Blood and prayers

Blood and prayers

From Kompas

Usmar Ismail started shooting his monumental first film Blood
and Prayers on March 30, 1950. Later this date was officially
declared as the national film day.

Recently the film organizations celebrated the national film
day by holding "high level" talks to revitalize the film
industry. RCTI participated by screening old films such as Blood
and Prayers.

This film was shown on March 30, 1996. However, some scenes
close to the end of the story were "missing." The film was
supposed to last for 128 minutes. In fact, the missing scenes
contained some important events. Capt. Sudarto shoots his own
father, a traitor. With that part missing the story was
incomplete. It seems that RCTI did not realize this. Who was to
blame for that blunder?

MARSELLI SUMARNO

Jakarta