Asian Hot Shots: Indonesian Cinema
Marburg: Schüren (2009), 219 pp.
Series: Marburger Schriften zur Medienforschung, 11
ISBN 978-3-89472-675-1
Signature commbox: 318:50-General 2009
"hardly anything is known about Indonesian film, which, as social seismograph, has the potential to communicate the views specific to this culture to the rest of the world. This book, with its contributions from renowned Australian, Dutch, German and Indonesian film experts, closes a gap by introducing this Asian film culture, which is increasingly gaining importance on an international level. Personal and biographical backgrounds are illuminated by interviews with the filmmakers themselves, in which they discuss their movies and offer insights into their viewpoints. By providing a multitude of perspectives, the book offers its readers access to this previously foreign film culture." (Publisher description)
Introduction / Yvonne Michalik, 7
A tradition of political allegory and political satire in Indonesian cinema / David Hanan, 14
Love, religion and social difference: Two films about polygamy and Indonesian society / Barbara Hatley, 46
Interview with Nia Dinata / Laura Coppens, 64
Indonesian (side-stream) film / Katinka van Heeren, 71
KULDESAK: Popular culture, urban youth identity, and social change in late 20th Century Indonesia / Dahlia Gratia Setiyawan, 98
Interview with Riri Riza / Laura Coppens, 113
The children of a nation: The representation of children in Garin Nugrohos films / Satrya Wibawa, 119
Interview with Garin Nugroho / Christian Razukas, 146
Indonesian experimental filmmakers: Gotot Prakosa and Faozan Rizal / Yvonne Michalik, 150
Interviews with Faozan Rizal and Katia Engel / Yvonne Michalik, 168
Films of desire: Queer(ing) Indonesian cinema / Laura Coppens, 177
Interview with John Badalu / Laura Coppens, 200
Glimpses of reality: An anthropologist in the movies / Jeanne Berrenberg, 203
A tradition of political allegory and political satire in Indonesian cinema / David Hanan, 14
Love, religion and social difference: Two films about polygamy and Indonesian society / Barbara Hatley, 46
Interview with Nia Dinata / Laura Coppens, 64
Indonesian (side-stream) film / Katinka van Heeren, 71
KULDESAK: Popular culture, urban youth identity, and social change in late 20th Century Indonesia / Dahlia Gratia Setiyawan, 98
Interview with Riri Riza / Laura Coppens, 113
The children of a nation: The representation of children in Garin Nugrohos films / Satrya Wibawa, 119
Interview with Garin Nugroho / Christian Razukas, 146
Indonesian experimental filmmakers: Gotot Prakosa and Faozan Rizal / Yvonne Michalik, 150
Interviews with Faozan Rizal and Katia Engel / Yvonne Michalik, 168
Films of desire: Queer(ing) Indonesian cinema / Laura Coppens, 177
Interview with John Badalu / Laura Coppens, 200
Glimpses of reality: An anthropologist in the movies / Jeanne Berrenberg, 203
