I agree with Raja Petra. We are our own enemies. Muslims have our own set of problems & issues that others don’t really understand & surprisingly, some couldn’t even believe the idea of a problematic religion. Muslims are getting major media airtime just because of the fear sentiments that has been put out about us. It’s the same tactic that some dirty Muslim quarters tried to expel to diss other religions. Sentiments of fear.
Time and time again, we defend ourselves by being ourselves. Over & over again, we’re either being ridiculed, made fun of or shamelessly being thrown insults & unfavourable comments. There is no harm if you want to understand why. It is not wrong for you to ask why.
But it gets dodgy if you try to act as one of us while you are not one of us.
I was with Kris Khaira last night, and he spoke about an unknown country in Africa, Benin. I told him I’ve never heard of it. He asked me do I know why I never heard of it. No, I don’t know I said.
He told me it’s because there is no civil war in Benin. No display of fear, poverty, trouble and nobody is killing each other.
Coldplay did it again. A new music video, directed & produced by several different people. The set: the streets. The actors: Superman. The supporting actors: colorful chalks. The camera: Just one. Read about the making of this video at Coldplay’s website.
This is one fucking awesome & cool video. Hands down. Even Radiohead’s “House of Cards” video can’t beat this one. That’s a digital work. This is a REAL art work. Simply superb.
House, a short film by Linus Chung was released on Pete Teo’s new project, 15Malaysia. 15 Malaysian made short films, each tells a story about the colors of muhibbah in Malaysia. 15 different directors, each with a personal vision of how to represent Malaysia, in her essence, in a short few minutes. That’s a tough one. Seriously. It’s easier to make a longer duration film. But making it short, throwing out scenes & selecting the very few scenes that matters the most is really really hard. Although my experience in videography is pretty amateur, but I tried and it’s really hard.
This project is about celebrating Malaysia’s birthday. A token of appreciation if you say so. Malaya was independent on 31st August 1957, but Malaysia was born on 16th September 1963 after the inclusion of Sarawak & Sabah. 7 films has been released so far and I personally enjoyed watching every one of them. The truth is, the first 3 was cliche to me. But the 4th one, I think really hits the nail – front & center.
Here’s an interpretation about this film called “House”. (more…)