The ‘Pulau’ movie trailer is unsuitable for screening – Fahmi
According to Fahmi, he understood that there may be scenes that were cut and missed the trailer of the movie ‘Pulau’.
Some cut scenes may have made it into clip, comms minister adds
Fahmi Fadzil says that based on the movie’s trailer, which has gone viral and in his view is unsuitable, he has personally contacted Golden Screen Cinemas, and it is understood that the producer had agreed to withdraw the trailer and prepare a new edit.
PETALING JAYA: Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil is of the opinion that the horror genre movie trailer, ‘Pulau’, is not suitable for screening.
Fahmi said however he cannot speak on behalf of the Film Censor Board (LPF) which is under the auspices of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
“I cannot speak on behalf of LPF and I also understand that FINAS has issued a statement today (yesterday), but it is not on the filtering aspect. Any procedure monitored by FINAS is based on the SOP (standard operating procedure) of the relationship between LPF and FINAS.
“My view is that we may have to re-examine some of the SOPs because clearly there has been a violation here and I understand that in terms of the LPF approval it was given in September last year, before I became a minister, before the current government,” he said when he was present. at the exclusive screening of the movie Duan Nago Bogho here, last night.
He was asked to comment on whether LPF or FINAS would reconsider showing the film in cinemas.
Fahmi said referring to the trailer of the film which has gone viral and in his view is inappropriate, he himself has been in contact with Golden Screen Cinemas (GSC) and understands that the producer has decided to withdraw the trailer in the near future and do a new edit.
According to Fahmi, he also understood based on the reports he received, it is possible that there are scenes that were cut and missed being included in the movie trailer.
“The trailer doesn’t have cuts like in the real movie, but I can’t talk more than that and I’m begging my media friends to get in touch with the LPF.
“For me, I have asked FINAS that in the future, we need to look into this matter, review it and revamp the SOP. We don’t want it to be like this, the approval was given without more specific research, I think there needs to be research,” he said. .
Yesterday, the media reported (FINAS) was not responsible for approving the screening of the horror film Pulau, which caused controversy because it allegedly contained hot and pornographic scenes.
FINAS Chief Executive Officer Prof Md Nasir Ibrahim is reported to have said that publication content guidelines are under the jurisdiction of the LPF.
The media also reported that Pulau, which will be shown next March 9, received criticism from various parties who urged LPF to review the approval of the work published by WebTVAsia in collaboration with My Way Pictures and Filmforce Studio.
