Richard Oh

Empat sutradara duduk di satu sudut kafe tak jauh dari sebuah bioskop. Mereka baru selesai menonton film Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan. Di saat mereka mulai menjelaskan kenapa mereka suka/tidak suka film itu, kita menguping percakapan mereka. Sutradara 1: Beda sekali besutan Aronofsky ini. Jauh berbeda dengan karya-karya sebelumnya. Realis dan kelam. Di film-film sebelumnya selalu [...]

Richard Oh A man of literary passions by Laura Noszlopy Richard Oh is the author of three novels, numerous articles and writer-director of a feature-length film. His novels, Pathfinders of Love (1999), Heart of the Night (2000) and The Rainmaker’s Daughter (2004), deal with subtly Indonesian aspects of love and life. His articles, written for [...]

Richard Oh’s film Koper is a moral allegory of life in today’s Indonesia by Safitri Widagdo They say every man has his price, but is one billion rupiah worth getting one’s hands dirty for? According to Noni, one of the characters in Richard Oh’s 2006 film, Koper (The Lost Suitcase), it doesn’t buy much. Nevertheless, [...]

Bite the Mango International Film Festival 2007

Features – June 23, 2007 Cameron Broadhurst, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Caught in the contradiction between one of the worst box office performances in Indonesia last year but with increasing interest and regard from film audiences overseas, director Richard Oh summed it up for his film Koper/The Lost Suitcase: “I don’t think the country is [...]