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What is THE BIG DURIAN?

THE BIG DURIAN is a Doghouse73 Production. It stars Anne James, Farish
A. Noor, Namron, Jo Kukathas, Elizabeth Wong, Patrick Teoh, Rashid
Salleh, Low Ngai Yuen, Salleh Ben Joned and many more. It is produced
by James Lee, executive-produced by Rogayah Shahariman & Sylvia Tan,
associate-produced by Lina Tan, shot by Woo Ming Jin, Tan Chui Mui and
Naeim Ghalili, scored by Hardesh Singh, production-managed by Grace
Looi, still-photographed by Azrul Kevin Abdullah, animated and
opening-creditted by Deepak Kumaran Menon, narrated and directed by
Amir Muhammad. The movie runs for 75 min. It is in Malay, English,
Cantonese, Hokkien and Tamil with full English subtitles.
 
"A unique, fresh and exciting endeavour" - Kam Raslan,
http://www.kakiseni.com
 
"A humorous, provocative fiction-documentary hybrid" - Singapore
International Film Festival.
 
"Filem ini wajib ditonton" - Abror Rivai, Siasah.
 
 
ON 18 October, 1987, a soldier ran amok with an M16 in the area of Chow
Kit, Kuala Lumpur. Due to the thorny circumstances of the time and
place, his amok triggered a citywide panic and rumours of racial riots.
Why did he do it? Why were Malaysians so jittery at the time? And what
happened next? THE BIG DURIAN speaks to 23 Malaysians (some real, some
fictional, to find out).
 
 
"Bold, brash and without pretentions of objectivity" - Danny Lim, The
Edge.
 
"The first truly Malaysian film" - Ambient Noise,
http://www.filmsasia.net
 
"Seperti buah durian, filem 'The Big Durian' ini terkandung pelbagai
persoalan dan isu-isu yang runcing dan meruncing ('thorny issues) yang
mampu menusuk perasaan. Walaupun berkulit keras dan tajam, ia perlu
kita kupas untuk kita ketahui apa yang terkandung dalam isinya." -
http://nizamzakaria.blogspot.com/
  
More reviews, comments and even pictures can be found at
http://thebigdurian.tripod.com/
 
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THE BIG DURIAN
 
screens on Sunday, June 22 @ 3pm
 
Venue:
Five Arts Centre,
27, Lorong Datuk Sulaiman 7
Taman Tun Dr Ismail.
 
Q & A with the director and cast will be held after the movie.
 
Admission: RM 10. [A separate donation box will be set aside for The
Actors Studio, in recognition of TAS' enormous support of independent
filmmaking in Malaysia over the years, and also to help rebuild what
can never be regained. So please give generously!]
 
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There's more!
 
An informal Workshop will be held at the same venue from 5-7 pm. The
Workshop is to develop the participants' own non-fiction video
projects. Participants  should come prepared with at least an outline
of the themes they are interested in. (If they are just interested in
listening, OK also lah). Strategies will then be discussed on the best
ways to realise these projects, especially if the participants are on
tight budgets. This isn't a technical workshop but more of a means to
discuss ideas and to network with like-minded people.
 
For more details on the Screening or the Workshop please call Gan at
012 6911 398.
 
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