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