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You like my puppets? If you want to understand Java, you have to understand Wayang: the sacred shadow play. The puppet master is a priest. That's why they call Sukarno the great puppet master - balancing the left with the right. Their shadows are souls and the screen is heaven. You must watch Their shadows, not the puppets. The right in constant struggle with left. The forces of light and darkness in endless balance. In the West we want answers for everything. Everything is right or wrong. Good or bad. But, in wayang, no such final conclusions exists
You like my puppets? If you want to understand Java, you have to understand Wayang: the sacred shadow play. The puppet master is a priest. That's why they call Sukarno the great puppet master - balancing the left with the right. Their shadows are souls and the screen is heaven. You must watch Their shadows, not the puppets. The right in constant struggle with left. The forces of light and darkness in endless balance. In the West we want answers for everything. Everything is right or wrong. Good or bad. But, in wayang, no such final conclusions exists
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You like my puppets
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If you want to understand Java
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you have to understand the wajang
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the sacred shadow play
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The puppet master was a priest
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That's why they call Sukarno the great puppet master
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balancing the left with the right
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Their shadows are souls and the screen is heaven
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You must watch their shadows
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not the puppets
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The right in constant struggle with the left
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The forces of light and darkness in endless balance
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In the West we want answers for everything
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Everything is right or wrong or good or bad
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But in the wajang no such final conclusions exist
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Movie Summary
A young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the rule of President Sukarno with the help of a diminutive photographer.
Actors
Billy Kwan
Guy Hamilton
