‘Lumpur’ or ‘Mud’ examines the wants and desires of the average Malaysian. Released on the country’s independence day, it’s comes across as both a call for hope, but also a reminder of the stark failings the administration has made in upholding what is best for its people.
Last year when I wrote ‘The List’, I ended up starting with an idea of the characters I wanted and the basic premise of the story and just began work on the screenplay. I don’t know why, but outlining did not seem to work so I gave up and decided just to write.
Funnily enough, the [...]
There is some real interesting interesting imagery in here, particularly of the items set on the table which are in a state of some sort of movement.
And what a tagline.
My anticipation starts now for Summer 2010.
Catch the trailer HERE.
Since “Chocolate” nothing out of the 15 Malaysia collection has been particularly arresting nor has struck a real chord, for me at least.
Now finally, director Desmond Ng presents the audience with a short that is very vocal about how a lot of people in Malaysia feel, even those of us who gave up on the [...]
I'm not a rom-com fan. I fit the stereotype of most guys, often disregarding them as chick flicks.
But I do have a small selection I would call favourites. All of them appeal to me because they possess a little thing called quirk.
When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless In Seattle, The Story Of Us & [...]
I’ve been thinking a lot about rendering recently. Yep, rendering. HD gets better, we’ve got past tapes now, cutting down the ingest time but the one thing we don’t seem to be able to figure out is rendering. Well I know I say ‘we’ but truth be told I don’t fully understand the science behind [...]
So I’ve essentially been spending the past 2 weeks trying to write a new movie for Perantauan/Befour to shoot in Malaysia. I had some ideas lying around that I thought were what I was interested in, but none of them have worked.
The failure of finding anything that has hooked me, led me to question if [...]
So, is it all it’s cracked up to be? Is it going to change cinema and the way in which we tell our stories?
I’m not going to give any spoilers away in regards to the footage that was shown in case, some of you don’t want to know anything, but suffice to say the experience [...]
So, I’m very proud to say that Perantauan boys Bahir & Benji’s short film ‘Meter’, which is part of the 15 Malaysia collection, will be heading to the Pusan International Film Festival & the Rotterdam International Film Festival! In fact, all the shorts from the 15 Malaysia campaign will be shown at these 2 festivals.
‘Meter’ [...]
A lotta hype out there about Avatar today, but don’t let it mean you miss out on this little gem.