Dian Sastrowardoyo, Marcella Zalianty, Gary M. Iskak, and Daniel Arizona in Bintang Jatuh (2000)

Daniel Arizona

Marcella Zalianty

Dian Sastrowardoyo

Rudy Soedjarwo

Bintang Jatuh

Decent effort, but...

Hello all--for what it&apos;s worth, I&apos;m in a doctoral program on Indonesian politics and returned this semester after about a year&apos;s fieldwork, most of it in Jakarta.

I&apos;m a big movie fan generally, so I went out as often as I could, and bought tons of local VCDs while I was there. This film was shot on video in 1999, and, as one of that early series of DV-shot films it looks pretty bad. In fact, it&apos;s hard to find any kind words for the cinematography. The sound is also pretty rough with some distortion. It&apos;s often impossible to hear the dialogue.

However, its saving grace is the actress Dian Sastro. This was apparently her first big role, and she&apos;s just so beautiful to watch that I found myself getting past the technical problems...almost. Luckily, the same director and actress teamed up again for &quot;Ada Apa Dengan Cinta,&quot; a much better film shot on 35mm. 

Overall, unless you&apos;re curious to see Dian at a somewhat younger period in her life after you see &quot;Ada..&quot; I&apos;d give this one a pass.

Hello all--for what it's worth, I'm in a doctoral program on Indonesian politics and returned this semester after about a year's fieldwork, most of it in Jakarta.

I'm a big movie fan generally, so I went out as often as I could, and bought tons of local VCDs while I was there. This film was shot on video in 1999, and, as one of that early series of DV-shot films it looks pretty bad. In fact, it's hard to find any kind words for the cinematography. The sound is also pretty rough with some distortion. It's often impossible to hear the dialogue.

However, its saving grace is the actress Dian Sastro. This was apparently her first big role, and she's just so beautiful to watch that I found myself getting past the technical problems...almost. Luckily, the same director and actress teamed up again for "Ada Apa Dengan Cinta," a much better film shot on 35mm. 

Overall, unless you're curious to see Dian at a somewhat younger period in her life after you see "Ada.." I'd give this one a pass.

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