Bisnu Sharma

Bisnu Sharma
Kathmandu

Saturday, July 4, 2015

Be liberal, not free !




Immediate after endorsed the much hyped producer and director code of conduct of Nepalese film, controversy has been raised. The new provision has mentiond that for new comer producer, need to do associate with old ones who already made one movie & so on as well as need to take counseling class in film development board. In other hand to direct the film, the new comer director should assist the minimum five film and so on or need to collect 10 years experience on any part of movie and necessary to take the degree from university.


When decision announced, Film fraternity has itself devided in two parts of oppose and support. Especially who belongs to old school thought of cinema, they are silence and supporting the move. But youngster film maker are strongly opposing the idea, They are organizing the protest programme in order to backtrack the code of conduct. In the platform of social site, debate is in hot water.

Opposition group says- 'do not censors on creativity. Person has right to select their occupation and need to respect the freedom of expression.' But, who are supporting the move saying that only who have bachelor degree and who have experienced, should make or direct the movie. In the name of so called creativity, it violate the displinary environment so that this is important to apply it.

Freedom and creativity are same parts of coin. System and profession are also same tyre of cart. During the period it's half century, so called mainstream cinema couldn't make it's own cinematic language. At other hand so called new wave of cinema also couldn't create the identity too. It produced the hybrid producet, not organic. However, film made by young generation eventually became like shape of camel and fine arts of great Picaso, Totally obastract ! So that new and old film maker both are responsible to this happen now.

Boundryless freedom is not in the any democracy in the world. Even American democracy has no full freedom, It has only liberalism. It has gyarenteed the freedom of expression of the name of liberalism. Freedom and liberalism are two different discourse of political science. Scandevian countries and American democray are shaping by liberalism, not by freedom. The autocratic like North Korea is out dated in this modern era, along with boundryless freedom is so non-accpetance for humanity indeed. So that the perception of film production and direction should be liberal, not free.

Every rule make for changes, not for dogma. The desire of society and country, make changes. Despite the code of conduct - The film development board should start the round table talk with dissatisfaction faction. The group of dissatisfaction, should seriousy review the use of creativity in the past.

Merocinema want to appeal that -let's be liberal, not free !

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