Indonesian Cinema: National Culture on Screen

by Karl G. Heider

Book Overview

A film-goer accustomed to the typical Hollywood movie plot would feel uneasy watching an Indonesian movie. Contrary to expectations, good guys do not win, bad guys are not punished, and individuals do not reach a new self-awareness. Instead, by the end of the movie order is restored, bad guys are converted, and families are reunited. Like American movies, Indonesian films reflect the understandings and concerns of the culture and era in which they...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824813677
• ISBN13: 9780824813673
• Release Date: April 1991
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"