Series Indonesia Series, ANU, DVD 3
Director Anthony Forge
Country/Production Australia
Release 1973
Length 17 mins
Format Colour / DVD / PAL / All region
Location Indonesia, Bali / Asia
Ethnic Group Indonesian
University Australian National University
Order No RAI-200.272B
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In 1993, Anthony Forge filmed the cremation of an older woman from an affluent ‘commoner’ family. As her body was moved from her family compound to the cremation tower, men of the ward seized the body and began to fight over it, as was traditional in that part of Bali. Forge juxtaposes his recording of this event with Gregory Bateson’s 1937 footage of a ngarap and footage of Balinese paintings. The video is based on an unfinished version Forge was working on with Patsy Asch before his death.
