Southeast Asian Independent Cinema

by Baumgartel, Tilman

• ISBN13: 9789888083619
• ISBN10: 9888083619
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-06-30
• Publisher: Hong Kong Univ Pr

Summary

The rise of independent cin­ema in Southeast Asia, and the emergence of a new gen­eration of filmmakers there, is among the most significant recent developments in global cinema. The advent of afford­able and easy access to digital technology has empowered new voices from a part of the world rarely heard or seen in international film circles. This book documents these devel­opments as a genuine outcome of the democratization and lib­eralization of film production of films. Interviewees include Lav Diaz, Amir Muhammad, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Eric Khoo, Garin Nugroho, Nia Dinata and others.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors	p. xi
List of Figures	p. xv
Acknowledgements	p. xix
Introduction: Independent Cinema in Southeast Asia	p. 1
Essays
Southeast Asian Independent Cinema: Independent of What?	p. 13
Imagined Communities, Imagined Worlds: Independent Film from Southeast Asia in the Global Mediascape	p. 21
Hinterland, Heartland, Home: Affective Topography in Singapore Films	p. 33
Stealing Moments: A History of the Forgotten in Recent Singaporean Film	p. 51
Fiction, Interrupted: Discontinuous Illusion and Regional Performance Traditions in Contemporary Thai Independent Film	p. 59
Cinema, Sexuality and Censorship in Post-Soeharto Indonesia	p. 69
Independent versus Mainstream Islamic Cinema in Indonesia: Religion Using the Market or Vice Versa?	p. 89
Observational Documentary Comes to Indonesia: Aryo Danusiris Lukas' Moment	p. 105
Documents
Four Manifestos	p. 119
Why Ciplak ended up being made	p. 125
Singapore GaGa Tours Singapore	p. 131
The Downside of Digital: A German media critic plays devils advocate	p. 141
I Sinema Manifesto	p. 151
Interviews
"An inexpensive film should start with an inexpensive story" Interview with Brillante Mendoza and Armando Bing Lao	p. 155
"Digital is liberation theology" Interview with Lav Diaz	p. 171
"I make films for myself" Interview with Apichatpong Weerasethakul	p. 179
"I love making films, but not getting films made" Interview with Pen-ek Ratanaruang	p. 191
"I want the people of Indonesia to see a different point of view, whether they agree with it or not" Interview with Nia Dinata	p. 201
"I do not have anything against commercial films" Interview with Eric Khoo	p. 213
The Page and the (Video) Camera Conversation with Amir Muhammad	p. 227
"I want you to forget about the race of the protagonists half an hour into the film" Interview with Yasmin Ahamad	p. 245
Notes	p. 253
Bibliography	p. 263
Index	p. 271
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