Timo tjahjanto biography samples

Together, they have made films such as "Rumah Dara" also known as "Macabre" , "Killers" and "Headshot". What motivated you to make "The Big 4", which is a much lighter story? People have asked me if I am thinking about making a musical one day and I say, why not? Yet, I would say my urge for violent content is too strong. For example, this next [as yet unnamed] project with Netflix is going to be a darker piece.

Comedy is a huge part of "The Big 4" and humour is difficult to translate. When you were scripting the fi When you were scripting the film, were there certain things you kept in mind knowing that the film would ultimately screen on a global platform?

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A lot of comedy comes from the fact that it is such a local thing, a trend of the moment or a folklore. For example, one of the characters in "The Big 4" swears in a way that only people from eastern Indonesia will understand. So that will definitely be lost in translation. Indonesia is a high-interest market for many streamers. Has the number of projects actually exploded for you in the last few years, or is it just a lot easier to find money to make stories now?

I think those are very interesting offerings that you will never get in the cinemas. Streaming services allow these kinds of stories to be told, where in a million years, unfortunately, we will not see [these] in the cinema, especially in Indonesia. Right now, the only things that are doing well theatrically are horror films and romantic comedies.

My previous films have been distributed worldwide, but the distribution itself is such a painful process.