FOVEA MAGAZINE #1

A4. PERFECT BINDING. BLACK&WHITE. OFFSET PRINTED.

Kondisi: New Old Stocks

“Who are we and what is our quest?”

“We are gourmets, guides, and knights.

“We are gourmets because we like good cooks: people who can turn a few basic ingredients into something extraordinary for other’s delicate and often demanding palates. This first issue will deal with those excellent cooks that are independent filmmakers, having to deal with limited resources and confronted to high expectations. Just like your auntie preparing the best Nasi Goreng in the world.

“We are guides because we have been traveling the ways of movies in many directions, hanging out in the dark rooms of local theaters, in the erudite spheres of the cinematheques, in the festivals for the most lucky of us, and let’s admit it, in front of computer’s screen waiting for the torrents to be downloaded. Hours after hours. We have seen it almost all and we like to share it with others. (Not the torrents, but the excitement!) Showing you the unnoticed details that make sense. You know, like the statues in ‘Angels and Demons’. (But rest assured, we don’t live in Vatican’.)

“We are knights because, come on! We are starting a paper-only magazine in the age of internet, about independent cinema, without subventions and formal link to any film distributors. It is a work of resistance, of guerilla. Yeah! Once a masochist, always a masochist! Or on more positive perspective: the key to freedom, and the price to pay! And we didn’t forget that Mr. Wayne who reminded us that: with great power comes great responsibility.

“Our quest: to find the Grail of course! That movie which speaks to our heads and hearts. (Admittedly, the other way around is fine as well.) That filmmakers who will not only make you learn to make movies, but also make you learn to think. Those people who organize alternative distribution networks and viewing opportunities. Those ideas that put back the thinking in the viewing, that help discerned gold from lead.”

– The editor and its shadow

FOVEA MAGAZINE #1

HEADLINE: SINEMATEK

Dedikasi Untuk Sinematek Indonesia

Mantan Kepala Sinematek, Adi Pranajaya :

“Dibutuhkan Energi Yang Luar Biasa Untuk Mengurus Sinematek Indonesia”

Lisabona Rahman (Kineforum) dan Lintang Gitomartoyo (Yayasan Konfiden)

“Sinematek Lepas Dari Orbit”

Essay Photo : Survive On A Shoestring

Kurator Sinematek Brussels, Nicola Mazzanti

“The Key Is Politics”

Essay Photo : Cinematek Certainly Is Not A Boring Place

FESTIVALs

BUSAN FILM FESTIVAL 2012

Catatan Dari Busan Film Festival:

Wajah Karya Wajah Pemirsa

Busan Film Festival : The Reviews

Essay : The Gardener and His Quests

A conversation with Ifa Isfansyah :

On Style In Directing Treatments

CATATAN Dari HONGKONG Film Festival:

Hongkong dan Cinema Pada Suatu Ketika

SEA SCREEN ACADEMY

Makassar Belajar Dari Fukuoka?

Selamat Datang Calon Sineas-Sineas Indonesia Timur

Riri Riza :

“Karena Kita Pergi Untuk Kembali”

CATATAN Dari ASEACC (Association For Southeast Cinemas Conference):

Merayakan Lagi Lewat Djam Malam dan Mengapa Matt Dower Penting Untuk Direstorasi Total

FILM INDONESIA di AKHIR TAHUN

Habis The Raid, Terbitlah …

PROFILE

Kenji Mizoguchi

Sejarah Jepang dan Wanita – Wanitanya

Jiang Wen

Realisme Sinis dan Manusia Cina Kini

Meiske Taurisia :

“Kepercayaan Adalah Investasi dan Pondasi”

Ismail Basbeth

Siapakah Ismail Basbeth?

KLASIK

Milestones:

Amerika Pada Suatu Masa

FEATURE

The Haunted Works Of Apichatpong Weerasethakul : Primitive

Personalized and Depersonalized Memory Of Places

Vampir Dalam Sinema : Monster, Pahlawan, dan Kekasih

Fashion Dalam Film : Ketika Fashion Tidak Lagi Jadi Hiasan

Humanimals : How Close Are You, Insects?

Travelogue : Surat Kecil Pencinta Film Jepang

REVIEW

Once Upon A Time in Anatolia:

Perjalanan Melewati Buramnya Sifat Manusia

Prometheus

Don't Shoot At The Ambulance !

Ambilkan Bulan

Bulan Untuk Amelia

Di Timur Matahari

Menggali Makna Film Anak Bagi Penonton Dewasa

Perahu Kertas

Romantisme Yang terus Berlayar Sampai Tersesat

Soegija

Mengungkap Hidup Dibalik Kekakuan

OBITUARI

Andrew Sarris

Chris Marker