Producing films

Producing films

From Bisnis Indonesia

I've been longing to see good Indonesian films screened in
public theaters beside good western ones. I was glad to watch the
film Sherina the other day. It was OK. Congratulations!

But where are the other good Indonesian films like Sherina?
I understand how risky it was to make films during the Soeharto
regime: film-makers were afraid of being arrested or accused of
being "against Pancasila" (state philosophy) or being terrorized,
sniffling creativity.

Now that film-makers have no more psychological obstructions
like before, why not make more good films, any kind of films
capable of competing with Western ones? We've been longing for
them!

Why do you not make films to depict the life of our people
today as well as the past. Our history is rich in epics and
stories that are extremely colorful. If you can make good films,
you will definitely profit from them because we will throng all
theaters where good Indonesian films are screened. Sherina has
proven that!

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