GENERASI BIRU

Garin Nugroho's film is about the Indonesian rock band "Slank". The group, known for its political lyrics, has been together for 25 years and has an enormous following throughout the country. "Slank" means "minority" and the community of fans make up something like a movement: the "Slankers" stand for peace, unity, and love, much like the American hippie movement in the sixties.

Part of the film documents a musical by the band that grapples with Indonesia's political history. It addresses the country’s severe problems and criticizes the government by exposing militarism, the abduction of dissidents, the death penalty, and torture as being the order of the day. The heroes of the musical are the cool winners, the "Blue Generation", inspiring others with their positive values much like the characters in "Hair".

Nugroho also shows us concert clips and Slank fans and enhances his film with comic book-style animated sequences commenting on the political situation in Indonesia. The film paints a multifaceted picture of the Slanker movement and offers a portrait of Indonesian society that is as unusual as it is striking.
Gabriela Seidel-Hollaender

Production: SET Film & Shooting Star, South Jakarta
Screenplay: Garin Nugroho
Camera: Arya Teja, Padri Nadeak
With Bimbim, Kaka, Ivan, Abde, Ridho (Slank), Nadine Chandrawinata, Chichi Kadijono
Format: 35mm (filmed on HDV), Black&White and Color
Running Time: 90 min.
Language: Indonesian

from http://www.arsenal-berlin.de/en/forum/program/special-screenings/generasi-biru.html

Kalau Cinta Jangan Cengeng

“Kalau Cinta Jangan Cengeng” Indonesian movie by Monty Tiwa. This movie story about Boy (Agus Ringgo) an actor film. He stop consuming drugs after crass his car. After rehabilitation program, Boy become a icon fight drugs. He always speech in a rehabilitation program for the other.

He meet Yani (Marshanda) in a program. Boy believe that Yani is a daughter of his victim in an accident in the past. Boy want to redemte his fault. And Boy want give aid to help Yani solve her drug problems.

Ahmad (Dwi Sasono), ex Boys Manager, telling to Yani that Boy have make her parents died. Beginning at this point, one by one problem discloser between Boy and Yani.

This film is moderate. Monty Tiwa, The Director tell a different story film than the other Indonesian drama films. Unfortunatelly , the plot is very slow…You will feel boring to see.

Marsanda scene is verry good. She can make live Yani character and verry different with her performes in the soap opera in Indonesian television before.

But Agus Ringgo performes is commonly as his character in the other film before. Like “Jomblo, Si jago merah and etch”. He can not out from his specific character as a comedian actor.

But it is a different genre film in Indonesian movie. This film fair enough to see.

I give three star for this film. Just moderate.

I suggest you to bring a handkerchief while watching this movie.

Do you interest. Go to the cinema near you. ( by : juhdy)

PEREMPUAN BERKALUNG SORBAN

Revalina S Temat gets stoned in the latest blockbuster Islamic theme movie, “Perempuan Berkalung Sorban”.

After the runaway success of the Islamic themed film Ayat Ayat Cinta comes “Perempuan Berkalung Sorban”, based on the novel by Abidah el Khalieqy which was first published by the Yayasan Kesejahteraan Fatayat in Yogyakarta in 2001.

Starring everyone’s favourite girl next door Revalina S. Temat, who plays Anissa, the daughter of the leader of a traditionalist and very conservative Islamic boarding school (pesantren) in East Java.

Her father’s school, described as “salaf” or “salafiah”, teaches that knowledge must be based on the Quran, Hadith and Sunnah, and that modern works that have no such basis are not to be touched. Annissa struggles with this teaching and she believes that Islam, or her father’s version of it, does not treat women fairly.

Annissa’s opinions are ignored by all around as the musings of a little girl, except by the handsome Hanya Khudori (played by Oka Antara), a relation on her mother’s side. Annissa falls in love with him but Oka, mindful of the blood link and his relationship to the girl’s father, attempts to kill the romance and flees to Egypt to continue his studies.

Crestfallen, Annissa tries to go her own way by enrolling at a school in Yogyakarta but her father rages that an unmarried girl cannot go off on her own, and besides, at her new school she may be exposed to unIslamic teachings. Kyai Hanan, played by Joshua Pandelaky, decides to marry his daughter off to the son of another Salaf school, but it is an unhappy marriage and Anissa later learns that her husband, Samsudin (Reza Rahadian), is a polygamist.

Finally her first love Khudori returns from Cairo and their previously interrupted love is rekindled….

this film director by Hanung bramantyo

from : //www.indonesiamatters.com

FIKSI

FIKSI

Fiksi, I have a plan to see this movie for along time ago. This film has be a topic in many formal or informal forums. This is a winner in Indonesia Film Festival (FFI 2008). Fiksi have a grand price for the best Director, the best Script, The best music director. And also as the best Film in the year of 2008. When I am walking in the DVD shop. I bought it automatically, because the film has stand out at cinema. I must see this movie. I want to write one synopsis for my own blog site.

After watching this film, I only gave one comment; it is a great film, a one cool film. Although the story as like as a foreigner film that I have ever see. Sorry… I m forget the title.

Fiksi is a movie about Alyssa (Lydia Cheryl). She is a lonely teenager, her father always busy and he did not pay attention to her. Alyssa is a rich daughter. Everyday she always goes with her driver who he is like as her bodyguard. One day she was attracted by a young man (Donny Alamsyah). The young man working as a private pole cleaning service. By her attracted to him, Alyssa run away from her family housing. She rent a room in the same flat with the young man.

Alyssa became closer with him. Although she knows Barry has a girl’s friend (Kinaryosih). Actually He is a novel writer. He is being writing a novel. His base novel telling about the Romans and environment of the flat where he is live. After reading his novel script, Alyssa want the novel story became a real live scene. She discover a gay live her neighbor. She kills an old man. And the other sadistic activity following the script in the unfinished novel that Barry is been writing.

Unpredictable! That is my comment about “FIKSI”. I gave 3.5 stars for it. Because this is a different film in Indonesia.

I give you an advice. Find out the DVD and enjoyed the suspend in each scenes film. And that’s not wrong, if the Fiksi is the best film in Indonesia Film Festival 2008. ( Juhdy and adjie)

Director : Mouly Surya
Producer : Parama Wirasmo
Tia Hasibuan
Sapto Soetarjo
Scenario : Joko Anwar
CAST :
Ladya Cheryl
Donny Alamsyah
Kinaryosih
Inong
Soultan Saladin
Rina Hasyim
Distributor : Cinesurya Productions
Duration : 110 menit
Country : Indonesia

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