| Lau Mun Leng | Externaldatabase | Links | Research Network Malaysia Artists Archive Amir Muhammad Apa Khabar Orang Kampung | Village People Radio Show - you tube video In the propaganda war against the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM), much was made of the fact that the party comprised ethnic Chinese who adopted an atheistic political philosophy. This tactic proved effective as the country was mainly Malay and Muslim. However, a large and influential division of the CPM comprised Malay-Muslims. This documentary is a portrait of life in a tranquil South Thailand village, complete with mosque, where the retired members live in exile. Recollections of the decades-long guerrilla war are interspersed with a fictional Thai radio drama. A film by Amir Muhammad. Tokyo Magic Hour MALAYSIA/JAPAN 2005, 60 min.?n Malay with English subtitles.?DIR Amir Muhammad PROD James Lee SCR Amir Muhammad CAM Nao Saito, Toshi Fujiwara ED Amir Muhammad MUSIC Hardesh Singh CAST Eijat, Namron, Fahmi Fadzil, Saifullizan Tahir?NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE?Tokyo Magic Hour was shot in Japan and plays with experimental forms and styles inspired by, among others, American underground films and Zen. On the soundtrack, Muhammad counterposes a meditative musical score with classical and often witty love couplets that are made more urgent by their delivery as breathless utterances from one male lover to another. With its exploration of the medium and gay interpretation of traditional love texts, Muhammad emerges as some latter-day Derek Jarman of the East: bold, relentless, visionary. |