Siapakah yang pernah menonton filem Sekuntum Duri, terbitan Indonesia? Atau, pernah membaca novelnya Sekuntum Duri, karya seorang pengarang republik itu yang kemudian belajar ke Paris?
Novel dan lakon layar filem ini ditulis oleh orang yang sama, kemudian bertugas sebagai wartawan, Noorca Marendra Massardi.
OK-lah, anda mungkin tidak faham apa-apa dengan dua pertanyaan di awal tadi. Lagi pun, jika anda tidak pernah mendengar nama filem dan novel ini, atau tidak pernah mendengar nama pengarangnya, sukar sekali untuk menyatakan perasaan saya saat ini.
Ia semacama deja vu, semacam kenangan di musim asmara sewaktu langit petang dibasahi rintik-rintik manja, atau lambaian kekasih (waktu itu anda tidak menduga itulah yang "terakhir") yang tidak ditemui lagi --- selama-lamanya.
Entah, ada suatu rasa yang pelik muncul, tiba-tiba. Dan kini semacam menghantui dan mengganggu fikiran. Nostalgia, kira-kira.
Aduh, bagaimana, ya? Bagaimana saya harus mulakan?
Novel dan lakon layar filem ini ditulis oleh orang yang sama, kemudian bertugas sebagai wartawan, Noorca Marendra Massardi.
OK-lah, anda mungkin tidak faham apa-apa dengan dua pertanyaan di awal tadi. Lagi pun, jika anda tidak pernah mendengar nama filem dan novel ini, atau tidak pernah mendengar nama pengarangnya, sukar sekali untuk menyatakan perasaan saya saat ini.
Ia semacama deja vu, semacam kenangan di musim asmara sewaktu langit petang dibasahi rintik-rintik manja, atau lambaian kekasih (waktu itu anda tidak menduga itulah yang "terakhir") yang tidak ditemui lagi --- selama-lamanya.
Entah, ada suatu rasa yang pelik muncul, tiba-tiba. Dan kini semacam menghantui dan mengganggu fikiran. Nostalgia, kira-kira.
Aduh, bagaimana, ya? Bagaimana saya harus mulakan?
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Untuk mereka yang belum membaca wawancara dengan Meredith Weiss tentang Akta Universiti dan Kolej Universiti dan nasib siswa yang terkekang di kampus IPTA, sila lihat artikel 'Budaya kampus bantutkan modal insan' (24 Mac 2008) di mStar Online.
Kebetulan mantan perdana menteri Dr Mahathir Mohamad juga bercakap tentang AUKU di sebuah kampus di Utara pada hari yang sama (dilaporkan keesokannya, 'Pelajar diperalat jika AUKU dimansuh' Utusan Malaysia, 25 Mac) dan diberikan pula reaksi oleh timbalan perdana menteri Najib Razak hari ini, 'Kerajaan tidak bercadang mansuh AUKU' (Mingguan Malaysia, 26 Mac).
Saya menulis berita ringkas tentang filem Amir Muhammad 'Lelaki Komunis Terakhir' ke pawagam Mei ini (25 Mac) [edisi Inggeris, Nod for 'Last Communist', 27 March] dan juga Menonton Osama Laden di 'sarang pengganas' (20 Mac) [edisi Inggeris, 'Osama tapes part of course', 22 March].
Isu Osama ini catatan kedua saya di akhbar web ini. Artikel pertama saya sejak bertugas dengan mStar Online, 'Jualan jatuh, Harakah cari arah baru' (27 Feb 2006).
Saya akan lebih kerap menulis di akhbar web ini, jika tidak disibukkan dengan hal-hal lain.
(Kemas kini terakhir 27 Mac 2006)
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Monday March 27, 2006
THE STAR, pg 10
Nod for ‘Last Communist’
PETALING JAYA: The semi-musical documentary Lelaki Komunis Terakhir (The Last Communist) has received the nod from the Film Censorship Board and will be in theatres this May.
The 90-minute documentary showcases the life journey of Chin Peng, the exiled leader of the banned Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) from his younger days until now.
It also includes a 20-minute interview with several former CPM guerillas at their village in southern Thailand.
The documentary, directed by Amir Muhammad, was approved early this month without any censorship and will be shown at the Golden Screen Cinemas (GSC) in Mid Valley Megamall and One Utama in Klang Valley, and at Gurney Plaza in Penang at the end of May.
“I’m happy that it has been approved without any censorship. This is the first time that a local documentary will be shown in theatres,” the 34-year-old Amir told mStar Online on Saturday.
A year ago, it was reported that Umno Youth had opposed any efforts to film “Chin Peng’s struggles,” which was considered as a “crime towards the people and Government of Malaysia.”
Its information chief Datuk Azimi Daim was quoted as saying: “The murders, cruelty and mercilessness of Chin Peng and other CPM members towards the people of Gerik, Bentong, Gua Musang and near the Thailand border, are still fresh in the minds of Malaysians including the Chinese and Indians.”
The documentary itself, did not include any interviews with its main character, Chin Peng, although more than 80 people were met during the process of making the documentary.
Among the issues mentioned by former CPM guerillas in the interviews was the Government’s obstruction in allowing them to return home, their experiences and the ideological turbulence they went through.
“I expected (if there is censorship), a few dialogues (in the interview) would be cut off,” Amir said, explaining that a few parts of the documentary were expected to be seen as “problematic” by the authorities in the early stages.
For more of the story, log on to www.mstar.com.my
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/3/27/nation/13784136&sec=nation
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