Read original article   Lars von Trier adalah sutradara filem menggairahkan yang terkadang memojokkan penontonnya sampai ke sudut memalukan. Ia juga seorang maestro teologi visual. Antichrist (2009) garapannya merupakan antitesis filem gempita tak...

We May Not Accomplish Anything After a Decade of Political Reform   To commemorate the ten years of political reform, Proyek Payung held a screening event of the ten short films from ten young directors at Kineforum Jakarta, May 12 to 20th 2008....

  Bruno dies, unexpectedly, after a shoot-out with the police. Almost no destruction caused by the firing, not even bloodshed. Plot moves flat, without any pretention of emotional violence. It constructs and is a violent climax in a gangster film...

Fritz Lang is regarded as one of the main directors in the early history of film. As a representative of expressionism in the 1920’s, he has made some of the most important German silent film. During the repression of German Nazi party, he left to...

On August 19, 2009, Indonesia Visual Arts Archive launched the first visual arts archives website in Indonesia, iclick.IVAA. On the occasion, Jurnal Footage interviewed Farah Wardani, Executive Director of IVAA. The following is our interview. Can...

Ishak Pahing dies amid a gunfire volley during an air raid of the plane he was on with his friends. This scene opens the film Ruma Maida (Maida’s House), directed by Teddy Soeriaatmadja, and as scriptwriter, Ayu Utami—the writer who shook...

The film Tarzan goes to City (Tarzan ke Kota) is labeled as a remake of City Tarzan (Tarzan Kota) starred by Indonesia legendary actor, Benyamin Sueb and directed by L. Sudjio. This film has its first run on 4 December 2008.The Indonesian...

Geometer: I only came to hear of Häxan through your soundtrack - it’s a great film and I was surprised I’d not heard of it. How did you first hear of the film? Guy: We were first approached to perform a live soundtrack to the film at...

(Temporarily available only in Bahasa Indonesia) Pengantar (Buku Digital: "Menyibak Rahasia" Video) [ ] Di dunia sekarang ini hidup kita dikelilingi oleh video. [ ] Jika dalam kehidupan kita sehari-hari kita menggunakan televisi, pita video serta...

Aneka No. 21 THN VI, 20 september 1955   (Available only in Bahasa Indonesia) Tahun 1927 pertama kali dipertunjukkan filem-filem Rusia di Eropa. Filem-filem seperti The Battleship Potemkin (1925) buatan Sergei Eisenstein, Mother (Ibunda, 1926)...

(This article temporarily available only in Bahasa Indonesia) La Chinoise bisa dianggap semacam pamflet politik sekaligus pamflet artistik dalam bahasa sinema Jean-Luc Godard. Melalui adaptasi lepas dari novel Fyodor Dostoevsky tahun 1872, The...

Watching Free and Great Movie in Almost Everyday   It get bore sometime to watch movies in the common bioscopes. Mostly because of the standard plots. And also with same players. To face this condition, the emergence of an alternative bioscope...

The 2009 Jakarta International Film Festival (Jiffest) is adorned with Indonesia Feature Film Competition (IFFC) that proved the quality of our national films in the international level. Films screened in IFFC are selected based on theme, narration,...

Perempuan Punya Cerita. Sebuah Filem garapan empat sutradara perempuan muda Indonesia. Satu ulasan mengatakan bahwa filem ini lebih pantas berjudul "Perempuan Punya Derita” karena penderitaan tanpa-akhir yang dialami hampir semua tokoh perempuan...

“Through many years, at great expenses, journeying through many countries, I went to see high mountains, I went to see oceans. Only I had not seen at my very doorstep, the dew drop glistening on the ear of the corn.” –Visva Bharati.On the...

Attending Malang Film Video Festival (Mafvie) 2010 during June 8-10, 2010, the first question that popped in me was: what essentially distinguishes this festival from the rest alike? Until the last day, after seeing the works screened in the...

Originally, silent film was simply tracked by a single pianist as its sound theme. Then, in its development, silent film follow by an orchestra. Newest compositions are then, perform. Last wednesday, May 14th 2008, an ensemble from Vietnam...

Time will keep an eye on them (Konfiden, Independent Film Community—ed.), their consistency and persistence will be tested, how they can stay true with their current vision. As well as how far—should there be developments—the activists remain...

Bilal (2006) is a first and important work of Bagasworo Aryaningtyas. The work also appeared to be a confirmation of Bagasworo identity as a true punker. His next works such as Memanjakan Tubuh/Spoiling the Body (2006) and Lingkaran X/The X Circle...

Michael Haneke is probably the most interesting director in the contemporary cinema history. Born in Munich, 1942, Haneke grew in suburb Austria, Weiner Nestadt. Having learned pschycology, philoshophy and theater at the Vienna University and make...

Tracing the Genealogy of World’s Video Art The development of Indonesian video art in the last decade has been satisfactory. Several visual art events have included video art as part of contemporary art exhibition. Video art has even invaded...

(Temporarily Available Only in Bahasa Indonesia) Berawal dari mengejar "ketertinggalan", Globalappleworks dan Surabaya New Media Art Center, membuat sebuah festival video bertajuk VIDEO:WRK – Surabaya International Video Festival 2009. Festival...

(Available only in Bahasa Indonesia) Jurnal Footage akan memuat kembali tiga artikel tentang sejarah filem yang ditulis oleh tiga penulis berbeda: Herman Pratikto dan H. Asby (Indonesia) dan B.J. Bertina (Belanda) yang sudah diterjemahkan oleh...

(Available only in Bahasa Indonesia) Jurnal Footage akan memuat kembali tiga artikel tentang sejarah filem yang ditulis oleh tiga penulis berbeda: Herman Pratikto dan H. Asby (Indonesia) dan B.J. Bertina (Belanda) yang sudah diterjemahkan oleh...

Pada penyelenggaraan Festival Film Purbalingga (FFP) keempat ini, FFP menghadirkan tema “Melihat Kita”. Melihat Kita adalah sebuah ajakan untuk melihat dan menilai kembali kejadian-kejadian di sekitar kita dalam aspek sosial dan budaya....

According to Teshome Gabriel, the first period of third world cinema is Hollywood films. The second is by mimicking Hollywood films, i.e. identifying themselves to Hollywood films. We can see traces of mimicry in the early production of Dutch Indies...

“Demi masa depan, aku harus tinggalkan. Ah…abang, demi cita-cita…” Ini adalah salah satu potongan lirik lagu dangdut yang dinyanyikan Dian Sastrowardoyo saat berperan sebagai Dona Satelit di filem 3 Doa 3 Cinta. Goyang pinggul dan riasan...

How do we summarize violence derived from day-to-day reality? Blood! It’s the easiest language to frame the violence and sadism of an occurrence. Adding to it, gory utensils such as knife, screwdriver, hammer, and razor. Then, how do we envelop...

(temporarily, only available in Bahasa Indonesia) Sebuah Tuba (alat musik tiup) bergerak dalam bingkai medium. Menaiki sebuah truk, Tuba melintas tepi sungai, kemudian bingkai berganti menggambarkan sekilas suasana kota seperti pasar, terminal, dan...