Three from Rumah Buku. Bandung, July 2008: Was invited byHarryTuttleto participate in an e-mailround table discussiontogether with himself and a few other online writers (Kevin Lee,Andrew Grant,Nitesh RohitandEdwin Mak) over atThe Auteurs Notebook. My two contributions: ...
It was made with local actors by the NV Java Film Company in Bandung and premiered on December 31, 1926 at the Elite and Majestic Theatres in Bandung. Since then, more than 2,200 feature films have been produced. After its genesis during the Dutch colonial era, the Indonesian film ...
After the Curfew(dir. Usmar Ismail, Indonesia, 1954) – *** – Usmar Ismail’s recently restored “After the Curfew” (1954) revolves around a soldier returning to his former life in the bustling city of Bandung, Indonesia, only to find himself increasingly alienated by the American-influence...
Fifty years have passed since Chris Marker’s “La Jetée” (1962) release blurred the frontiers between photography and film. This anniversary will be the occasion to promote a two-day forum of debate on photography and film’s mutual influence, as well as on the prevailing themes brought ab...
That was the success of the Bandung Conference – to eliminate sharp conflicts of ideas, and to come to compromises. This was possible because the rules of procedure made it possible. There are no fixed rules of procedures. It is up to the Chairman to conduct the procedure, the debate, ...
Sukarno, ‘Nationalism, Islam and Marxism’, originally published in the Bandung newspaperIndonesia Mudain 1926. A substantial excerpt is to be found in Herbert Feith and Lance Castles, eds,Indonesian Political Thinking 1945–1965, Ithaca and London, Cornell University Press, 1970, 357–61. ...