Films on trains

Films on trains

From Kompas

On March 23, 1997, I took the 12:30 p.m. Parahyangan train
from Gambir station to Bandung in West Java. Video clips were
shown, along with a film named Hellraiser-Bloodline.

The film had atrocious scenes. A man was knifed in the throat
and his head was cut. Blood spilled. The headless body fell. A
large screw was drilled into another man's body. Close-up scenes
of the drilled flesh were seen. Still another man had the skin of
his face partially peeled off. Screams and the gushing of blood
were continuous. These were only some of the horrors which were
shown in the film.

In front of me was a six-year-old girl, who was also watching
the film. Behind me there was a family with a young child, also
viewing the film. I am sure there were other children who watched
the film.

I would like to suggest to PERUMKA, the state railway company,
to contribute part of its profits from ticket sales to snacks and
magazines as a service to passengers, or to contribute it to
people in slum areas along the railway, instead of on television
sets and video cassettes.

I am convinced that passengers with common sense, especially
families with children, will not object to the above idea, unless
they consider human violence an unavoidable, natural
characteristic. Do we care? Does PERUMKA care?

EVELINE

Bandung, West Java