Preview: The Glitch (an original Indonesian scifi film)
We dedicate our first review to Mr. David Poernomo, a filmmaker and brother of Jose Poernomo who is currently making The Glitch. Interview source here.
In this time where most Indonesians are either (low key) humor or (uneducating) horror films, Poernomo is creating this, which is meant to educate its audience and an alternative for the smart moviegoers who are sick of the other genres.
“Saya mau bikin film yang selangkah lebih maju, ngga mau takabur sih, tapi pertama kali rasanya sebuah film sci-fi drama yang lebih pintar untuk penonton Indonesia,” Poernomo said in a recent interview.
Coincidently, the number of Indonesian scifi films are very limited compared to the other genres.
“Inilah movie yang kita persembahkan untuk mereka yang tertarik dengan genre lain.”
said David Poernomo.
Anyway, here’s the basic premise: Recent analysis of the 2004 tsunami disaster (which afflicted Aceh, Thailand and others) the Earth’s rotation stopped for 3 milliseconds. These three milliseconds might not seem much, but was enough to cause time-spatial anomalies that screws up the characters’ lives.
As with most Indonesian productions, here are some challenges they will face:
Acting talent, visual effects and the script.
Those three are all connected and SIGNIFICANTLY important.
If either one of them fails, I see no hope for this movie to succeed.
One more thing, David Poernomo is the director of the (ugh) Pocong vs Kuntilanak.
