To get some ideas for the remix project, I have been looking for something that I am familiar with. As a Malaysian international student, I came out some ideas about studying abroad, issues of migration, and some issues related to my country.
"Home" - this might be the central idea of my project.
Because I do not like to address much political issues, I would focus more on the sentiments of the notion of home.
Short film "Chocolate" is so thought-provoking - it started with addressing very-sensitive political issues in my country - and ends with a sense of bittersweetness. It was directed by the late Yasmin Ahmad (1958-2009), who was one of the influential filmmakers in Malaysia.
Chinese Malaysians have better education opportunities in other countries (admission and scholarship), but we do not hate the Malays who are well financially-supported by the government. The boy wants to run out from the store to give the chocolate to the girl, but he just realized there are so much boundaries between them. Who created the boundaries? Many people, but not everyone.
In addition to "Chocolate", "House" directed by Linus Chung under the same short-film project also gave me some ideas about home.
Big house or small house, it does not matter.
Other than these short films, I would like to share a post written by the late Yasmin Ahmad-
"Artists today think of everything they do as a work of art. It is important to forget about what you are doing - then a work of art may happen."
Cheers to art, cheers to life.
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