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Java Pacific Film (alternatively, Java Pasific Film) was a short-lived film production company that helped make significant contributions to Indonesian cinema in the 1930s.

History

Java Pacific Film was founded in 1934 in Bandung,[1] in what was then the Dutch East Indies, by Dutch-Indonesian journalist Albert Balink working with the Wong Brothers. Balink, who had found financial support for the new company, took control, while the Wongs brought a studio and film equipment to the endeavour. The studio, an old tapioca flour factory, featured simple film editing equipment, several buildings to serve as living quarters for the employees, and a veranda surrounded by trees used for editing. The smokestack had the company's initials, JPF, in large letters.[2] Their first production was a documentary about Mount Merapi, entitled De Merapi Dreight (Mount Merapi Looms), in 1934.[3]

Dutch filmmaker Mannus Franken was brought to the country in 1934 to help make the movie Pareh between 1934 and 1936.[4] Franken had previously had success with documentary filmmaking in the Netherlands.[5] The production cost 75,000 gulden, with its star Rd. Mochtar receiving 250 gulden monthly.[6] A commercial flop which bankrupted the producers and company,[7] Pareh is credited with shifting the focus of Indonesian cinema from Chinese productions and subject matter to a more local industry. The film is also praised for its cinematic quality.[8] and its audio.[9][10]

Successor

Balink collected funds from numerous sponsors and established the Dutch Indies Film Syndicate (Algemeen Nederlandsch Indisch Filmsyndicaat, or ANIF) in late 1936.[11] This government-owned[12] company involved all major figures from JPF.[13] Working mostly on newsreels and documentaries,[11] in 1937 it produced the commercial success Terang Boelan.[14] and whose premises were taken over by the Japanese occupying forces in 1942.

References

  1. ^ "Java Pacific Film bij Film in Nederland". EYE Film Institute Netherlands. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  2. ^ Biran 2009, p. 156.
  3. ^ Biran 2009, p. 165.
  4. ^ Roberts, Martin (2000). "Indonesia: The Movie". In Hjort Mette (ed.). Cinema and Nation. Scott MacKenzie. Psychology Press. pp. 162–76. ISBN 9780415208635. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  5. ^ Biran 2009, p. 159.
  6. ^ Biran 2009, p. 162.
  7. ^ Biran 2009, pp. 161–62.
  8. ^ Gray, Gordon (2010). Cinema: A Visual Anthropology. Oxford: Berg. ISBN 978-1-84520-793-9.
  9. ^ "Pareh, een rijstlied van Java". filmmuseum.nl. Amsterdam: EYE Film Institute Netherlands. 20 October 2011. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  10. ^ Prayogo, Wisnu Agung (2009). "Sekilas Perkembangan Perfilman di Indonesia". Kebijakan Pemerintahan Orde Baru Terhadap Perfilman Indonesia Tahun 1966–1980 (Bachelour's of History Thesis) (in Indonesian). University of Indonesia. {{cite thesis}}: Unknown parameter |trans_chapter= ignored (|trans-chapter= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ a b Biran 2009, pp. 165–166.
  12. ^ Sen, Krishna; Hill, David T. (2006). Media, Culture and Politics in Indonesia. Equinox. p. 138. ISBN 9789793780429. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  13. ^ Biran 2009, pp. 167–168.
  14. ^ Slobin, Mark (2008). Global Soundtracks: Worlds of Film Music. Wesleyan UP. p. 217. ISBN 9780819568823. Retrieved 24 July 2012.

Bibliography

  • Biran, Misbach Yusa (2009). Sejarah Film 1900–1950: Bikin Film di Jawa (in Indonesian). Komunitas Bamboo working with the Jakarta Art Council. pp. 161–62. ISBN 978-979-3731-58-2. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
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