Dear all; Film yang diproduksi oleh cineas negara-negara Arab sekarang ini banyak mendapat perhatian dunia, karena kualitas artistiknya yang tinggi, antara lain ada yang berhasil meraih [penghargaan sebagai film terbaik di berbagai festival film, termasuk yang bergensi seperti Festival Film di Cannes. Perancis. Pada 2002 saja ada sebuah film buatan sineas Palestina Elia Suleiman berjudul Divine Intervention [Yadon Ilaheyya] memenangkan salah satu hadiah di sana.
Saya baru saja menonton film buatan sineas Tunisia Raja Amari berjudul Satin Rouge. Film in sekarang sedang populer di AS dan Eropah, terutama di kalangan gadis-gadis generasi terkini yang mengenakan pakian meniru tata busana penari perut yang merupakan warisan nenekmoyang bangsa SArab di Timur Tengah itu. Plot cerita sungguh di luar dugaan, terutama sekali di luar tradisi rutin (dan membosankan) Holiwud itu. Tak terbayangkan oleh saya film dengan plot seperti ini akan diproduksi di AS. Uniknya saya mendapatkan film ini di tempat penyewaan video Hollywood di Rocville. Mereka punya koleksi film terg]=olong foreign yang bagus! Kalau Anda sama bosannya dengan saya terhadap film-film buatan Holiwuud, silahkan datang ke tempat penyewaan itu. Di bawah ini saya kutipkan penjelasan singkat tentang (1) buku yang membahas Sinema Arab, (2) daftar beberapa film yang beredar (dalam bentuk DVD maupun kaset video) di AS, Kanada dan Eropah, dan akhirnya (3) tentang film Divine Intervention [Yadon Ilaheyya] karya Elia Suleiman itu. Kalau mau melongok lebih dalam, silahkan buka situs distrubutornya: http://www.arabfilm.com/index.html Enjoy! Ikra.- ====== http://www.arabfilm.com/index.html (1) Book: Arab Cinema: History and Cultural Identity by: Viola Shafik 1998, 255 pages, in English Combing detailed narrative history with thought-provoking analysis, this study provides extensive coverage of cinema in the Arab World, tracing the industry's development from colonial times to the present. It analyzes the ambiguous relationship with commercial western cinema, and the effect of Egyptian market dominance in the region. Covering North African, Syrian, Palestinian, Iraqi, and Lebanese cinema, Arab Cinema traces the influence on the medium of local and regional art forms and shows how indigenous and external factors have combined in a dynamic process of 'cultural repackaging.' (2) Arab Cinema: Feature Films Bent Familia Nouri Bouzid 1997 105 minutes Bye Bye Karim Dridi 1995 107 minutes Gulf War, What Next?, The Borhane Alaouie, Nouri Bouzid, Mustapha Darkaoui, Nejia Ben Mabrouk, and Elia Suleiman 1991 109 minutes Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces Ferid Boughedir, 1990, 98 minutes Honey and Ashes Nadia Fares 1996 80 minutes Man of Ashes Nouri Bourzid 1986 109 minutes Satin Rouge Raja Amari 2002 95 minutes The Silences of the Palace Moufida Tlatli 1996 127 minutes The Sultan of the City Moncef Dhouib 1992 100 minutes A Summer In La Goulette F?rid Bough?dir 1996 100 min. (3) Winner: Jury and Fipresci Prizes - Cannes Film Festival 2002 Divine Intervention [Yadon Ilaheyya] "One of the top ten films of the year!" - Richard Corliss, Time Magazine "(The) film achieves a level of artistry and firm control over a clear, concise vision." - Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter Director: Elia Suleiman Year: 2002 Time: 92 Language: In English, Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles In this darkly comic masterpiece, Palestinian director Elia Suleiman utilizes irreverence, wit, mysticism and insight to craft an intense, hallucinogenic and extremely adept exploration of the dreams and nightmares of Palestinians and Israelis living in uncertain times. Subtitled, "A Chronicle of Love and Pain," DIVINE INTERVENTION follows ES, a character played by and clearly based upon the filmmaker himself. ES is burdened with a sick father, a stalled screenplay and an unrequited love affair with a beautiful Palestinian woman (Manal Khader) living in Ramallah. An Israeli checkpoint on the Nazareth-Ramallah road forces the couple to rendezvous in an adjacent parking lot. Their relationship and the absurd situations around them serve as metaphors for the lunacy of larger cultural problems. The result is a palpable rage that is both personal and political. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Give at-risk students the materials they need to succeed at DonorsChoose.org! http://us.click.yahoo.com/wlSUMA/LpQLAA/E2hLAA/BRUplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> *************************************************************************** Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. Menuju Indonesia yg Lebih Baik, in Commonality & Shared Destiny. http://www.ppi-india.org *************************************************************************** __________________________________________________________________________ Mohon Perhatian: 1. Harap tdk. memposting/reply yg menyinggung SARA (kecuali sbg otokritik) 2. Pesan yg akan direply harap dihapus, kecuali yg akan dikomentari. 3. Reading only, http://dear.to/ppi 4. Satu email perhari: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5. No-email/web only: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6. kembali menerima email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ppiindia/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
