Film Review: Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly

October 03, 2008 Edwin is a household name in the Indonesian experimental and short film circuit. Using a fragmented structure with tableaux-like scenes, he describes a collective subconscious of anxiety, denial and wishful thinking. Even more oblique is a threesome performed on the dental chair between Halim and two gay man with army uniform fetishes -- a symbol of the Chinese sucking up to the military and politicians for self-preservation, Edwin said in an interview.

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