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Ubud. Government officials moved on Friday to quell local unrest at the filming of actress Julia Robert’s new movie “Eat, Pray, Love” in Bali.
Locals said an earlier-than-scheduled arrival of the film crew took them by surprise.
Dozens of trucks and transport cars lined the rice fields of Banjar Bentuyung as, in the distance, the unusual sight of movie lights illuminated the location of shooting underway beside a farmhouse in the middle of the fields.
A small number of police and soldiers guarded the filming while a stretch of road in Ubud blocked off cars, though motorcycles were allowed through.
In a hastily arranged news conference at the shooting location on Friday afternoon, Gianyar district head Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardana Sukawati — flanked by police and village chiefs — said tempers among villagers the previous day had been calmed and there were no longer difficulties.
“It was a communication failure and now there is no problem,” he said.
When asked by the Jakarta Globe how much money the production company paid the villagers, Tjokorda said six villages had each received Rp 10 million (US$1,064).
On Thursday, dozens of people in the area protested over what they said was the film production company’s failure to pay them a promised Rp 300 million ($32,240) for use of their land for filming.
However, on Friday, Bentuyung chief Ketut Calpin told the Jakarta Globe that the sum was a request from the villagers and was not a promise from the film company.
He said the local arm of the production firm had initially informed them that shooting would begin at the beginning of November, but that they turned up without notice and local villagers were taken unawares.
“We had no time to publicize their arrival to the locals, because the film crew was already here. We couldn’t advise them of the shooting dates, that the road would be closed and so on,” Calpin said.
“They arrived three days before Galungan . We had no time to do anything as we were preparing for the festival,” he said, adding that his village had received Rp 10 million for permission to park in the fields.
The twice-annual Hindu festival that lasts for three days fell on Wednesday this week.
A group of local men working on the construction of a nearby shed on Friday said they had taken part in Thursday’s protest and they had requested Rp 300 million from the film company.
Bali is the final leg of shooting for “Eat, Pray, Love” based on the spiritually themed book by American journalist Elizabeth Gilbert, following locations in Italy and India.
The Gianyar district head said shooting at Bentuyung wrapped up on Friday but would resume there in 14 days.
He said he had invited Roberts to dinner at the Ubud Palace but had not yet received a response to the invitation.
Filming is set for other areas of Ubud, including its central market and Monkey Forest. Other backdrops include Uluwatu on Bali’s southern tip and the fishing village of Jimbaran.
Ubud. Government officials moved on Friday to quell local unrest at the filming of actress Julia Robert’s new movie “Eat, Pray, Love” in Bali.
Locals said an earlier-than-scheduled arrival of the film crew took them by surprise.
Dozens of trucks and transport cars lined the rice fields of Banjar Bentuyung as, in the distance, the unusual sight of movie lights illuminated the location of shooting underway beside a farmhouse in the middle of the fields.
A small number of police and soldiers guarded the filming while a stretch of road in Ubud blocked off cars, though motorcycles were allowed through.
In a hastily arranged news conference at the shooting location on Friday afternoon, Gianyar district head Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardana Sukawati — flanked by police and village chiefs — said tempers among villagers the previous day had been calmed and there were no longer difficulties.
“It was a communication failure and now there is no problem,” he said.
When asked by the Jakarta Globe how much money the production company paid the villagers, Tjokorda said six villages had each received Rp 10 million (US$1,064).
On Thursday, dozens of people in the area protested over what they said was the film production company’s failure to pay them a promised Rp 300 million ($32,240) for use of their land for filming.
However, on Friday, Bentuyung chief Ketut Calpin told the Jakarta Globe that the sum was a request from the villagers and was not a promise from the film company.
He said the local arm of the production firm had initially informed them that shooting would begin at the beginning of November, but that they turned up without notice and local villagers were taken unawares.
“We had no time to publicize their arrival to the locals, because the film crew was already here. We couldn’t advise them of the shooting dates, that the road would be closed and so on,” Calpin said.
“They arrived three days before Galungan . We had no time to do anything as we were preparing for the festival,” he said, adding that his village had received Rp 10 million for permission to park in the fields.
The twice-annual Hindu festival that lasts for three days fell on Wednesday this week.
A group of local men working on the construction of a nearby shed on Friday said they had taken part in Thursday’s protest and they had requested Rp 300 million from the film company.
Bali is the final leg of shooting for “Eat, Pray, Love” based on the spiritually themed book by American journalist Elizabeth Gilbert, following locations in Italy and India.
The Gianyar district head said shooting at Bentuyung wrapped up on Friday but would resume there in 14 days.
He said he had invited Roberts to dinner at the Ubud Palace but had not yet received a response to the invitation.
Filming is set for other areas of Ubud, including its central market and Monkey Forest. Other backdrops include Uluwatu on Bali’s southern tip and the fishing village of Jimbaran.
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