| | The Jakarta Post - The Journal of Indonesia Today (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | As Malaysian cinema rocketed into its golden years, the rich multicultural input that fueled its success brought with it the sweeping changes that were among the factors that would bring it crashing down. |
 | | The death knell for the Golden Age of Malaysian Cinema was sounded near the end of 1965 when Singapore left the Federation of Malaysia, motivating an influx of veteran directors, actors and screenplay writers into Kuala Lumpur's already excessively competitive and waning filmmaking sector. |
 | | A generation of young film professionals emerged, who were eager to apply their own ideas as well as their varied education in the movie industry, and sought experience with the local commercial production houses, where they picked up the basics of cinematography, art direction and directing. |
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