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Film Hantu Cermin Dunia Film Indonesia

'Hantu Puncak Datang Bulan', 'Suster Keramas', demikian judul-judul film horor dengan adegan-adegan sensual yang membanjiri bioskop Indonesia Mengapa film-film horor berbau porno marak di Indonesia?

Joko Anwar, sutradara dan penulis skenario, melihat trend ini sebagai formula murah yang dicoba produsen untuk menarik minat penonton film horor yang semakin surut.

"Tahun 2009, film-film horor yang dikeluarkan ternyata penontonnya tidak seperti yang diharapkan. Tahun-tahun sebelumnya masih banyak," kata Joko Anwar.

Menurut Joko para produser kemudian memakai trik-trik baru untuk menarik penonton. Contohnya, judul yang 'mengundang' dan janji-janji akan ada adegan sensual, telanjang atau adegan seks yang vulgar, walau ternyata adegan-adegan itu tidak ada dalam filmnya.

SDM
Sementara itu menurut Lalu Roimsari, Direktur Jakarta Film Festival (JiFFest) munculnya film-film horor yang diwarnai adegan sensual ini berkaitan dengan lemahnya kualitas SDM sineas Indonesia.

"Di Indonesia kualitas SDM masih rendah. Industri film maju pesat tapi tidak dibarengi dengan tersedianya sumber daya manusia yang memadai," jelas Lalu. Hal ini, menurut Lalu, mengakibatkan munculnya film-film dengan kualitas yang tidak bagus.

Larangan
Film-film horor berbau porno seperti 'Suster Keramas' dan 'Hantu Puncak Datang Bulan', mengundang kemarahan organisasi-organisasi Islam seperti MUI dan FPI. Mereka menyerukan pencekalan terhadap film-film tersebut. Tapi, apakah seruan semacam ini masih efektif dan didengarkan oleh masyarakat?

Menurut Joko dan Lalu, pelarangan terhadap film tidak sesuai lagi dengan situasi masyarakat. "Masyarakat sudah semakin pintar dalam menentukan film apa yang mereka mau," jelas Lalu.

Joko Anwar berpendapat larangan terhadap produk-produk budaya seperti buku atau film tidak lagi efektif karena orang bisa dengan mudah mendapatkannya di internet. "Pelarangan itu justru kontra produktif. Kalau sebuah film dilarang orang justru ingin menontonnya," kata Joko.

Sejarah terulang
Joko Anwar mengkhawatirkan maraknya film-film hantu berbau porno ini akan menyebabkan hilangnya minat penonton terhadap film Indonesia, seperti apa yang terjadi pada awal tahun '90an.

Trik menarik penonton dengan judul-judul 'mengundang' dulu juga dipakai. Tapi, ketika penonton masuk bioskop mereka tidak mendapatkan apa yang mereka harapkan. Hal yang sama sekarang terjadi lagi dengan film-film horor berbau porno.

Maraknya film dengan kualitas rendah akan menyebabkan penonton menjauhi bioskop. "Fondasi yang sudah dibangun oleh pembuat film Indonesia untuk menciptakan dunia perfilman yang berkualitas akan runtuh," kata Joko Anwar. [www.rnw.nl]

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Jackie Chan plans Chinese earthquake movie

Hong Kong action hero Jackie Chan said Friday he wanted to make a film about the massive earthquake which hit China this month to raise money for victims.

Chan is best known for blockbusters like the "Rush Hour" series and "Drunken Master" but said the new project would represent a change of tone because he had been so deeply affected by what happened.

The official death toll from the quake, which hit Sichuan province on May 12, is now over 55,000. It is China's worst disaster in a generation.

"Tomorrow we have big meeting with some directors, some scriptwriters -- why? I want to make the movie about the earthquake because there's so many touching stories," an emotional Chan told a press conference in London.

"Every story I've seen just makes me cry... I believe there's so, so many touching stories so tomorrow we're going to have a big meeting to see what happens.

"I want through the movie to show the whole world, I really want to salute the whole army of China, really," he said, without giving further details of who he was referring to.

He added that the movie would "raise money for charity".

Chan has donated 1.5 million dollars (953,000 euros) to help earthquake victims and vowed to help rebuild schools affected by the disaster.

He said there would be charity events in Hong Kong and Chengdu, Sichuan's capital, next month to benefit earthquake victims featuring around 100 Asian artists.

The star stopped off in London after visiting the Cannes film festival in France, where he was promoting "Wushu", a film he produced which tells the story of five friends training in martial arts.

Chan, who is to speak to students at Oxford University later, also spoke of his sadness at protests which disrupted the Olympic torch relay around the world ahead of the Beijing games which take place in August.

"A lot of people misunderstand, politic is politic and Olympic is Olympic and not combine together. Somebody used the wrong way to say something," he said.

"Torch is represent love, peace, there is only sport can bring people together in make the world peace... Taking the violent thing for the peace, you destroy the Olympic spirit. I'm really sad."

Pro-Tibet activists demonstrated in London, Paris and San Francisco to protest against China's crackdown on unrest in the Himalayan region in March.

Chan added that he was "very confident" the Beijing Olympics would "achieve its unprecedented success".

Source: http://news.id.msn.com

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Indonesian Religious leaders reject Fitna film

Religious leaders rejected Thursday the Dutch film Fitna to be featured in Indonesia, saying it was offensive to Muslims.

The joint refusal statement was signed by Nadhatul Ulama chairman Hasyim Muzadi, Muhammadiyah chairman Din Syamsudin, chairman of the Bishop Council of Indonesia MD Situmorang and chairman of the Indonesian Communion of Churches AA Yewange.

The leaders sent the statement to the Netherlands' Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, Indonesia President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and the Netherlands' embassy in Jakarta.

"We are worried this film will be interpreted as an attack on Islam," Hasyim said. "All religious leaders see this film could destroy the harmony among religions in Indonesia. We don't want
this to happen."

Fitna, produced by Dutch politician Geert Wilders and scheduled to be launched later this month, presents a critical view of Islam and the Koran.

Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim country with more than 200 million Muslims living in the archipelago.

Source: The Jakarta Post

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