“Weekend of Cult Comics and Fantasy Film from Indonesia: Film screenings, exhibition and discussions” 16-17 March 2019 at Soas (Centre of South East Asian Studies) University of London
Recently some shooting stars of action and martial arts cinema have managed to bring the attention of the public back to the cinematography of countries that had passed under the radar of most audiences. When the Iko Uwais bomb exploded with “Merantau” first and later with the two “The Raid”, many wondered what else had been produced in Indonesia, but I doubt that they managed to find an answer.
After digging into Indonesia’s film past, in 2014 French director and Artistic Director of Festival International des Cinemas d’Asie de Vesoul” Bastian Meiresonne put together an exhaustive documentary about the history of Indonesian pre-Raid popular cinema, “Garuda Power: The Spirit Within”. His film, a self-produced debut, is the result of great enthusiasm and passion,...
Recently some shooting stars of action and martial arts cinema have managed to bring the attention of the public back to the cinematography of countries that had passed under the radar of most audiences. When the Iko Uwais bomb exploded with “Merantau” first and later with the two “The Raid”, many wondered what else had been produced in Indonesia, but I doubt that they managed to find an answer.
After digging into Indonesia’s film past, in 2014 French director and Artistic Director of Festival International des Cinemas d’Asie de Vesoul” Bastian Meiresonne put together an exhaustive documentary about the history of Indonesian pre-Raid popular cinema, “Garuda Power: The Spirit Within”. His film, a self-produced debut, is the result of great enthusiasm and passion,...
- 3/15/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
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