An Opera of a Home Village

Garin, who used to stealthily enter theaters to watch movies without a ticket, learned THE serimpi dance in HIS childhood.

Tempo

January 16, 2007

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HERE is Garin Nugrohos greatest work, a masterpiece in Indonesian filmmaking in 2006. Its a film which celebrates an artistic achievement in the four dimensions of art: film, music, choreography and fine arts. Its lyrical, beautiful and strong and to quote Peter Sellars, One of the most original films I ever saw.

Sellars is an opera director who had asked leading cinematographers of the world to make a film with a musical theme in celebration of

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