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A tribute to a richly talented Australian filmmaker passionate about the Indonesian archipelago

Table of Contents

Part I

In John’s Own Words: Lempad of Bali   

A Note on Lempad of Bali

Sara Darling

Foreword to Lempad of Bali

Chris Hill

Lempad of Bali: A Memoir of a Master Artist and the Making of a Film

John Darling

Part II 

Behind the Lens: The filmmaker and his films

Introduction

Graeme MacRae

Encountering Bali, and Other Indonesian Societies, Through Filmmaking

David Hanan

Lempad of Bali and the Translation of Aesthetics Across Cultures

E. Douglas Lewis

Making The Healing of Bali

Sara Darling with Thomas Reuter

Going Below the Wind with John Darling

Duncan Graham

Johnny Darling at Murdoch

Toby Miller

Bleaching Australia

Graeme MacRae

Filmography and Other Works

Part III 

Indonesia: A True Home

John Darling and I Gusti Made Sumung

Bruce W. Carpenter

Part IV 

John Darling: A Life in Memories

Three Funerals

Graeme MacRae

John Darling’s Early Life

Peronelle Windeyer

John Darling, Old Ubudian

Diana Darling

My Favourite Redhead

Made Wijaya

My Friend John Darling

Rio Helmi

A Tribute to John

Tjokorda Gde Mahatma Putra Kerthyasa

Belonging and Grace

James Darling

A Eulogy for John Darling

Ace Bourke

A Reflection

Peter Gebhart

Part V

The artist: Poety and Paintings

Introduction

Graeme MacRae

Notes from a Ricefield: Poems by John Darling, 1971–77

John Darling

Contributors

The Works of John Darling

About the Author

Graeme MacRae is an anthropologist who works at Massey University, Auckland. He has been researching in Indonesia, mainly Bali, since the early 1990s. His connection with John was originally through the same neighbourhood, family and mentor that John had lived with two decades earlier.


Anton Lucas is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Flinders University, South Australia. His publications include books and articles on the Indonesian revolution, and on agrarian and environmental issues. His connection with John goes back to their schooldays together and they began their research careers in Indonesia at the same time in 1970.