendapat tekanan dan ketidakpuasan dari berbagai pihak. Pertama, tentu saja sensor resmi negara, yang memotong adegan pertempuran yang dianggap “terlalu realistis”, hal yang dibantah Usmar dengan pernyatan “yang sebenarnya dengan ukuran sekarang sangat jinak!”. Setelah film produksi perdana Perfini itu tayang, protes berdatangan dari masyarakat. Yang paling terlihat dari pihak TNI/AD dari berbagai daerah, yang kecewa dengan penggambaran tentara yang “...terlalu human dan lemah (menurut ukuran mereka)”. Belum lagi urusan kisah asmara sang prajurit dengan seorang gadis Eropa. Protes berikutnya datang dari pihak yang tak setuju dengan penggambaran aktivitas Darul Islam, karena takut menjadi inspirasi kebangkitan jihad sebagian kelompok umat Islam. Terakhir, PKI juga tak puas karena penggambaran kaum komunis yang fanatik dan pembalas dendam. Walhasil, film kedua Perfini, Enam Djam di Jogja, Usmar dan kawan-kawan harus putar otak untuk menghindari upaya sensor dari masyarakat. Karena tak mau ada yang tersinggung lagi, ia menjadi film yang “...manis-legit (zoet-sappig)”. Kata Usmar:
" Dijaga sekali jangan ada yang merasa tersinggung , orang-orang jahat hanyalah orang-orang Belanda saja, orang-orang Indonesia semuanya baik-baik dan kalau dia suatu waktu menjadi pengkhianat, maka tabu untuk menyebutkan soal golongannya. Tidaklah mengherankan, bahwa sesudah itu film-film Indonesia, makin menjauh dari menceritakan hal-hal yang benar-benar menyangkut kehidupan sehari-hari bangsa Indonesia seperti adanya."
Dan karena itulah, tegas Usmar, kenapa film-film Indonesia tidak menarik, tidak seperti umumnya film Amerika dan Eropa. Karena tujuan akhirnya ” ...bukanlah lagi bagaimana dapat membuat film yang baik dan bermutu, tetapi bagaimana dapat mengelus-elus selera penonton yang banyak mintanya itu”. Bukan lagi ”politik sebagai panglima” yang menjadi pengarah para produser (tulisan ini dibuat setahun setelah prahara 1965), namun penontonlah yang sudah menjadi ”...maharaja-diraja yang disembah dan dijunjungnya di atas kepalanya”.
Sensor kultural, politik, dan sosial dari berbagai kalangan masyarakat, berikut berbagai kepentingannya, dianggap menjadi hambatan. Dan, olala, pernyataan ini masih relevan hingga sekarang karena kasus-kasus sensor dari luar lembaga resmi ini yang justru marak pasca reformasi.
Usmar pun memakai istilah “cari jalan aman”, dan kalau pun harus berani, biasanya karena pertimbangan komersil, seperti “...memperlihatkan sedikit paha Sri Rejeki di dalam film “Madju tak gentar”!” karya Turino Djunaidi tahun 1965. Untuk menghindari hal ini, Usmar menyatakan, biasanya filmmaker membatasi ambisinya dan membuat ”,..film-film kecil”.
Tapi, dalam tulisan yang sama, Usmar juga menggarisbawahi bahwa, sebagai seorang yang jujur kepada dirinya, sang sineas harus mengakui bahwa manusia tidak bisa bebas sebebas-bebasnya, dan harus memperhitungkan banyak faktor yang ada di luar kuasanya, termasuk norma dan nilai yang berlaku di masyarakat. Ia harus bijak melakukan banyak pertimbangan dan refleksi.
Terakhir, yang patut diingat, keduanya adalah pimpinan Lesbumi, sebuah organisasi kebudayaan Muslim yang berdiri sejak 1962 (http://m.islamindonesia.co.id/detail/1184-Lesbumi-Jembatan-Ulama-Seniman).
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