Pulau producer Fred Chong mentioned the intention of the movie is to promote the fantastic thing about Malaysia’s islands and cultural range.
His assertion got here after the movie’s trailer drew flak from the general public for allegedly displaying “explicit and suggestive” scenes.
Speaking to mStar, The Star’s Malay language portal, Chong defined: “Our intention is to promote the beautiful islands and exotic scenery Malaysia has to offer.
“With beautiful natural locations like sandy beaches, jungles, hidden caves and waterfalls which are featured in the film, we aim to showcase the beauty of Langkawi to the whole world.”
Aside from selling Malaysia’s islands, Chong shared that Pulau will spotlight Malaysia as a various nation.
“The cast members come from different backgrounds that are unique; there are Malays, Chinese, Indians and Eurasians.
“The (local film) industry needs to show the audience that Malaysia is a family consisting of multiple races and cultures … that everyone is living together in harmony. That’s the vision I had when making Pulau,” he clarified.
According to mStar, the Malaysian Film Producers Association (PFM) has rubbished accusations that Pulau contained pornographic supplies after conducting a pre-screening following Finas’ Mandatory Screening Scheme.
Earlier, Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil mentioned that he’s of the opinion that the trailer was not appropriate for viewing.
The Star reported Fahmi had personally contacted Golden Screen Cinemas (GSC) after the discharge of the trailer, and it is understood that the producer agreed to withdraw the trailer and put together a brand new edit.
According to Fahmi, he was additionally made to perceive that based mostly on the report he obtained, there’s a risk that a number of the scenes that had been minimize by some means made it to the trailer.
