Badai Pasti Berlalu: From Serial to Film

Date the publication form

The Indonesian language agency traces Marga T’s work to a serial in Kompas from June to September 1972. Gramedia Pustaka Utama issued the novel in March 1974. The two publication records describe different formats. A reader citing a newspaper instalment would need the issue date, while a reader citing a page in a book would need the edition.

This sequence also shows that a first book edition need not be a work’s first appearance. An edition can become the standard reference while earlier versions retain evidence about how an audience first encountered the story.

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Add the film without moving the novel’s date

The language agency and Indonesian Film Center both place Teguh Karya’s screen adaptation in 1977. The film has a production cast, including Christine Hakim, Slamet Rahardjo and Roy Marten. Those names belong to performance credits. Marga’s authorship belongs to the literary source.

The agency also identifies music by Eros Djarot in connection with the film. A song or soundtrack reference would need its own composer and release fields. The shared title gives a relationship between the objects rather than a reason to apply the same credits to them.

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Build a citation that can survive a search result

Suppose a database search returns one result for the novel and one for a later screening. Copy the year with a word that names its event: serialised, published, released or screened. Add a responsibility field naming the author or director. If you later encounter an audio release under the same title, record the label and performance information separately. The reader can then identify the intended version without relying on the title alone.