Censor oh Censor
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Celebrating National Film Day last Mach 30, and while awaiting the Constitutional Court verdict, Tempo presents the workings of the LSF, known to be a closed institute. One report illuminates how LSF members conduct their daily business. Another compares censorship institutes in other Asian countries.
THE eight-story building on Jalan M.T. Haryono, block 47-48, Central Jakarta, is often called the Movie Building. It houses four offices of films, but the “soul” of the building is located on the eighth floor.
On this floor there are two rooms, each containing a wide screen with two plasma televisions on the right and left sides. Five meters from the screen a long table stands with five chairs in a row behind it.
In that plain room the mor
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