Yumemiru Indonesia Eiga No Chosen (Konsei Asia Eiga No Umi)

[Machine Translation] Indonesia, a multi-ethnic country consisting of 17,000 islands of various sizes and with the world's fourth largest population, is also a major film country. About 100 domestically produced films are made each year, and more than a dozen of them attract an audience of more than one million people. This book analyzes the stories of Indonesian films produced since the political upheaval of 1998 and how they are told in order to explore what Indonesia has conceived as its ideals for its country and society, what it fears, what it grieves and mourns, and where it finds hope for its future as a nation. This is a book that enables us to read the history of Indonesia through its films, and to enjoy the films more if we read it.

大小17,000もの島々から成り、世界4位の人口を擁する多民族国家インドネシアは、映画大国でもある。国産映画は毎年約100本作られ、そのうち十数本が100万人を超える観客を動員する。本書では、特に1998年政変以降に制作されたインドネシア映画の物語とその語られ方の分析から、インドネシアが何を理想として国と社会を構想し、何を恐れ、何を悲しみ・悼み、どこに希望を見出して国として歩んできたのかを探る。映画からインドネシア史を読み解き、読めば映画がより愉しめる一冊。