tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54030171109483544532024-03-15T16:08:53.974+08:00Writing by AmirAmir Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08144421497045270238noreply@blogger.comBlogger612125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403017110948354453.post-66847714690322807592013-12-13T09:49:00.003+08:002013-12-13T09:49:50.054+08:00MALAYSIAN SHORTS: Dec 15 & Dec 16<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Amir Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08144421497045270238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403017110948354453.post-79523849007438175682013-08-26T10:18:00.001+08:002013-08-26T10:18:27.822+08:00CALL FOR ENTRIES: Penang short films for George Town Literary Fest<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I am choosing short films to show in the 2nd annual <a href="http://gtlfestival.blogspot.com/">George Town Literary Festival</a> which will take place 29 November - 1 December in a few venues in the beautiful capital city of Penang.</div>
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I am particularly interested to show new work set in Penang.</div>
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If you have a short film made in 2013 — fiction, documentary, experimental, animation — set in Penang and/or with a Penang theme, do send me an email at matahari.books@gmail.com . Of course, you are welcome to start making a new short right now!</div>
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Deadline 1 November 2013. Upload your short on Youtube & Vimeo and then send me a Facebook message with the password/link. Selected shorts will be announced by 8 November. (Depending on the number of entries received, it may not be possible to screen everything.)</div>
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Amir Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08144421497045270238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403017110948354453.post-22705868071396533422013-08-21T09:48:00.000+08:002013-08-21T09:48:31.462+08:00My 1994 interview with Elmore Leonard<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The American writer who died recently left an indelible impact and is being mourned worldwide now. Nothing for me to add, except maybe this: The first scene in <b>Freaky Deaky</b>, the one that ends with 'ceiling' — that IS how it's done.<br /></div>
Amir Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08144421497045270238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403017110948354453.post-65971107463278033692013-06-18T02:39:00.003+08:002013-06-18T02:43:57.445+08:00Here are 3 shorts by a new director named Yuga J Vardhan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
He observes well, his empathy shines through and I am so glad he made them.<br />
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He is planning his first feature film (the final short here is a documentary sketch he made while researching it) and this is cause for even more optimism.<br />
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Amir Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08144421497045270238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403017110948354453.post-71998250643968685612013-06-14T10:57:00.001+08:002013-06-14T11:04:07.569+08:00My interview with Usman Awang from 1998<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Almost 15 years later (who wouldda thunk it!) I now publish a collection of his short fiction and poetry:</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I wanted the title to have 'nakal' because the word 'kenakalan' is the one I remember most from the introduction to a compilation of his which was published by Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, and which I read as a teenager. I thought it was an odd word to use for someone with the venerable title of Sasterawan Negara. But when I read the contents of that book (especially that <a href="http://eigenzone.blogspot.com/2011/01/puisi-untuk-kaum-kapitalis.html">poem</a> with the pun on 'punai') I appreciated how apt it could be. (But it was much later that I came across his short story "Betisnya Bunting Padi" and was pleasantly startled by its – but I suppose this is a spoiler – homoeroticism). </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I initially thought of Kerja-Kerja Nakal as a title but the editor of this selection Hafiz Hamzah wisely changed it to <b>Yang Nakal-Nakal</b>.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />Thanks so much to Haslina Usman for consenting to this project!<br /><br />More details on <b>Yang Nakal-Nakal</b> <a href="http://fixi.com.my/yangnakalnakal/">here</a>. It launches <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/178829022281868/">this Sunday</a>. </span></td></tr>
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Amir Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08144421497045270238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403017110948354453.post-13642846022579088102013-05-29T20:33:00.001+08:002013-05-29T20:33:26.235+08:00Box-office figures for the first 25 local movies of the year<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Amir Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08144421497045270238noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403017110948354453.post-5917065505145722392013-03-29T09:52:00.000+08:002013-03-29T09:55:04.789+08:00THE BIG DURIAN (2003), THE YEAR OF LIVING VICARIOUSLY (2005) and LELAKI KOMUNIS TERAKHIR (THE LAST COMMUNIST) (2006) all on Youtube<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
If you've never seen any of them, I suggest viewing in chronological order :-)<br />
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Amir Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08144421497045270238noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403017110948354453.post-26758825580656585572013-03-17T09:53:00.000+08:002013-03-17T09:53:03.084+08:00THE YEAR OF LIVING VICARIOUSLY (2005) now online!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The months I spent in 2004 in Indonesia were among the most invigorating of my life. And this is the proof.<br />
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Amir Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08144421497045270238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403017110948354453.post-19863028015469742792013-03-02T10:23:00.001+08:002013-03-02T10:23:31.078+08:00MALAYSIAN SHORTS 4 Mac 2013<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Amir Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08144421497045270238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403017110948354453.post-8892501783493227192013-02-27T09:21:00.000+08:002013-02-27T09:32:31.988+08:00Into to the first Fixi Novo anthology, KL NOIR: RED<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="text-align: left;">In Malaysia you can say ‘noir’ to refer to men whose actual names are Anwar; hence we have an Opposition leader who can be called Noir Berahim. But in French it means ‘black’. Specifically, it refers to films and pulp fiction that flourished from the 1930s to 1950s in the US of A.</span></div>
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There were haunted men on the run, sexy women with secrets,
cities that were steeped in corruption and existential despair. The most
succinct two-word synonym would be ‘crime melodrama’. The films were in moody
monochrome and had titles like <i>Kiss Me
Deadly</i>, <i>The Asphalt Jungle</i>, <i>Touch of Evil</i>, <i>Night and the City,</i> <i>The Dark
City, While the City Sleeps…</i>you get the drift. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The French scribes who coined the term ‘film noir’ saw a
common streak of romantic pessimism brought about by economic depression as
well as the psychological effect of proximity to violence (caused by rapid
urbanization with its spiraling crime rate, as well as the deadlier scourge of
the two World Wars). There was also the <i>Criss-Cross</i>
(another title) of gender roles as women were suddenly more prominent in the
workforce; the men were away fighting. The latter phenomenon mutated through a
sensationalist fever-dream into the femme fatale – women who resorted to the
most sinister and carnal means to stay ahead of the game, but never at the
expense of their hairstyles or nails. <o:p></o:p></div>
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A central icon of the noir novel: the world-weary,
square-jawed male private eye. Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe had seen almost
everything and trusted almost no one. But the idea of the private dick is not
terribly indigenous to Malaysia – so can we say there is such a thing as ‘KL
Noir’? Could the very architecture of KL evoke the sense of spiraling dread
that, say, <i>Sweet Smell of Success</i>
created for New York or <i>Sunset Blvd.</i>
for Los Angeles? <o:p></o:p></div>
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The idea for this book came about when the charming man-of-letters
<span style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Jérôme Bouchaud suggested a KL version of the anthology <i>Bangkok Noir</i>. Of course KL isn’t as old,
big or notorious as Bangkok but (and I say this with pride) we can do crime and
sleaze, too!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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The height of noir expression in black-and-white KL
cinema is P. Ramlee’s <i>Dr. Rushdi</i>
(1970). One of his last films, it’s a gorgeously cynical thing of shadows,
guilt and entrapment. There’s adultery, murder, suicide, crashing waves,
lightning bolts and – as if all of this weren’t striking enough – the first
movie appearance of the Pekeliling Flats (which has since been abandoned; how
quickly things disappear here!) In the color era, the most sustained noir effort
would be Adman Salleh’s vice-drenched <i>Bintang
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">‘KL noir’ elements abounded in the Malay pulp novels
of the late 1960s, most of which are now out of print. They included <i>Dahaga </i>(1966) by Yahya Samah and <i>Kuala Lumpur Kita Punya</i> (1967) by
Abdullah Hussain; you should SEE the anxiety of Malay literary critics decades
later in explaining how the latter ‘immoral’
book could have been written by a man who then became a National
Laureate. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Although brothels, opium and gangsters were as much features
of early KL as tin, it seems that its architecture started to accommodate noir
stories (which require a certain weariness) only in the late 1960s. This is because in the preceding decades,
Singapore was a more prominent story source.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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about to read. Just to say that, unlike in the ang moh noir tradition, we in
the exotic Orient have ghosts, since supernatural beings are not immune from
the grudges and mayhem that noir can thrive on. Lovers of local showbiz gossip
will chortle knowingly at one tale; habitués of shopping malls (which is
another way of saying KLites) will recognize the loneliness of being in our
crowds; the immigrant labor that the middle-class, in our wannabe First World entitlement,
willfully ignore gets a rightful narrative voice; hijabsters may have reason to
pause; the loan-shark business will never seem so dangerous; we even have a cop
narrator although he is closer to the creepy protagonist of <i>The Killer Inside Me</i> by Jim Thompson (my
favorite pulp writer) than the relatively ethical beacons of hardboiled crime
yarns. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">You will recognize places – KLCC, KL Sentral, Asian
Heritage Row, Mid Valley Megamall – though who knows how many of them, in a
couple of decades, will be gone with the winds of change like the Pekeliling
Flats? As a town (and later city) hacked out of a malarial jungle, KL rewards
survival. We are not (or not yet!) an overcrowded megapolis like Bangok, Manila
or Jakarta. Our class disparities aren’t as stark; perhaps the desperation that
noir needs isn’t as harsh. But we have our unique ambiguities; a particularly
telling one is the recent controversy over whether KL was ‘founded’ by a
Chinese headman or a Malay aristocrat. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">All noir stories are, at heart, barbed valentines to
our cages. I shall leave you with a quote from a favorite film noir, <i>Detour</i> (1945). The doomed couple is
trapped, just like P. Ramlee and Sarimah would later be in <i>Dr. Rushdi</i>. There seems to be no way out. She hisses: “You don’t
like me very much, do you?” And he snaps back: “Like you? I <i>love</i> you!” And you have never heard that
four-letter word spat with such disgust.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Amir
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">* <i>KL NOIR: RED </i>can now be ordered <a href="http://fixi.com.my/klnoirred/">online</a>. The launch is at Kinokuniya KLCC tonight 8pm; it will also be in other shops soon. </span></div>
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This seems tough. I think <b>Seefood</b> has the best shot at winning because it looks of 'international standard' (and the match between the title and image actually <i>does</i> tell a story) but...why does it have to resemble <b>Finding Nemo</b> a <i>wee</i> bit too much?<br />
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My favourite would have to be the kinetic and vivid (although, yes, a bit 'Thai action movie') <b>8 Jam</b>. Simply because it's the poster that makes me most want to watch the film. So there!<br />
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Having said that, I would have chosen <b>Bunohan</b> hands down ... if only the film had used its thrillingly portentous teaser poster:<br />
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It captures the oneiric spirit of the actual film much better (not that I have anything against Zahiril Adzim's left nipple in the final poster, of course). I even prefer the one they did for its Oscar campaign:<br />
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Apa kata anda??<br />
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<b><u>UPDATE: (Feb 25)</u></b><br />
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The big cheese of <a href="http://www.filemkita.com/">FilemKita</a> has brought to my attention that this is <b>Seefood</b>'s real poster (I had posted a teaser – damn you, Google Image Search!); which makes me all the more certain<b> Seefood</b> will win:<br />
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1. <b>Ah Beng the Movie: 3 Wishes</b> - RM7.6
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2. <b>Adnan Sempit 2</b> - RM6.82 million<o:p></o:p></div>
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3. <b>Jalan Kembali: Bohsia 2</b> - RM4.98 million<o:p></o:p></div>
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4.<b> Mael Lambong </b>- RM4.88 million<o:p></o:p></div>
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5.<b> Istanbul Aku Datang</b> - RM3.58 million<o:p></o:p></div>
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6.<b> Hantu Gangster </b>- RM3.45 million<o:p></o:p></div>
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7. <b>Hantu Kapcai </b>- RM3.19 million <o:p></o:p></div>
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8. <b>Aku Terima Nikahnya</b> - RM2.75 million<o:p></o:p></div>
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9. <b>Bujang Terlajak</b> - RM2.60 million<o:p></o:p></div>
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10. <b>Jangan Pandang-Pandang</b> - RM2.51 million<o:p></o:p></div>
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11. <b>Seefood</b> - RM2.36 million</div>
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12. <b>8 Jam</b> - RM2.3 million<o:p></o:p></div>
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13. <b>Nongkrong</b> - RM2.12 million<o:p></o:p></div>
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14.<b> Kepong Gangster </b>- RM2.09 million <o:p></o:p></div>
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15. <b>Sumpahan Kum Kum </b>- RM2.06 million<o:p></o:p></div>
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16. <b>Sepah The Movie </b>- RM1.9 million<o:p></o:p></div>
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17. <b>Sam </b>- RM1.88 million<o:p></o:p></div>
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18. <b>Hantu Dalam Botol Kicap</b> - RM1.86 million<o:p></o:p></div>
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19.<b>Lagenda Budak Setan II</b> - RM1.81
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20.<b>Ponti vs Omi </b>- RM1.71 million<o:p></o:p></div>
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21. <b>Keramat</b> - RM1.39 million</div>
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22.<b>The Golden Couple</b> - RM1.35 million <o:p></o:p></div>
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23. <b>Fist of Dragon</b> - RM1.26 million <i>(co-production)</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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24= <b>Aku Ada, Kau Ada?</b> - RM1.21 million<o:p></o:p></div>
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24= <b>Man Sewel Datang KL</b> - RM1.21 million<o:p></o:p></div>
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26. <b>PE3</b> - RM1.18 million<o:p></o:p></div>
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27. <b>Cinta Kura Kura</b> - RM1.17 million<o:p></o:p></div>
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28. <b>Berani Punya Budak</b> - RM1.13 million<o:p></o:p></div>
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29. <b>Ghost Buddies</b> - RM1.08 million<o:p></o:p></div>
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30.<b>Apa Celop Toqq</b> - RM1.07 million<o:p></o:p></div>
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31. <b>7 Petala Cinta </b>- RM1.03 million</div>
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32. <b>Uncle Usin</b> - RM1 million<o:p></o:p></div>
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33. <b>Azura</b> - RM990,000<o:p></o:p></div>
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34. <b>Budak Pailang</b> - RM960,000<o:p></o:p></div>
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35.<b> Seram Sejuk</b> - RM920,000<o:p></o:p></div>
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36.<b> Untuk Tiga Hari</b> - RM860,000 <o:p></o:p></div>
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37= <b>Bunohan</b> - RM780,000<o:p></o:p></div>
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37=<b>Taikun</b> - RM780,000<o:p></o:p></div>
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39=<b>Aji Boy</b> - RM710,000<o:p></o:p></div>
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39=<b>Jidin Sengal</b> - RM710,000<o:p></o:p></div>
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41. <b>3 Temujanji</b> – RM700, 000</div>
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42. <b>Sesuatu Yang Tertinggal</b> - RM690,000<o:p></o:p></div>
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43. <b>Hantu Air</b> - RM680,000<o:p></o:p></div>
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44. <b>You Believe in Ghost?</b> - RM630,000<o:p></o:p></div>
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45. <b>Jiwa Taiko</b> - RM620,000<o:p></o:p></div>
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46. <b>Strawberi Cinta </b>- RM590,000<o:p></o:p></div>
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47. <b>Halim Munan</b> - RM490,000<o:p></o:p></div>
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48. <b>Chow Kit</b> - RM450,000<o:p></o:p><br />
49. <b>Kahwin 5 </b>- RM390,000 </div>
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50. <b>Baik Giler</b> - RM380,000<o:p></o:p></div>
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51=<b>29 Februari </b>- RM370,000<br />
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51=<b>Ngorat </b>- RM370,000<o:p></o:p></div>
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53= <b>Hoore! Hoore!</b> - RM350,000</div>
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53= <b>Mantera</b> - RM350,000<o:p></o:p></div>
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55.<b>War of the Worlds: Goliath</b> - RM280,000<o:p></o:p></div>
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56. <b>Salam Cinta</b> - RM260,000<o:p></o:p></div>
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57.<b> Karma Reborn</b> - RM250,000<o:p></o:p></div>
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58.<b> Aji Noh Motor</b> - RM220,000 <o:p></o:p></div>
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59. <b>Gerimis Mengundang</b> - RM220,000<o:p></o:p></div>
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60. <b>The Collector</b> - RM210,000 <o:p></o:p></div>
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61.<b> X </b>-
RM200,000</div>
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62. <b>Hanya Aku Cinta Kau Seorang </b>- RM180,000<o:p></o:p></div>
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63. <b>Aku, Kau dan Dia</b> - RM160,000<o:p></o:p></div>
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64. <b>Sofazr The Movie Jiwa Kacau</b> -
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65. <b>Adik Manja Returns</b> - RM140,000 <o:p></o:p></div>
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66. <b>Momok - Jangan Cari Pasal</b> -
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67. <b>Chantek</b> - RM100,000<o:p></o:p></div>
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68. <b>Prince of the City</b> - RM90,000 <o:p></o:p></div>
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69. <b>Air Mata Ibu</b> - RM70,000<o:p></o:p></div>
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70. <b>Adutha Kattam</b> - RM60,000<o:p></o:p></div>
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71. <b>Zaiton, Ceritaku</b> - RM59,000</div>
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72. <b>Cinta Beruang</b> - RM50,000<o:p></o:p></div>
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73. <b>Leftwings</b> - RM20,000<br />
74. <b>Vajram</b> - RM10,000</div>
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1. This is the first time that the highest-grossing Malaysian movie of the year is not in the Malay language or any of its 3 most common derivatives: Bahasa Melayu Hantu, Bahasa Melayu Rempit & Bahasa Melayu Jiwang.</div>
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2. When <b>Bunohan</b> (the most interesting local movie I saw last year) was released, even some of its admirers found it tough to understand. A University Malaya professor even complained that it was "<a href="http://mstar.com.my/hiburan/cerita.asp?file=/2012/3/16/mstar_hiburan/20120315193643">more difficult than <b>Titanic</b></a>." And yet it did better than half of the movies last year, most of which were presumably easier than <b>Titanic</b>. </div>
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3. Movie producers are now complaining there are too many movies and not enough movie-goers. I say: there are too many movie-goers that producers had ignored for too long, and – guess what? – most of those potential customers ain't coming back.</div>
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4. About half the movies in this list (including some worthwhile ones like <b>The Collector</b> and <b>Chow Kit)</b> lost money or barely broke even. This is a case-study in Social Darwinism. </div>
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5. The three movies that banked on 1980s nostalgia - <b>Leftwings</b>, <b>Zaiton Ceritaku</b> and <b>Adik Manja Returns </b>– tanked. Contrast this with the American movie <b>Ted</b>. Does this mean Malaysians are more forgetful?</div>
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6. The movies that banked on us recognizing 'real-life people' like <b>29 Februari</b> and <b>Zaiton Ceritaku </b>didn't do great. Perhaps Malaysians don't like reality? (Which explains why there has yet to be a Malaysian documentary to be released theatrically. Two of mine got banned. Ahem.)</div>
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7. Two expensive animation projects – <b>Seefood</b> and <b>War of the Worlds: Goliath </b>– were lucky to get generous grants from ... those government agencies that get excited when people mention 'multimedia'. Though their professed targets of "breaking into the international market" has yet to be truly achieved, ambition is always a good thing. Love and strawberries are good also, although I didn't watch <b>Strawberi Cinta</b>. </div>
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Amir Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08144421497045270238noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403017110948354453.post-28871988585061297612013-01-13T10:35:00.001+08:002013-01-13T10:35:07.729+08:00One of the most significant front pages in the history of Malaysian mainstream media. Tahniah Sinar Harian! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Amir Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08144421497045270238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403017110948354453.post-60724550141926864252012-12-18T18:26:00.000+08:002012-12-18T18:26:12.843+08:00Fixi will also publish books in the American language. This is the manifesto for Fixi Novo. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Amir Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08144421497045270238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403017110948354453.post-49438992094643833342012-12-02T22:30:00.001+08:002012-12-09T10:58:37.135+08:00MALAYSIAN SHORTS (10 Dec)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The last MALAYSIAN SHORTS of the year!<br />
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10 December. 8:15pm.<br />
Auditorium, HELP University, Pusat Bandar Damansara KL.<br />
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Most of the directors will be present, so grab them & talk to them!<br />
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You may also VOTE for your 3 favourite shorts of the night!<br />
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Entry is FREE and open to everyone. Spread da word!<br />
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<u>FULL LINE-UP:</u><br />
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GIGI PUTIH (14 min)<br />
Director: Shamyl Othman<br />
A trek up Batu Caves by two friends reveals cross-cultural confusions but also communication.<br />
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MY PERFECT ANNA (9 min) <br />
Director: Nazri M Annuar<br />
Kita memuja bila hendakkan dia. Kemudian tak endah bila dah dapat dia. Datang menyesal bila dia meninggalkan kita. Made in New York!<br />
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TANGGAPANMU (8 min)<br />
Directed by Adib Zaini & Nadia Khan<br />
Three friends get more than their money's worth during their vacation when they bump into a politician at the hotel...<br />
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THE LAST SUPPER (5 min)<br />
Director: James Lee<br />
James Lee reinvents himself as an action hero!<br />
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Z (6 min)<br />
Director: Ridhwan Saidi<br />
Penyanyi, politikus dan …<br />
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KOPI JULIA (5 min)<br />
Director: Tan Bee Thiam<br />
Rashad datang ke rumah kawannya Ikram. Tak sangka pulak mak kepada Ikram ni hot. Adapted from a short story by Faizal Sulaiman.<br />
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LUPA (6 min)<br />
Director: Megat Shahrizal<br />
Love in the time of time-travel.<br />
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PUASA (7 min)<br />
Directed by Nadia Khan<br />
Ah Meng, challenged by his two Malay housemates, gives fasting a shot on the first day of Ramadhan.<br />
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Y3LLOW (12 min)<br />
Director: Ang Yee Sien<br />
Bulton is terminally unlucky. A twist in fate happens when an unexpected object arrives. Made in England!<br />
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MOCK MOMOK (6 min)<br />
Director: Sheril A. Bustaman<br />
An interview with... a man who is married to a computer.<br />
...teeming with possibilities of horror, drama, comedy, porno<br />
and even crossed-dissolved episodes of his life rolled into one.<br />
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LUKIS TANAHAIRKU (4 min)<br />
Crew: Malek Abdullah, Yihwen Chen & Vanesa Kumaraa<br />
An experimental independent film project involving people from the streets of Malaysia.<br />
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PASPORT EKSPRES (18 min)<br />
Director: Rewan Ishak<br />
Ali wants to be a filmmaker but he is feeling uninspired and pressured with other things. He decided to go back to his home state, Perlis.<br />
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TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 101 minutes</div>
Amir Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08144421497045270238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403017110948354453.post-7779924663390415222012-09-30T23:36:00.003+08:002012-09-30T23:36:49.609+08:00Made for RM30 ten years ago. I still like it more than something I co-directed that cost 40,000 times more.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="333" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/50466323" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="500"></iframe> <a href="http://vimeo.com/50466323">LOST (2002)</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user13793216">Amir Muhammad</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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Amir Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08144421497045270238noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403017110948354453.post-51962988374938134292012-08-29T11:10:00.001+08:002012-08-29T11:12:04.852+08:00MALAYSIAN SHORTS 3 September<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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MALAYSIAN SHORTS<br />
3 September 2012<br />
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8:15pm - 10:30 pm<br />
Auditorium HELP University, Pusat Bandar Damansara KL<br />
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A dozen new Malaysian shorts will be shown! The directors will be there to mingle<br />
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Line-Up:<br />
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TANPA JUDUL (2012, 27 min)<br />
Directed by Azharr Rudin <br />
Hati ini, apa yang ia desirkan, bisu.<br />
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DONNA MUST DIE (2011, Romania/Malaysia, 12 min)<br />
Directed by Ismail Jamaludin & Dragos Dulea</div>
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Fred, a passive aggressive husband is confronted by his urge for
revenge when his lifeless wife Donna accidentally destroys his prized
possession. Donna must die! Made when the director was studying film in
Romania.<br />
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LEMAN (2012, 10 min)<br />
Directed by Ahmad Hafiz Rashid<br />
In a quiet Malay village decades ago, only one English-educated person
can read the Rumi script. So when the government posts up a sign that is
not in Jawi, everyone turns to him. Best Malaysian Student Short 2012. <br />
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BONDA (2008, 6 min)<br />
Directed by Alhafiz Burhanuddin<br />
Memaparkan hubungan antara emak dan anak lelaki. Kasih ibu kekal hingga
ke syurga, kasih anak berubah mengikut usia - zaman kanak-kanak, remaja
dan dewasa.<br />
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ENOUGH (2012, 10 min)<br />
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Directed by Vickneswaran<br />
Bass' (Hindi for 'Enough') depicts an orphan character who struggles to
survive in the concrete jungle where he resorts to his artistic talents
as a means of escapism and livelihood. The film is about exploitation
in the art industry.<br />
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CONSCIENCE (2012, 5 min)<br />
Directed by Nadia Khan<br />
Shah is a screenwriter who gained fame and fortune with a
critically-panned comedy written just for a quick buck. Ashamed of
himself, he stows himself away from the world. One day, he receives a
visit from his old friend Nik...<br />
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KAIZEN (2012, 10 min)<br />
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Directed by Shanjhey Kumar Perumal</div>
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"Don't seek, don't search, don't ask, don't knock, don't demand - relax. If you relax, it comes" - Osho. <br />
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LANGAT DI ODU (2012, 10 min)<br />
Directed by Bebbra Charles Mailin<br />
This film is about the longing of a mother (Nenek) for her daughter
(Otto). Her daughter had run away leaving her mother to join her lover
in India. Narrated by the granddaughter (Cucu) of the family. In Dusun
language.<br />
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LAWAN (2012, 8 min)</div>
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Directed by Azizulhakim Salleh<br />
This is a tale of two rival burger vendors, Boy and Mat. Their rivalry is further heightened with various customer antics.<br />
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NESAN TAK TERUKIR (2012, 12 min)<br />
Inspired by two poems -- "Coffin Maker" by T. Alias Taib and "Dead
Cloth Seller" by Aan Mansyur -- this shortfilm is about how words spoke
by a man, heard by God. But those words actually become a tragedy for
him<br />
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MASKED (2012, 7 min)<br />
Directed by Khairil M Bahar<br />
On July 10th 2012, Information, Communications & Culture Minister
Rais Yatim urged martial arts practitioners to assist in fighting crime.
Someone took him seriously.<br />
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THE LAST MAN (2012, 6 min, animation)</div>
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Directed by Hanif Faiq bin Mohd Hashim<br />
A nuclear plant explosion has send out a catastrophic wave of
radiation. Millions of lives have been lost. A sole survivor in Kuala
Lumpur is trying to find a cure. In order to conduct his research, he
needs a living human test subject.<br />
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TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 125 min.<br />
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Majulah filem untuk negara.</div>
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Amir Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08144421497045270238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403017110948354453.post-27383654102410958112012-08-18T15:10:00.003+08:002012-08-18T23:02:42.427+08:00My wish for Hari Raya<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
May we have more of this:<br />
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And less of this: <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Location: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/PEMUDA-UMNO-MALAYSIA/223318787412">Pemuda UMNO (unofficial) Facebook 'fan' page</a></td></tr>
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Ameen. Maaf Zahir Batin.</div>
Amir Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08144421497045270238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403017110948354453.post-23682213303891099122012-06-01T10:41:00.001+08:002012-06-01T10:44:14.113+08:00MALAYSIAN SHORTS: 4 June<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<i>Two years ago, I was somewhat lacking in motivation to keep on curating and hosting this (due to an unpleasant encounter with someone's monstrous ego) but now I have renewed joy in doing Malaysian Shorts. Because it's all about the work, and the experience of sharing. Alhamdulillah.</i><br />
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Monday 4 June, starting 8:10pm, at HELP University Theaterette.<br />
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You may confirm on Facebook <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/336415563096644/">here</a>. <br />
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10 short films by Malaysian directors, most of whom will be present to answer your questions.<br />
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It is FREE. No need to RESERVE, just turn up!<br />
<span class="text_exposed_show"> <br /> Vote for your 3 favourite shorts of the night!<br /> <br /> <u>Line-up:</u><br /> <br /> <b>PASAK</b> (director: Amanda Eu) 20 minutes. 2012.<br /> A young woman starts to feel neglected by her husband; her mother-in-law is no help either. <br /> <br /> </span><span class="text_exposed_show"> </span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show"><b>KASTURI</b> (director: Ridhwan Saidi). 7 minit 2012<br /> Sebuah phantasmagoria mengenai bedtime story, mimpi dan mitos<br /> <br /> </span><span class="text_exposed_show"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-eLH7PQ-wuA" width="560"></iframe></span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show"><b>DEAR RIDHWAN </b>(director: Aidil Rusli). 5 minit. 2012<br /> A woman travels all the way to PWTC to meet an enigmatic author. What else is going on in KL on that day?</span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show"><b>DREAMS ON FIRE </b>(Director: Satpal Kaler) 2012, 4 min.<br /> When the odds against Thomas are stacked high, he chose to remain true.<br /> <br /> </span><span class="text_exposed_show"></span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show"><b>LIGHTBULB</b> (Director: Nik Amir Mustapha). 2011, 7 min.<br />
Seorang detektif (lakonan Redza Minhat) diberi anugerah @ berkebolehan
untuk berhubung dengan roh @ si mati. Made for KL 48 Hours Film Project
but disqualified!<br /> <br /> <b>COLOURS</b> (director: Ibtisem Ben Nassib) 2 minutes. 2012<br /> HELP American Degree Programme (ADP) student film which won an award at recent ASEF competition.<br /> <br /> <b>GUANG</b> (director: Quek Shio Chuan) 14 minutes. 2011<br /> BWM Shorts winner!<br /> <br /> <b>THE APPRENTICE</b> (director: John W J Cho ) 5 minutes. 2012.<br />
Low Kok Kee is 67. He runs a print shop in Chinatown, Kuala Lumpur.
Foto Pak Tai has been faithfully serving the photography and printing
needs of the local community since the 1940's.<br /> <br /> </span><span class="text_exposed_show"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/kH54YbN8NIc" width="560"></iframe><br /> </span><span class="text_exposed_show"><b>KOPI, DONAT & BAYANGAN GADIS BERAMBUT HIJAU</b> (Pengarah: Bebbra Charles Mailin). 14 minit. 2012<br />
Setelah dia ditinggalkan kekasihnya, seorang pemuda begitu emo hingga
ditegur keras oleh kawannya. Bila cinta tiada, mampukah kopi dan donat
menyembuhnya? Adaptasi cerpen Adib Zaini.</span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show"><b>HAJAT</b> (director: Ng Ken Kin). 15 minit. 2012<br />
Yati pulang ke kampungnya setelah ayahnya meninggal dunia. Di situ dia
berjumpa semula dengan Samad, rakan rapatnya sejak zaman kanak-kanak
lagi. Samad yang sekian lama menanam cinta terhadap Yati akan melakukan
apa sahaja agar dapat bersamanya.<br /> <br /> TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 93 minutes.</span></div>Amir Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08144421497045270238noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403017110948354453.post-8456999430803478772012-04-16T10:28:00.002+08:002012-04-16T10:28:10.901+08:00Box-office figures for the first 15 Malaysian movies of the year<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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1. <b>Ah Beng the Movie: 3 Wishes</b> - RM7.6 million<br />
2. <b>Adnan Sempit 2</b> - RM6.82 million<br />
3. <b>Bujang Terlajak</b> - RM2.60 million <br />
4. <b>Seefood</b> - RM2.35 million <br />
5. <b>Sumpahan Kum Kum </b>- RM2.06 million<br />
6. <b>Hantu Dalam Botol Kicap</b> - RM1.86 million<br />
7. <b>Keramat</b> - RM1.39 million<br />
8. <b>Fist of Dragon</b> - RM1.26 million <i>(co-production)</i><br />
9. <b>Cinta Kura Kura</b> - RM1.17 million<br />
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10. <b>7 Petala Cinta </b>- RM1.03 million</div>
11. <b>Azura</b> - RM990,000<br />
12. <b style="background-color: white;">Bunohan</b><span style="background-color: white;"> - RM720,000</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">13. </span><b style="color: black;">Jidin Seng<span style="color: black;">al</span></b><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"> - RM710,000</span></span><span style="background-color: yellow; color: black;"><br /></span></div>
14. <b>Sesuatu Yang Tertinggal</b> - RM690,000<br />
15. <b>Chantek</b> - RM100,000<br />
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<span style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="background-color: white;">This is significant, and I think it's great news: the first time a Chinese-language local movie has beaten all other contenders. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="background-color: white;">Did the VVIP couple that graced the premiere bring special ong?</span></span><br />
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</div>Amir Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08144421497045270238noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403017110948354453.post-89950693212542365802012-04-13T09:18:00.003+08:002012-04-13T17:29:01.670+08:00How Mark Zuckerbeg helped make the next 2 Fixi novels possible<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Let me tell you how the next two Fixi novels, <b>Dosa </b>and <b>Licik</b>, came about. <br />
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In June last year I attended the Jakarta Book Fair (and was a little surprised to find it much smaller than the KL one in PWTC every year.) I also visited the offices of two publishers, Gramedia and Gagas Media, and blabbed to them about my company Buku Fixi, which at that time was a mere 2 months old! I had a vague idea that I wanted to buy rights to urban contemporary Indonesian novels, if I found any that tickled my fancy.<br />
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This is the stack I came back with:<br />
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When I got back to KL I passed the whole stack to one of the fastest readers I know: <b>Pecah </b>author Khairulnizam Bakeri. He gobbled all of them up and then mentioned his two favourites. So I read those two first, and was immediately charmed by:<br />
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It's a bildungsroman; or coming-of-age tale (for the non-Germans out there). About the burgeoning creativity and also sexuality of an Indonesian teenager who is studying in (of all places) Oregon. It was vulnerable and precocious; I loved the fact that so much of it took place in the laundry room, which brought back fond memories of my own coming-of-age saga when I was studying in (of all places) Norwich. But enough about me. <br />
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I considered <b>Halo, Aku Dalam Novel</b> for Buku Fixi but the main drawback is that it's a wee bit short; maybe less than 50,000 words. And we wanted something around 60,000 words. <br />
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So I looked up Nuril Basri on Facebook and congratulated him. He replied, and it took him a few messages to figure out I am not Indonesian. So I introduced himself properly, as being Malaysia's most beloved writer-publisher, bla bla bla. That was when he said he had a new manuscript; it was called <b>Bukan Perjaka</b> (which in Malay would be<i> Bukan Teruna</i>) and he asked if I wanted to look at it. I said "Ya, dong!" or words to that effect.<br />
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The Word document was sent and it was just slightly over 60,000 words, which of course I took as a sign from the Almighty. I read it and thought it was even better than his previous novel. Also a coming-of-age story about teenagers and sexuality, but everything takes place smack in Indonesia. Despite a potentially explosive mix of conservative religion (the narrator Ricky is a <i>santri</i>, who stays and studies in an Islamic school) and non-conservative sex (the drag queens, the pimps, the gay clubs, and oh yes that photography session conducted by an Indonesian equivalent of a Datin Ghairah), it is at heart a strong tale of seemingly unlikely friendships. It's about how our real families are the ones we pick for ourselves.<br />
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I said I wanted it. Surprisingly, there is no confirmed publisher for the original version yet, so the Malaysian translation comes out first. <b>Dosa</b> will be out in Pesta Buku KL and the 27 year-old author will make his first trip to KL to promote it:<br />
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The other book, <b>Licik</b>, came about when the scriptwriter Sham Hashim sent me an email on 10 April 2011. He said: "<i>dgn emel ni sy attach sinopsis novel sy..plan awal nak buat filem la kononnya..tapi setelah direjek berulang kali..sy hilang pertimbangan & amuk!</i>"<br />
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I read the treatment for the film-that-was-not-to-be and was immediately gripped because I love con stories. This particular one brought back fond memories of Sidney Sheldon's <b>If Tomorrow Comes</b>, one of my favourites from that pulpmeister. The twist (or rather, one of the twists) is that the protagonist Fira is trained in the art of the con by her father.<br />
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I encouraged him to flesh out this film treatment but months went by with nothing from him! He was simply too busy with TV scripts (<i>syukur, ada rezeki...</i>). New Year's Day came and there was still no draft of a novel. So I suggested to him: Why don't we get a co-writer? Since the entire synopsis is done anyway, and the Fasha Sandha movie was not going to happen, it would be such a waste!<br />
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He agreed, so we sent out a call on the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/BukuFixi">Fixi Facebook page</a>, asking if anyone would want to write a con novel based on a comprehensive synopsis and completed first 2 chapters. A few applied; one was particularly impressive because she took it upon herself to write chapter 3 <i>all by herself, in the space of 24 hours!</i> She is Julie Anne, so the job was given to her.<br />
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Two months later, it was done! She didn't stick entirely to the extended synopsis -- among other things, she changed a location from Kelantan to Sarawak (where she lives). So that's how the first co-authored Fixi book came about:<br />
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I would like to thank Mark Zuckerberg, because as you can see, Facebook was instrumental in getting both books published.<br />
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Have a good Friday the 13th. See you in two weeks at PWTC.</div>Amir Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08144421497045270238noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403017110948354453.post-78730586111953119762012-03-30T09:27:00.000+08:002012-05-08T01:15:56.211+08:00How I became P. Ramlee's publisher<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: small;">When I wrote <a href="http://www.mataharibooks.com/malay.html"><b>120 Malay Movies</b></a> I tried to watch all of the 34 movies that P. Ramlee directed. I almost succeeded.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I even made sure to watch a rare screening of <b>Gelora</b> as part of a retrospective in Paris (the sexy noir is not available on VCD and is not shown on TV). So that's how I managed to watch 33 of the films.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Almost there. But my quest would never be complete. Because there is one film that is believed to be lost, forever. No one has seen it in decades. Even all the money of Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud (who is a huge P. Ramlee fan) cannot locate a single copy of the film.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">And the film is <b>Sitora Harimau Jadian</b> (1964). It has simply been lost due to neglect.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">It's sadly apt that this was the first film he directed in Kuala Lumpur; and its 'lost' status can be seen as an unfortunate foreshadow of how deleterious his KL years would prove to be for him. (When Malaysians wax nostalgic for the films of P. Ramlee, they inevitably wax nostalgic for Singapore, which is where the first 16 films he directed, from <b>Penarik Beca</b> (1955) to <b>Tiga Abdul</b> (1964), were made.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Technically, <b>Sitora Harimau Jadian</b> wasn't supposed to have been well-made. Merdeka Studios in KL was simply not sufficiently equipped or financed to handle it. When a print was screened for Shaw Brothers in Singapore, the bosses walked out after a few minutes. But I spoke to Othman Hafsham who had seen it as a boy in 1964, and he remembered it as "scary" (in a good way, I presume).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Sitora Harimau Jadian</b> would have been P. Ramlee's sole horror movie. (By contrast, <b>Sumpah Orang Minyak</b> was a horror movie only in its last quarter). </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">So <b>120 Malay Movies</b>, the book, was released in late 2010, with no chapter on <b>Sitora Harimau Jadian</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Fast forward a year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">An extremely helpful and enthusiastic <i>ang moh</i>, William Knox, runs <a href="http://www.penangbookshelf.com/servlet/StoreFront">The Penang Bookshelf</a>. He wrote in his 1 October 2011 mailing-list (which I subscribe to, and which I recommend) that he would be getting almost 300 Malay books, some in Jawi, from the 1940s and 1960s</span><span style="font-size: small;">. They were from "the collection of a Professor Rufus Hendon, a US linguist, who knocked about these parts between the 1940s and 1960s." This professor had bought not only text-books and several editions of <b>Hikayat Abdullah</b>, but he also collected pulp fiction. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/105123238866595777059/albums/5657079166164222177?banner=pwa&authkey=CIaSw4PIyvTphQE">Here's how the covers look like</a>. So I looked at that link and one title leapt out. See if you can guess which cover I mean:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Yes it's this one, in the north-east:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Hang on. A book BY P. Ramlee that was CALLED <b>Sitora Harimau Jadian</b>? I knew I had to have it. I sent an eager email to Mr. Knox and "reserved" a few of the books. I had no idea what would be IN the book, but I wanted it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">There were delays in getting the books shipped (from the US) and then catalogued here. It was nail-biting! So it was only on 5 March that I got hold of the four books I ordered. (This is not the space to talk about the other three.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">When I collected the Poslaju package, the first one I read was <b>Sitora Harimau Jadian</b>. As I had hoped, it was a novel based on the movie. Here's a sample:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The novel was published by Penerbitan Angkatan Baru in 1965. Copyright was assigned to P. Ramlee and only his name appears on the front or back cover. But the copyright page states that it is "di-cheritakan sa-mula oleh Zakaria Mohd Yassin". (Does anyone know how to get in touch with him, if he's still around?)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The novel definitely has a 'penceritaan semula' feel; reading it makes you feel like P. Ramlee is describing what happens in his movie, scene by scene. The book is slim, only 124 pages, and I'm glad it was also fleshed out with pictures from the movie (which might be the only chance we will ever get to 'see' it):</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I read it in a few hours. And then had a crazy thought: What if I republished it? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The original publisher no longer exists. So I approached P. Ramlee's grandsons (who'd never seen or heard of the book). Luckily, they thought a reprint would be cool; and so the royalty payments would be going to Zakaria Nasir. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I got the novel scanned, retyped and had the spelling modernised. (Thanks to 22-year old Firliyani Jaar, who by sheer coincidence is the grandniece of one of P. Ramlee's contemporaries. S. Kadarisman.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The story of the novel is diverting enough; it's <i>about </i>the apparently irreconcilable difference between superstition (<i>tahyul</i>) and medical science (as represented by the protagonist Dr. Effendi, played by P. Ramlee himself). It certainly helped to fill a crucial gap in my knowledge of P. Ramlee's filmography. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Then again, if the film was as badly-made as had been reported (even the Publisher's note for the 1965 novel states that "P. Ramlee 'agak' kalah dalam perjuangan-nya") perhaps <i>reading it </i>would be a more satisfying experience. We don't have to be distracted by dodgy make-up effects (especially when the transformation to become a weretiger [harimau jadian] takes place) or fight scenes without the benefit of convincing supporting actors. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">It will be published under an imprint of Buku Fixi,
called Fixi Retro. The size will be smaller but the cover thicker, with a
flap (like the original 1965 book). This is the 2012 cover by Teck Hee:</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I hereby announce, ladies and gents, that the most famous Buku Fixi novelist is now P. Ramlee.The book will be available at next month's Pesta Buku Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur.You may join the fan-page <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/SITORA-HARIMAU-JADIAN-Sebuah-Novel-P-Ramlee/276175025795987">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I thank William Knox, Melissa Saila, Suria Bakar, <span style="color: #274e13;"></span>Zakaria Nasir, Zaidee Nasir, Firliyani Jaar, Julie Anne and Teck Hee for making this possible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Alhamdulillah!</span></div>Amir Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08144421497045270238noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403017110948354453.post-4850803168382414972012-03-22T10:36:00.000+08:002012-03-22T10:39:53.964+08:00Sebab sebenar KOPI tidak akan dicetak semula<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Cop "Edisi Terhad" di kulit depan antologi cerpen <a href="http://www.facebook.com/BukuCerpenKopi">KOPI</a> bermaksud...jika sasaran kami betul ... kesemua 1,500 keping buku tomei-tomei ini akan habis dijual semasa Pesta Buku Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur (27 April - 6 Mei) nanti.<br />
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Ia sudahpun <a href="http://fixi.com.my/kopi">soldout online </a>dan sedang laku gila di events sekitar Semenanjung Malaysia. Antara lokasi yang telah menjualnya dalam rangka JelajahLejenFixi ialah UiTM Shah Alam, UTP Tronoh, UTeM Melaka, USM Nibong Tebal, USM Kubang Kerian, dan (mulai esok) PKNS Shah Alam. Untuk mengetahui lokasi yang terkini, silalah folo <a href="http://twitter.com/Bukufixi">@BukuFixi kat Twitter</a> ye? <br />
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KOPI tak akan dicetak semula sebab kesemua keuntungan daripada jualannya sedang/akan disalurkan kepada pembikinan beberapa filem pendek. Beberapa pengarah baru ("baru" sini diertikan sebagai "belum buat filem feature") diminta pilih cerpen KOPI yang mereka ingin adaptasi, dan mereka kemudian diberi sedikit dana. Terpulang kepada mereka, berapa dekat mereka nak ikut jalan cerita dalam cerpen tersebut.<br />
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Setakat ni, 8 pengarah telah dikenalpasti. Dan 3 telahpun siap.<br />
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3 pertama yang siap ni akan ditayang lusa di <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/267817646632593/">pelancaran KOPI</a>. Berikut adalah teaser:<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/cikdeZrUYSc" width="560"></iframe><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0w9vSDXcds8" width="560"></iframe><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/yjHcPgFwrTI" width="560"></iframe><br />
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Jadi, bila dah habis biayai kesemua (8) filem pendek nanti, tidak ada duit untuk KOPI dicetak semula. Voila!<br />
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Mungkin kesemua 8 ni akan digabung dalam satu DVD untuk dipasarkan. <br />
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Filem-filem pendek KOPI merupakan langkah pertama Buku Fixi ke dalam kancah perfileman. Langkah seterusnya bergantung kepada kudrat dan niat dan ringgit. Konsep filem-filem terbitan Fixi selari dengan konsep buku yang kami terbit: <i>urban contemporary pulp fiction</i>. Gitu. </div>Amir Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08144421497045270238noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403017110948354453.post-85256035649291304872012-03-16T08:42:00.000+08:002012-03-16T08:42:17.439+08:002 novel Fixi yang pertama untuk 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>(Sila klik di gambar untuk maklumat lanjut)</i><br />
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Ya konsep kulit depan berbeda dikit daripada 10 novel kami pada tahun 2011. Sebab apalah hidup tanya berhijrah sekali-sekala? (Tapi spine dan belakang dibiarkan konsisten dengan novel-novel tahun lepas. Untuk menggalakkan lagi fetisy pengumpul buku gitu.)<br />
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Desain kulit depan kalini dibuat terus oleh <a href="http://teckhee.blogspot.com/">Teck Hee</a> dan kami tidak gunakan jurugambar atau model. Beza Teck Hee dengan beberapa designer lain: dia akan membaca manuskrip penuh sebelum kemukakan cadangan konsep!<br />
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<b>Bisik</b> (judul asal: Distorsi) ialah sebuah psychological thriller yang kemas dan kinky oleh Syaihan Syafiq. Manakala <b>Invasi</b> (judul asal: Hero) ialah naratif ganas dan kekadang lucu pasal serangan alien; diharap Raja Faisal dapat membina following untuk novel-novel sai-fai tempatan yang tak banyak di pasaran (atau yang dibuat hanya untuk 'budak-budak').Terima kasih kepada kedua-dua penulis sebab memilih Buku Fixi untuk terbitkan novel mereka yang pertama!<br />
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Ada 4 lagi buku yang kami nak umumkan sebelum Pesta Buku Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur (27 April - 6 Mei) nanti. Tungguuuuu!</div>Amir Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08144421497045270238noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403017110948354453.post-85811559349452378092012-02-18T09:22:00.000+08:002012-02-18T09:24:13.702+08:00KOPI - Antologi cerpen Fixi yang pertama<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Kulit Depan:<br />
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Kata Pengenalan saya:<br />
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<i>Dari usia remaja di alaf yang lalu hingga ke tahun 2011, saya ketagih sesuatu. Ketagihan itu tidak sihat dan saya sering cuba menghentikannya. Tiga kali cuba dan tiga kali gagal. Rupa-rupanya jawapannya ialah untuk mendapat bahan baru untuk dinikmati setiap hari; dan bahan itu adalah kopi.</i><br />
<i><br />Saya ingin tahu lebih tentang minuman yang adiktif ini. Ada orang yang akan pergi ke Wikipedia saja. Tapi yang bikin lebih intrig kepada saya: apakah cerita yang boleh direka oleh penulis-penulis Fixi mengenai kopi?</i><br />
<i><br />Pelawaan untuk menulis dihantar melalui emel pada 27 November 2011. Seminggu kemudian. hampir semua cerpen dalam buku ni siap ditulis! 'Kopi instan' yang tak sehebat kopi gourmet kah? Tapi adrenalin yang memungkinkan buku ni dihasilkan dengan kelajuan ni lebih kepada ghairah suatu 'quickie' — biarpun cepat berlalu, ia tetap menyegarkan.<br /> </i><br />
<i>Jemput!</i><br />
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Line-up:<br />
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KOPI 3 RASA : Shaz Johar<br />
BERSAKSI KOPI : Dayang Noor<br />
KOPI KOLA : Nadia Khan<br />
KOPI, DONAT DAN BAYANG GADIS BERAMBUT HIJAU : Adib Zaini<br />
CINTA KOPI : Gina Yap Lai Yoong<br />
LUWAK DAN KRETEK : Ridhwan Saidi<br />
KOPI PERCIK : Amal Hamsan<br />
KAU KOPIKOKU : Dheepan Pranthaman<br />
KOPI JANTAN KAW : Nik Adam Ahmad<br />
CETHU : Nabila Najwa<br />
BARISTA CINTA : Shafaza Zara Syed Yusof<br />
HARI INDITIH : Asyraf Bakti<br />
MALAM, DI MEJA TEMPAT KAU TERLENTOK : Hafiz Hamzah<br />
RITUAL : Luc Abdullah<br />
TANGAN BERULAT : Fadli Al-Akiti<br />
VENTI : Redza Minhat<br />
KOPI JULIA : Faizal Sulaiman<br />
SECANGKIR KOPI BERSAMA DIA : Syaihan Syafiq<br />
KOPI MIMPI : Raja Faisal<br />
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KOPI dicetak 1,500 keping khusus untuk jualan online dan di events seperti pesta buku. Memang target ialah untuk soldout semasa kami di PWTC (27 April - 6 Mei) untuk Pesta Buku Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur nanti.<br />
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KOPI tidak akan dijual di kedai. Antara sebabnya: tauke kedai sendiri kasitau saya tahun lepas, "Cerpen mana laku. Orang nak novel jewww!"<br />
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Ironik. Sebab format cerpen itu sendiri amat relevan dengan zaman ADD kini. Tapi untuk berdekad, imej 'cerpen' di Malaysia telah dipalit oleh unsur didaktik/dakwah/patriotik yang menyebabkan ia dianggap boring.<br />
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KOPI ialah salah satu usaha untuk menunjukkan cerpen ni syok sebenarnya. <br />
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Pre-order untuk KOPI dah bermula! Kalau di Malaysia boleh order kat <a href="http://fixi.com.my/kedai/buku/fixi-kopi/">Fixi</a>. Kalau di luar Malaysia boleh order di <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kopi-Various/dp/9670374057/">Amazon</a>.<br />
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Kalau sudi, folo perkembangan terkini di <a href="http://www.facebook.com/BukuCerpenKopi">Facebook KOPI</a>. <br />
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Majlis pelancaran KOPI ialah 24 Mac nanti sempena Art for Grabs di The Annexe, Central Market KL. Kami juga akan tayangkan beberapa filem pendek yang terinspirasi daripada cerpen-cerpen dalam buku nih. Jemput tonton juga!</div>Amir Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08144421497045270238noreply@blogger.com4