RIP Lilik sudjio, the director of "Queen of Black Magic"

I just read from El –Badrun’s Facebook status, that #liliksudjio just passed away today  (9 dec), at 07.30, in Jakarta.

Liliek Sudjio  was the first director who received Citra awards in the 1^st Festival Film Indonesia. He outdid Usmar Ismail, “the father of Indonesian cinema”.  He directed Ratu Ilmu Hitam (Queen of The Black Magic, 1979), one of the earliest exploitation films exported overseas in the early 1980s and recirculated in the 2000s.

But Liliek’s works are beyond that. He directed several superhero movies such as GundalaPutra Petir (Indonesia's Flash)  and Darna Ajaib (Indonesia's Wonder Woman). He also directed comedy starring the icons of  the 1980s namely Gepeng and Benyamin Sueb.

In 1968, he was one of the chosen director that has been selected by Dewan Film Nasional (National Film Council) to produce a film related to the project of “searching of Indonesian faces on screen”. Instead of making art-house films, like other directors, he chose to make genre film, Djampang Mentjari Naga Hitam (Djampang Searches for the Black Dragon).

a review on Queen of Black Magic in DVD Drive-In http://www.dvddrive-in.com/reviews/n-s/queenofblackmagic79.htm

a review on Queen of Black Magic (Oh The Horror) http://www.oh-the-horror.com/page.php?id=319  
A review on Queen of Black Magic (Fright) (http://www.fright.com/edge/QueenOfBlackMagic.htm)  

The Cover of the forthcoming Plaridel Journal: on Indonesian Cult, Exploitation, and B-Movies

images: Lady Terminator and Jaka Sembung

The Cover of the forthcoming Plaridel Journal (Volume 11
Issue No. 2, 2014), special issue on The Significant of Indonesian Cult, Exploitation, and B Movies

Link:  http://www.plarideljournal.org/author/ekky-imanjaya . 

Sssst, I am the guest editor \m/ .

Coming soon: December 2014 

Film-Film yang Disensor karena adegan Seks dan Sadisme, 1972

Jika kita membahas soal film-film yang disensor awal 1970an, biasanya judul yang dibahas yang itu-itu saja: Bernafas Dalam Lumpur dan Bumi Makin Panas. Berikut adalah judul-judul film  lain yang disensor berkaitan dengan adegan seks dan kekerasan:

Sumber: Nasib Film “Lorong Hitam” Di Jogja” Sinar Harapan, 22 Mei 1972.

Hanja untuk 21 tahun ke atas.  Hampir dinyatakan film porno oleh Tim Pengawas Film Daerah Istimewa Jogjakarta.

Mungkin akan membawa pengaruh yang cukup besar bagi para mahasiswa dan pelajar yang menyaksikannya.

Akhirnya diloloskan untuk 21 tahun keatas, setelah ditonton ulang 3kali.

sumber: Inilah Beberapa Adegan Jang Digunting Sensor, Kompas 8 June 1972:

Sebagian tentang sex scenes dan kekerasan, misalnya dalam film Samiun dan Dasima (adegan ranjang Hamid Arief dan Connie Sutedja hingga BH Connie terbuka), Penunggang Kuda dari Tjimande (mata Harun tertusuk golok dan terlepas dari lubangnya), Impas (telinga Ray ISkandar dipotong), Tjisadane (usus berarakan) , Bengawan Solo (WD Mochtar telanjang bulat) , Insan Kesepian (Renny Fox telanjang bulat dalam pelukan Bambang Irawan).

Sneak Peek: Table of Content & Abstracts of Plaridel special issue: "The Bad, The Worse, and The Worst: The Significance of Indonesian Cult, Exploitation, and B Movies"

The Bad, The Worse, and The Worst: The Significance of Indonesian Cult, Exploitation, and B Movies

Plaridel  Journal, Special Issue, Vol 11, Issue No. 2, 2014.

Guest Editor: 

Ekky Imanjaya 

(PhD Candidate, University of East Anglia, UK; 

faculty member, school of Film, Binus International, Bina Nusantara University, Indonesia)

Coming soon: December 18, 2014

Table of Content and Abstracts:

1.     The Significance of Indonesian Exploitation and Cult Cinema: An Introduction to Special Issue

By Ekky Imanjaya (guest editor; University of East Anglia and Binus Nusantara University)

http://www.plarideljournal.org/article/significance-indonesian-cult-exploitation-and-b-movies

cover: http://www.plarideljournal.org/author/ekky-imanjaya

2.     Exploiting Indonesia: From Primitives to Outraged Fugitives

By Thomas Barker (University of Nottingham Malaysia)

http://www.plarideljournal.org/article/exploiting-indonesia-primitives-outraged-fugitives

3.     The Raiding Dutchmen: The Dutch Stereotypes in Indonesian Action Movies

By Eric Sasono  (RumahFilm.org)

http://www.plarideljournal.org/article/raiding-dutchmen-colonial-stereotypes-identity-and-islam-indonesian-b-movies

4.       The Earth is Getting Hotter: Urban Inferno and Outsider Women’s Collectives in Bumi Makin Panas

By Dag Yngvesson (University of Minnesota)

http://www.plarideljournal.org/article/earth-getting-hotter-urban-inferno-and-outsider-women%E2%80%99s-collectives-bumi-makin-panas

5.        Challenging New Order’s Gender Ideology in Benyamin Sueb’s Betty Bencong Slebor: A Queer Reading

By Maimunah Munir (University of Airlangga)

http://www.plarideljournal.org/article/challenging-new-order%E2%80%99s-gender-ideology-benyamin-sueb%E2%80%99s-betty-bencong-slebor-queer-reading-0

6.       Genre versus Local Specificity: Configuring Rangda and Durga in Balinese and Bengali Films

By Makbul Mubarak  (Universitas Multimedia Nusantara)

http://www.plarideljournal.org/article/genre-versus-local-specificity-configuring-rangda-and-durga-balinese-and-bengali-films

7.       Beneath Still Waters: Brian Yuzna and the Transnational Indonesian Terror Text

By Xavier Mendik  (University of Brighton, Director of Cine-Excess Film Festival)

http://www.plarideljournal.org/article/beneath-still-waters-brian-yuzna-and-transnational-indonesian-terror-text

Documents

WHEN EAST MEETS WEST:

1.      American and Chinese influences on early Indonesian Action cinema

The List of Filmography of Early Indonesian Action Movies (1926-1941)

compiled by by Bastian Meiresonne

2.    On Lady Terminator

Interview with Barbara Anne Constable

By Andrew Leavold

3.     Beneath Still Waters: The Brian Yuzna Interview

By Xavier Mendik

4.     Scripting an Indonesian Monster: The John Penney Interview

By Xavier Mendik

YES! SCMS! See You in Montreal!

I just received a great news.

About 2 months ago, some colleagues asked me to join their panel titled "Global Exploitation Cinemas: Travel, Translation, Taste" for SCMS 2015. And the panel got accepted!

I am going to discuss about Prokjatab Prosar (Kelompok Kerja Tetap Promosi dan Pemasaran Film Indonesia di Luar Negeri ,   Permanent Working Group of Indonesian Film Promotion and Marketing Abroad), an official body that started the phenomenon of Indonesian transnational exploitation cinema a.k.a. Crazy Indonesia.
   
See you in Montreal , 25-29 March 2015 !

Next Week: Cine-Excess Film Festival and Conference, Brighton

Next Saturday, I will be  at Cine-Excess to present a paper on Layar Tancap (Mobile Cinema shows), rural spectatorship, and classic Indonesian exploitation cinema. I will have my presentation on Saturday, 15 November, 11.30am-1pm in Panel 6 "Weird World Wastelands" (M2 boardroom).

The full schedule can be downloaded here

15 Great Exploitation Films That Transcended The Genre « Taste Of Cinema – Movie Reviews and Classic Movie Lists

15 Great Exploitation Films That Transcended The Genre « Taste Of Cinema – Movie Reviews and Classic Movie Lists