Selama bulan November, sinematek C2O mengangkat Music on Screen, dengan fokus pada film mengenai genre musik dan/atau musisi: 1) Control — biopic mengenai Ian Curtis, vokalis utama Joy Division — dan Downtown 81, snapshot era post-punk Manhattan. 2) Amandla!, dokumenter mengenai peran musik dalam perjuangan Afrika Selatan melawan apartheid. 3) Latcho Drom, bercerita mengenai migrasi Gipsi di benua Eropa dan Asia melalui lagu dan tarian. 4) La Vie en Rose, film mengenai Édith Piaf, penyanyi legendaris Prancis.
Pemutaran berlangsung tiap Sabtu, 17.00, di C2O, Jl. Dr. Cipto 20 Surabaya 60264 (jalan kecil seberang Konjen Amerika — lihat peta), gratis dan terbuka untuk umum. Sinematek C2O merupakan program pemutaran film dengan tujuan berbagi dan bertukar referensi dari film-film yang diputar, tanpa bermaksud membatasi. Sumbangan dan sokongan dari penonton sangat kami hargai untuk memastikan kelangsungan program ini dan C2O.
7 November 2009
Pemutaran dan diskusi santai bersama Akhmad Alfan Rahadi, vokalis Papa Onta Cult, penulis friendzinesby
Control | Anton Corbijn
2007 | UK / USA | 119 mins | B&W | in English with English subs
Control adalah biopik hitam putih mengenai Ian Curtis (1956–1980), vokalis utama band post-punk Joy Division. Dibuat berdasarkan buku Touching from a Distance, oleh co-producer sekaligus istri Curtis, Deborah, film ini bercerita mengenai perjalanan hidup musisi muda Curtis sebagai katalis dalam scene punk rock di Inggris pada tahun 1970-an, dan band Joy Division pimpinannya selama tahun 1977-1980. Film ini juga bercerita mengenai pernikahan, perselingkuhan ekstramaritalnya, dan gejala epilepsinya yang kian memburuk — diduga mendorong bunuh dirinya di malam sebelum pertama Joy Division di Amerika. Judul film ini adalah referensi pada lagu Joy Division, “She’s Lost Control”— dipercaya sebagai referensi pada seorang klien penderita epilepsi yang Curtis kenal saat bekerja di Pusat Tenaga Kerja (Job Centre) di Macclesfield.
Downtown 81 (a.k.a. New York Beat Movie) | Edo Bertoglio
1981 | UK / USA | 73 mins | Colour | in English with English subs
Snapshot langka suatu subkultur dari era post-punk di Manhattan, film ini menampilkan artis terkenal Jean-Michel Basquiat dan berbagai artis Village awal seperti James Chance, Amos Poe, Walter Steding, dan Tav Falco. Soundtracknya menampilkan berbagai musisi termasuk Tuxedomoon, Melle Mel, Vincent Gallo, John Lurie, the Plastics, dan band Basquiat sendiri, Gray. Dialog dari film disulih suara oleh aktor Saul William karena dialog audionya sendiri hilang.
14 November 2009
Pemutaran dan diskusi santai bersama Indra Pramana, Yogi (Lembaga Studi Urban) dan Pundi Triardi.
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony | Lee Hirsch
2002 | South Africa / USA | 108m | Colour | In English & Zulu with English subs
Musisi, penulis drama, penyair dan aktivis Afrika Selatan memaparkan perjuangan melawan Apartheid dari 1940-1990an yang melucuti penduduk Afrika Selatan dari hak-haknya, dan peran penting musik dalam perjuangan tersebut. Dokumenter ini menggunakan potongan interview, pertunjukan musik dan potongan film sejarah. Beberapa tokoh Afrika Selatan yang terlibat adalah Miriam Makeba, Abdullah Ibrahim, Hugh Masakela, Vusi Mahlasela.
Lee Hirsch adalah pembuat film dokumenter sekaligus pendiri, produser dan sutradara Local Voices for Obama. Amandla! memenangkan Audience Award dan Freedom of Expression Award di 2002 Sundance Film Festival, di mana film ini juga dinominasikan untuk Grand Jury Prize.
21 November 2009
Pemutaran dan diskusi santai bersama Antonio Carlos – SurabayaFood.com
Latcho Drom | Tony Gatlif
1993 | France | 103m | Colour | In Romany with English subs
Perjalanan orang-orang Romania diceritakan melalui musisi dan penari India, Mesir, Turki, Romania, Hungaria, Slovakia, Prancis dan Spanyol. Latcho Drom, yang berarti “perjalanan aman”, tidak mempunyai cast ataupun dialog. Film ini bercerita mengenai migrasi Gipsi di Eropa dan Asia melalui musik dan tarian.
28 November 2009
Pemutaran dan diskusi santai Antonio Carlos – SurabayaFood.com
La Vie en Rose | Olivier Dahan
2007 | France | 140m | Colour | In French with English subs
Portret impresionistik mengenai seorang penyanyi dan ikon Prancis, Edith Piaf. Dari jalan gelap distrik Belleville di Paris sampai ke hall konser ternama di New York, hidup Piaf adalah ketegangan untuk menyanyi dan bertahan, untuk hidup dan mencintai. Dibesarkan di rumah bordir neneknya, Piaf “ditemukan” di tahun 1935 oleh pemilik klab malam Louis Leplee (Gerard Depardieu), yang berhasil meyakinkannya untuk menyanyi.
After a short retrospective on early horror, this month we bring you a selection of music on screen, concentrating on films about any music styles and about musicians: 1) Double bill: Control — a beautiful biopic on Ian Curtis, the lead singer of Joy Division — and Downtown 81, a rare real-life snapshot of post-punk era Manhattan. 2) Amandla!, a documentary on the role of music in the South African struggle against apartheid. 3) Latcho Drom, tells of the migration of the Gypsies across Europe and Asia, presents its story through song and dance. 4) La Vie en Rose, a film about the life of the legendary French chanteuse Édith Piaf, and is named after her signature song.
Screenings are held every Saturday, 17.00 at C2O library, Jl. Dr. Cipto 20 Surabaya 60264 (across US General Consulate — view map), free and open for public. This screening programme is run independently with the purpose of introducing and sharing references and informations, not necessarily limited films per se. Donations are most gratefully and lovingly welcome. We rely on your donations and support to ensure that we can continue this program for free and open for public.
7 November 2009
with Akhmad Alfan Rahadi, vocalist (Papa Onta Cult), writer (friendzinesby)
Control | Anton Corbijn
2007 | UK / USA | 119 mins | B&W | in English with English subs
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Control is a 2007 black-and-white biopic film about Ian Curtis (1956–1980), lead singer of post-punk band Joy Division. Based on the book Touching from a Distance, by Curtis’s widow, Deborah, who is also a co-producer of the film, the film details the life of the troubled young musician, who forged a new kind of music out of the punk rock scene of the United Kingdom in the 1970s, and the band Joy Division, which he headed from 1977 to 1980. It also deals with his rocky marriage and extramarital affairs, as well as his increasingly frequent seizures, which were thought to contribute to the circumstances leading to his suicide on the eve of Joy Division’s first U.S. tour. The title is a reference to the Joy Division song, “She’s Lost Control”—believed to be a reference to an epileptic client befriended by Curtis while employed at a Job Centre in Macclesfield, who later died during a seizure.
Downtown 81 (a.k.a. New York Beat Movie) | Edo Bertoglio
1981 | UK / USA | 73 mins | Colour | in English with English subs
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Directed by Edo Bertoglio, written by Glenn O’Brien and produced by Maripol, is a rare real-life snapshot of ultra-hip subculture of post-punk era Manhattan. Starring renowned artist Jean-Michel Basquiat and featuring such early Village artists as James Chance, Amos Poe, Walter Steding, and Tav Falco, the film is a bizarre elliptical urban fairytale. The soundtrack features many artists including Tuxedomoon, Melle Mel, Vincent Gallo, John Lurie, the Plastics, and Basquiat’s own band, Gray. The dialogue audio for the film was lost, so actor Saul Williams dubbed the late Basquiat’s voice.
14 November 2009
with Indra Pramana, Yogi (Lembaga Studi Urban) and Pundi Triardi S.
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony | Lee Hirsch
2002 | South Africa / USA | 108m | Colour | In English & Zulu with English subs
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South African musicians, playwrights, poets and activists recall the struggle against Apartheid from the 1940s to the 1990s that stripped black citizens of South Africa of basic human rights, and the important role that music played in that struggle. The documentary uses a mixture of interviews, musical performances and historical film footage. Among the South Africans who take part are Miriam Makeba, Abdullah Ibrahim, Hugh Masakela, Vusi Mahlasela and others.
A documentary filmmaker, Lee Hirsch is also is the founder, director and producer of the Local Voices for Obama project. Amandla! won the Audience Award and the Freedom of Expression Award at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, where it was also nominated for the Grand Jury Prize.
21 November 2009
with Antonio Carlos (www.SurabayaFood.com)
Latcho Drom | Tony Gatlif
1993 | France | 103m | Colour | In Romany with English subs
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The journey of the Romany people told through musicians and dancers of India, Egypt, Turkey, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, France, and Spain. Latcho Drom, which means “safe journey”, has no cast and no dialogue. This film, which tells of the migration of the Gypsies across Europe and Asia, presents its story through song and dance.
28 November 2009
with Antonio Carlos (www.SurabayaFood.com)
La Vie en Rose | Olivier Dahan
2007 | France | 140m | Colour | In French with English subs
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A swirling, impressionistic portrait of an artist who regretted nothing, writer-director Olivier Dahan’s La Vie en Rose stars Marion Cotillard in a blazing performance as the legendary French icon Edith Piaf. From the mean streets of the Belleville district of Paris to the dazzling limelight of New York’s most famous concert halls, Piaf’s life was a constant battle to sing and survive, to live and love. Raised in her grandmother’s brothel, Piaf was discovered in 1935 by nightclub owner Louis Leplee (Gerard Depardieu), who persuaded her to sing despite her extreme nervousness. Piaf became one of France’s immortal icons, her voice one of the indelible signatures of the 20th Century.
