Yasmin finds a fan Seberang

June 26, 2007

Malaysian film director Yasmin Ahmad finds a fan in blogger Hera Diani, a “journalist-in-hiatus”. What’s it about Yasmin that she admires? Read on…

clipped from hdiani.blogspot.com

Yasmin Ahmad

I’ve read about her, and her films. A Malaysian friend said they were good, so I bought the DVDs: Sepet and Gubra. And darn it, they’re awesome! My immediate reaction was “fuck, the Malaysians are far ahead from us again.” Her movies made me even more embarrased with Indonesian films (and filmmakers).
I then regularly read her blog, and my admiration grew even bigger. Dalem, bo, orangnya.
Last week, Yasmin’s latest film Mukhsin was screened here. I had a chance to talk with her as well. As usual, everytime I interview someone that I really admire, I become very nervous. And I did with Yasmin. When I listened to the tape again to transcribe the interview, shit, I sounded so stupid 🙂
Anyway, we talked about a lot of things which unfortunately can’t be included in my article ‘cos it will be too long. So, thank god for blog:) Here’s the full interview (WARNING: It’s loooong). We talked in English and Malay, so grammatical error or slim vocab (as usual) are all mine.

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4 responses to “Yasmin finds a fan Seberang”

bayi

June 26, 2007 at 1:32 pm

Yep. Yasmin is good, better than good. And there’s no doubt about it!

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Jango Ang

June 26, 2007 at 8:58 pm

What is so special about Yasmin’s movies? Boy loves girl, girl loves boy and all the crap. No substance at all. She is famous because she is the poster girl of the so-called arty farty crowd, or the so-called beautiful people. Strip her movies bare, and you see nothing, just a shell. Good, better than good, pse dont make me laugh.

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Ong Cilik

June 27, 2007 at 8:50 am

I was impressed with Sepet but not the rest though. Feels like watching a longer version of a Petronas TVC!

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bayi

June 30, 2007 at 10:28 am

Laugh if you must, Jango. That’s your opinion. I stick by mine.

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