Gie: Testing Openness
July 19, 2005
Seno Gumira Ajidarma
THIS is not to criticize a movie. This is a note about a movie, which is worth being discussed not only as a movie: it is very important to listen, to contemplate, and to respond to what the movie productively conveys as a contemporary issue. To be exact: don't censor it, don't look at it in bits, and don't quickly judge it before holding a debate. Indeed, Gie, directed by Riri Riza, based on Soe Hok