[Sequoyah101]

Jakarta is Calcutta, just smaller.

I watched the events leading to the May 1998 overthrow of Suharto from my hotel window. Like reliving the “Year of Living Dangerously”. I thought it was cool at the time.

In the early morning hours military trucks would wind their way into the city with loads of rice. They would park in out of the way places and people would come to get their rations. Some would drive up in a Mercedes and they would load a whole bag of rice in the trunk. Most people just got an allocation.

[StAnDeliver]

"I watched the events leading to the May 1998 overthrow of Suharto from my hotel window. Like reliving the “Year of Living Dangerously”. I thought it was cool at the time."

That is very cool. Great movie. I always thought that Suharto '98 was also the inspiration for Nolan's outside scene in Inception showing 'revolution' in the streets, the first time they tried to set up Saito.