YANG TERSURAT & YANG TERSIRAT DALAM FILEM PENDEKAR BUJANG LAPOKarahan P Ramlee
HASSAN ABD MUTHALIB [email protected]
1950s Singapore milieu
Post-war Modernity
MASYARAKAT PINCANG Phani Majumdar 1958
KAKI KUDA Kadar Sharma 1959
CLASSICAL HOLLYWOOD CINEMA INFLUENCESKORBAN FITNAH, Usmar Ismail, 1959
Hussein Hanif 1961
HANG JEBAT
M AMIN
REALIST APPROACHES
P RAMLEE
1995
FILMIC REALITY
FILMIC REALITY
Parodies of bangsawan-style acting, 2008
(Malaysia/Indonesia)
Early actors: From Bangsawan
THE BANGSAWAN INFLUENCE IN
Pendekar Bujang Lapok
1950s Singapore milieu
Post-war Modernity: Fashion Leisure Consumer goods
1950s Singapore milieu
Modernity Progress Literacy Business Journalism Cinema Leisure
1950s Singapore milieu
Modernity Progress Literacy Business Journalism Cinema Leisure
Migration Survival Career Frivolity Community Alienation Loss of identity
1940s/50s Singapore
Involvement of Malays in -
Business Media Literature Entertainment
1950s Singapore milieu
Worldwide socialist movement Anti-colonial sentiments Independence aspirations
1950s Singapore milieu
Sanshiro Sugata 1943 Rashomon 1950 Streetcar Named Desire 1951 The Wild One 1953 On the Waterfront 1954 Seven Samurai, 1954 Pather Panchali 1955
First feature
B S RAJHANS 1933
LEILA MAJNUN - BANGSAWAN ON SCREEN
EARLY MALAY CINEMA
1933 1940s
Persian tale Bangsawan on screen Stories from China Melodrama
Post-War Stories from India Melodrama Feudalist remnants New Realities
EARLY MALAY CINEMA
No criticism of: THE BRITISH&
OTHER RACES
EARLY MALAY CINEMA
Criticism of:No criticism of: THE BRITISH&
OTHER RACES
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Royalty Aristocracy Syeds Hajis Wealthy Common man
1940s/50s Singapore
TEUKU ZAKARIA BIN TEUKU NYAK PUTEH (P Ramlee)
P RAMLEES OBSERVATION OF THE MIGRATORY MALAY
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Leaving family & home Transition: village-city Displacement Alienation The need to survive Resisting temptation Loss of identity Loss of values Loss of Malay roots Forgetting religion Capitalistic
P RAMLEES constant themes
* CONFRONTING A NEW MILIEU * NEGOTIATING MODERNITY* MAINTAINING VALUES
P RAMLEES major theme in P B L
EDUCATION
1950s SINGAPORE MILIEU IN PENDEKAR BUJANG LAPOK
A Cinematic Representation
CINEMATIC REPRESENTATION
in PENDEKAR BUJANG LAPOK
Casting Mise en scene Production Design Cinematography Editing Sound
CINEMATIC REPRESENTATION IN
PENDEKAR BUJANG LAPOK
Semiotics Archetypes Binary Opposites Gestalt Principles
PENDEKAR BUJANG LAPOK 16-minute opening sequence Depiction of milieu
BINARY OPPOSITES: THE CITY
Capitalist Materialistic Arrogance Thievery Opportunistic Uncultured Hooliganism Disrespectful Lack of values Centralised power
Representations of the city
BINARY OPPOSITES: The Village
Love Family Respect Education Relationships Community Customs Tradition Positive values Shared power
Representations of the village
Opening sequence: PENDEKAR BUJANG LAPOK - Depiction of space
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GEOGRAPHICAL SPACE Left
METAPHOR & INDEX
MALAYA
Traditional Malays Malay values Education Family LoveSINGAPORE
Right
Wayward Malays Capitalists Uncultured Survival Power
THE PROTAGONISTS positive values
The Antagonists- HOOLIGANISM
THE ANTAGONIST - Arrogance
The CAPITALIST(CHAPLINESQUE)
Themes in PENDEKAR BUJANG LAPOK
EDUCATION WILL SET YOU FREE FORGET NOT YOUR ROOTS
HOW TO NEGOTIATE (post-war) MODERNITY
ARTICULATION OF THE THEME OF EDUCATION
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LEARNING - Silat - Read & write - Confronting modernity TEACHERS - Male (Mustar) - Female (Mustars wife/school teachers)
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Articulation of the Importance of Education
The real learning
Traditional
Formal
Expression of the Importance of Education
WOMEN BEHIND THE MEN
ARTICULATION OF THE THEME OF EDUCATION
ARTICULATION OF THE THEME OF VALUES
* RESPECT for Teacher, Guru, Elders, Women * LOVE & AFFECTION * FAMILY * COMMUNITY * GENERATION
ARTICULATION OF THE THEME OF VALUES
ARTICULATION OF THE THEME OF VALUES
PROVIDENTIAL INTERVENTION
ABLE TO FACE THE TRADITIONAL WORLD
UNABLE TO FACE THE MODERN WORLD
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SOME TRADITIONS NEED TO CHANGE
A TIME TO GO AGAINST TRADITION
ARTICULATION OF THE THEME OF UNITY
PENDEKAR BUJANG LAPOK A Time for Change
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