ASHDIN publishing Research Article Alcoholic Beverages in Indonesian Movies Redi Panuju and Daniel Susilo* Faculty of Communications Science, Dr Soetomo University, Indonesia Address correspondence to Daniel Susilo, daniel.susilo@unitomo.ac.id Received 28 August 2018; Revised 08 November 2018; Accepted 14 November 2018 Copyright © 2018 Daniel Susilo, et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Alcoholic beverages, or what is often referred to as liquor is a threat to people's lives due to destructive effects when consumed in excess. In Indonesia, the prohibition on using alcoholic beverages is regulated in Criminal Code (KUHP). Dealers who cause drunkenness and anyone who makes children under the age of 16 drunk are subject to prison sentences. However, as a life story, the phenomenon of using alcoholic beverages is fascinating and because of that, many works of art such as movies make use of the phenomenon of using alcoholic beverages as a story. This article tries to explain how liquor is taken to a big screen, both as a primary and complementary story. The data were obtained through observations of Indonesian movies containing liquor scenes in a period of 1970-1998 and after 2000. Meanwhile, the data analysis used narrative analysis. Keywords: alcoholic beverages; indonesian movies; main stories; narrative analysis; supporting stories Ashdin Publishing Journal of Drug and Alcohol Research Vol. 7 (2018), Article ID 236062, 09 pages doi:10.4303/jdar/236062 1. Introduction In the Encyclopaedia Britannica, on-line booze is called distilled spirit or liquor, which is a type of alcoholic beverage in the form of ethanol. It is made from grains or vegetables by fermentation; examples of liquor are wine, vodka, gin, tequila, rum, whiskey, brandy and soju. In Indonesia, the terms liquor and alcoholic beverages overlap, so between fermented and non-fermented drinks, both are considered liquor. Therefore, alcoholic beverages that are not distilled are also considered liquor, such as beer, tuak, wine and cider. Unlike those in North America and India, alcoholic beverages do not go through distillation with lower alcohol content. Indonesian law prohibits alcohol from circulating freely in the community because it is feared that it will disturb order and security. For example, in Criminal Code (KUHP) article 300, it is stated that there is a ban for dealers who cause drunkenness. Also, anyone who causes children under the age of 16 to get drunk is threatened with imprisonment. The State prohibition on free circulation of liquor is related to consequences of excessive consumption. Excessive consumption of liquor can lead to disruption of liver function, which can lead to hepatitis, gastric damage, damage to body tissues, increased risk of breast cancer, damage to brain function, and damage to the heart and kidneys. This could result in a stroke, nerve paralysis and organ failure, which could lead to disability and even damage to a fetus, and result in death [1]. In Indonesian society, alcoholic beverages with low alcohol content are part of the social tradition used for cohesiveness functions. In Tuban, East Java, it is a tradition of parties with alcoholic beverages whose ingredients are extracted from Aren trees, called Tuak. Before being fermented, tuak is sweet and is called Legen. While on the island of Bali, this Tuak drink is used in the tradition of Cockfghting, where people enjoy food made from chicken blood and drink tuak. However, people often make their own liquor from ingredients that are not permitted for drinking. Examples include mixing spritus, kerosene and ethanol with unclear composition. Alcohol that is made carelessly is called "oplosan". This type of liquor often results in death for people who consume it. KOMPAS Daily [2] reported that in just one month (March 2018), the death toll from liquor in Indonesia reached 118 people. According to Deputy Chief of Police of the Republic of Indonesia, Commissioner General Syahfruddin, the incidence of deaths due to oplosan liquor occurred in West Java, DKI and South Kalimantan. The phenomenon of using oplosan liquor occurs in all social statuses, ranging from economically weak to elite. A TV station reported that three TNI members were killed as a result of consuming alcoholic beverages made from wound healing alcohol [3].