Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly: One Final Conclusion

Having reach the end of the thesis, I would like to refresh what the paper were concerned; whether Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly can be considered a communication failure, and why?

In order to answer the question, I will draw lines from the thesis analysis;

Firstly, from technique analysis, Blind Pig inherits what the term ‘imperfect’ cinema is. The film is characterized by experimental style that is made under strict production budget. As can be seen from the images, Blind Pig’s artistic background is good but it is far from complicated and expensive. The camera angles are chosen carefully and the director is efficient with each scene he had taken. There were no single frame where Blind Pig presenting unnecessary information.

Secondly, Blind Pig presented the world of people living in diaspora, of being miss placed and not belongs. Being born and raised as a part of Chinese ethnic in the middle of racist environment, the filmmaker foremost object is to make peace with himself, to answer his past; his childhood memories and identity question that never been answered. Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly inherits the characteristic of intercultural cinema, which is a medium of expression that aims to heal one’s wound.

The spectator of Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly might struggle to make narrative sense from montage of images, along with the qrotesque elements from the film. Further, it needs amount of reference on Indonesia and on film theory to be able to understand the signs behind the film. Although, in one’s view, from the beginning viewers shall have figure what Blind Pig tries to say; an ambiguity feeling on identity.

Concerning one of the thesis sub question whether Blind Pig’s acceptance in Indonesia is caused by the country’s cultural spectacle, from second chapter reviews I get into conclusion that it is more about the audience maturity to see their bad face in the mirror that will determine the success of another critical film in Indonesia.

Furthermore, to answer the second sub question, based from the thesis analysis, the film is intended to be the filmmaker personal work. Which main concern is for a medium of expression. This made the research question whether Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly can be considered a communication failure not relevant anymore. However, from the perspective on why Blind Pig was made in the first place, the film is successful enough in signifies the filmmaker’s personal style. It comes from facts that the film is well made. Although the film’s spectators may not understand the entire symbolic elements from the film, it is clear to what message Blind Pig is conveyed.

By finishing the thesis, I learned that to measure whether a film is a communication failure, I must first look to the main purpose from where the filmmaking is based.

An experimental and non-conformist film is, in my personal view Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly has using correct grammar for the chosen language the film is speaking. If Blind Pig were a novel, the film can be characterized for literature one. Which may not easy to follow. Yet, enriched diversity and encouraged personal vision.

In the present, Indonesia film industry that has long been dominated by commercial films need more alternative works that would make the film culture healthier, film which has the spirit of a pig who wants to fly.