Indonesian mobile cinema keeps old film format alive in digital age


  • World
  • Tuesday, 30 May 2017

A child stands as she watches a film at a wedding party in Bogor, Indonesia, February 18, 2017.

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian entrepreneur Kamaluddin loves the gritty look of old 35-millimeter film so much that he spends most of his nights screening vintage movies at weddings and parties around Jakarta, the capital.

Filmmakers and cinemas have almost completely phased out the 35-mm. format in the past decade as they switch to cheaper, better quality digital formats.

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