movies

Just viewed k pop movie Typhoon -a creative story on asylum seekers and the illusion of the grass is greener on the other side.Creative in cinematography and dialogue.
    Korean creative industries have been nurtured to maintain its unique identity without jumping on the bandwagon except for those serialised movie of time travellers n sob stories but otherwise their movies have more grit and guts.Japanese movies used to have that individualism until they started to be crowd pleasers and the same old formulaic approach set in.
       But the Malaysian movie "Shuttle Life" that I viewed doesn't have that pat old approach nor attempt to tie up loose ends-very much like Internal monologue of Virginia Woolf-the stream of consciousness method where many things are left unsaid and that which is left unsaid speaks volumes-how did the mother become mentally ill,why is Hui Shan the daughter not her flesh and blood and why did the son decide to drive the hit and run vehicle?So many questions for audience to figure out but from the ability of audience to empathasize with the predicament of the mood of the actors and actresses,their options are limited.

Most people follow the expectations of what constitutes a good child,a good parent or a good employee in society but this movie buckles the trend.It's like the Malaysian movie Kid from Big Apple or Hu Yao Gang Until the end of Daybreak the social realism of these movies exploits our unique Malaysian cultural chameleon quality to move beyond cultural constraints of identity.The govt effort to set up a cinematic arts course in MMU has created talented artistes from Liew Sing Tat to Tan Chui Mui.Looking forward to new young talents excitedly in years to come.Viva La Difference