The film Sleep Call is widely discussed, this is what UM Surabaya media experts say

• 13 Sep
• 2023

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The film Sleep Call is widely discussed, this is what UM Surabaya media experts say

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Media and Culture Studies Expert at Muhammadiyah University of Surabaya (UM Surabaya) Radius Setiyawan also provided a response regarding the film Sleep Call which is currently being hotly discussed in the public. The film, directed by Fajar Nugros, is considered to be one of the best films that is able to depict bitterness nicely.

“Beauty is not always directly proportional to happiness. "This is a beautiful and bitter film," said Radius Wednesday (13/9/23)

Radius said that one of the interesting things about this film is how this film is able to present another side of technological developments. Of course, this is related and close to the lives of urban communities. The film raises the themes of mental health, the pressures of life in urban society, the vulnerability of women, cases of pinjol and the importance of maintaining data privacy.

“This film is able to illustrate how technological media can create bitterness in life. Technology can be an effective tool of terror and can lead to death. "The pinjol terror incident in the film is very close to people's lives," he said.

According to him, the depiction of cyber space is depicted beautifully and lively. Cyber ​​space is able to control oneself, is able to build imagination and has a very significant impact on everyday life.

He said that psychopathic behavior is very close to digital activity. The film Sleep Call illustrates how noisy cyber activity can alienate or alienate people. Radius gave the example that the figure of Dina in the film could be a reflection of what happens to some of our society, especially in urban areas.

“This film also nicely depicts how the digital world can make people trapped in a digital simulacrum. The case of borrowing and friendship in cyberspace in this film illustrates this phenomenon. "Dina and her friends used the debtors' privacy data as a tool of terror," he added.

According to him, this film also emphasizes that when someone hands over their privacy data in the digital era, that person's digital life will be integrated into the communication information ecosystem provided by various technologies. In this ecosystem, a person has actually surrendered himself to computational mathematical codes that work latently and at any time can become a frightening tool of terror.

“Giving up privacy data, personal images or other identities is tantamount to giving ourselves up to control and surveillance. "There is one term that I think is relevant to this condition, namely Digital Panopticon," said Radius again.

A term from Jeremy Bentham and Michel Foucault. This term describes how digital humans live in giant concentration camps. His life was watched, stalked and felt followed. This condition makes people's lives restless and free. In the film, this is experienced by Iwan (the person in debt) and even Dina herself.

“That's the advantage of the film Sleep Call. Able to present the actual bitterness that is often experienced by some of our society. "A society whose entire life is dominated by computational codes," he concluded.