The South Pacific Film Corporation (SPFC) was a Dutch government sponsored feature film producer in the Dutch West Indies. A separate unit produced newsreels in Indonesia. The production company was sponsored under the Netherlands Indies Civil Administration. It was preceded by the Netherlands Indies Government Information Service.
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Andjar Asmara worked for SPFC beginning in 1948.[1][2] He brought Usmar Ismail, a young journalist with whom he had previously discussed filmmaking, to work as an assistant director.[3][4] The two Native Indonesians had limited creative input, serving more as acting and dialogue coaches, while Dutch cameraman, A. A. Denninghoff-Stelling, had control of the final product.[1][5]
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SPFC produced six films in 1949.[6]
Max Tera worked for South Pacific Film Corporation and learned cinematography from Dutch cameraman Denninghoff-Stelling.
Rendra Karno (Soekarno) had a role in the company's production Anggrek Bulan. A. Hamid Arief acted in films for the South Pacific Film Corporation, including Usmar Ismail's debut film Tjitra.
Films
edit- Djaoeh Dimata (Out of Sight) 1948[7]
- Anggrek Bulan (Moon Orchid) 1948
- Gadis Desa (Maiden from the Village) 1949
- Tjitra (Image) 1949
- Harta Karun (Treasure) 1949
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Biran 2009, p. 359.
- ^ Filmindonesia.or.id, Abisin Abbas.
- ^ Biran 2009, p. 361.
- ^ Said 1982, p. 34.
- ^ Filmindonesia.or.id, Kredit.
- ^ "Foreign Commerce Weekly". Bureau of International Commerce. March 30, 1950 – via Google Books.
- ^ Commerce, United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic (March 30, 1949). "World Trade in Commodities". U.S. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce – via Google Books.
Sources
edit- "Abisin Abbas". Filmindonesia.or.id (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Konfidan Foundation. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- Biran, Misbach Yusa (2009). Sejarah Film 1900–1950: Bikin Film di Jawa [History of Film 1900–1950: Making Films in Java] (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Komunitas Bamboo working with the Jakarta Art Council. ISBN 978-979-3731-58-2.
- "Gadis Desa | Kredit" [Gadis Desa | Credits]. filmindonesia.or.id (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Konfidan Foundation. Archived from the original on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
- Said, Salim (1982). Profil Dunia Film Indonesia [Profile of Indonesian Cinema] (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Grafiti Pers. OCLC 9507803.