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Friday, May 15, 2009 . 9:10 AM

$€LL 0u7!

With the mandarin title "死了都要卖", this malaysian made movie has made heads turn in Italy, in Taipei, even garnering awards in film festivals. A first for Malaysia.

AS i have mentioned , i watched the movie yesterday. the starting was slow, it took me quite a while to finally understand what the starting was about. ~~pardon me la, first time watching art film ma~~ Reflecting himself by using his own name, he said that one should never make musicals, he went and did the very thing he said he wouldn't. the story is about one guy, who has invented a 8 in 1 soy machine, where u put in soy beans and different soy products are made. but he was fired for being original. N the leading lady, Rafflesia Pong, ( which i found out, her name given to reflect her skill as a TV host for a program that seeks to support the local artist FOR ART'S SAKE), who is struggling to make big waves in the industry, hit it big by using her own dying ex fiance to garner viewership. BOTH of them worked for FONY conglomerate, a company who copied their vision statement from another company in taiwan, cared only about making money. the TWO CEOS are hilarious. their antiques reflects and was aimed at making fun at how people only cared about profits. a lot of twist, that you would not expect, but it was a very good movie.

this movie also reflects the whole idea of post modernism, where your opinions all become relative. an example would be the snippet about reality tv. what people seek in reality tv shows is not reality, but fantasy, aka HYPER REALITY. more real than real. and how one really does not care about other opinions, as long as it doesn't bother them.

this is one musical i enjoyed, because it is not just a show for art sake, it depicts the society very well, in a subtle yet glaring, funny yet touching manner. it pokes fun at politics, money, corporate world unknowingly. the best part of it, it wasn't bleeped every 5 seconds even though some words you would not consider hearing being allowed in Malaysian censorship.
the tunes are also very catchy. my favourite being the song called "You're Not My Type"

listen to the one minute video here. (dats the best i cud get, couldn't find it anywhere. hopefully the OST gets released soon)

go watch the movie if u can ok? support Malaysian talent.

DUN BUT ME!!! I HATE IT WEN PPL BUT ME! DUN BUT ME!

2 STYLED

At 1:20 PM, Kausern Hieu said...: the show was meh meh for me only. When they started to break into songs, I wanted to walk out.
At 9:18 AM, tc boi said...: their singing not the best la... lol

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