I went to one of gathering in KL; screening the 15 Malaysia short films. Ironically, the movies play with the conscious of real situations in another perspective. That the general public had wanted to voice out and the film makers attempt to manuscript the taught.
In my opinion, it is not a film, it's art. It tells the actual storey. It relates incident. It diagnoses critical social indifference.
The film "Rojak" posts me with higher attention. I saw one of the young Sulaiman brothers, the film directors. They are our new generation. They are in the era that we have never expected.
We have never expected the world change so fast...too fast that the people could not live with the studied theorem. We studied theory that they studied. We use calculator only after form 4. We studied basic computer knowledge in the university. They use computer since standard 4.
We sat in the hailam kopitiam to enjoy the kopi-o, toast with kaya/butter; with our newspapers. They sat around the "Old Town Kopitiam" busy triggering the key board of their notebooks. We are boxed with the books and reference within our memory. They kept their memory in the small little pendrives.
Things change. So does the behaviour of our people. They are more towards the real life. They live with the bunders of credit cards bills. Our great grand-parents kept the cash under the bed. We kept the cash in the saving account. They only kept the bills and loan documents.
I asked the floor of panels after the show, whether there are more decent films then this 15 shots. One of them told that we can check the net that the numbers is continue running and it is running at 78 now. I feel uneasy, that I am outdated. Information posts in a speedy manner.
To this date, I solute the organizers and the directors and film makers, including those have involved thru out the film making; including the actors for passing message out of quite a creative manner.
