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Para kay Chris (repost)
Itong post na to ay originally nasa Kawts Kamote. Published noong November 2, 2014. Bago tong araw na to, binalikan ko yung mga lumang post ng lumang blog. Naalala ko kasi si Chris Fajardo, isang kaibigan na wala na ngayon. Sa Titus Brandsma ko pa nakilala si Chris non, panahon na una pa lang akong…
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Roll (Japan, 2020) [SF IndieFest 2021]
It is hard to believe that Roll is a debut feature by a young filmmaker. Daichi Murase has written and directed the film with such care that it actually exhibits a maturity that is lacking in recent independently produced works. This is not to say that it’s smoothly done, but however rough it is around the edges,…
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Answering additional questions from the Film Criticism Talk
Ilagay ko lang dito yung mga tanong kanina na di na na-entertain mula sa talk dahil kinapos ng oras at saka yung mga tugon ko dito. From Andrea: What can you say about sa increasing “meta-ness” at self-referencing ng mga pelikula? Tulad po ng reliance sa mga pop culture references and established tropes — It’s…
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Get the Hell Out (Taiwan, 2020) [SDAFF 2020]
Wang I-Fan’s debut feature Get the Hell Out opens explosively and stylishly, like the entrance of a pro wrestling star in the arena. It promises chaos, blood and fun. The film delivers a sharp line of social commentary mixed with technical and artistic consistency almost comparable with 2019’s Parasite. Where Parasite succeeded as a social commentary through metaphor, Get the Hell…
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Genus Pan (Philippines, 2020) [SDAFF 2020]
Genus Pan is in the minority of Lav Diaz’ narratives. Diaz’ narratives are once infested by an enlightened intellectual, intruders or visitors like in Pasolini’s Teorema (1968), often talking down to people or spouting sophistries. What Genus Pan does is not to provide a platform for these intruders to speak further, but to give a suspicious look against these enlightened…
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Death of Nintendo (Philippines/USA, 2020) [LAAPFF 2020]
How does it feel to come of age at the end of history? Set in the early days of Francis Fukuyama’s declaration, Death of Nintendo finds the end of history building up in the lives of the kids from a 1990s provincial suburbia, the same time frame director Raya Martin’s last film, Smaller and Smaller Circles (2017) was set.…
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Pelikula Bilang Sining
Ang pagtingin na ang “pelikula ay sining” ay marahil ang pinaka-dominante sa lahat ng pagtingin at pakiwari tungkol sa pelikula. Dominante ito sa puntong maaaring sumasang-ayon ka dito at di mo ito kinekuwestyon. Ang pagtingin na ito ay nagbunga na rin ng sanga-sangang punto ng pag-uusap at debate kung papaano ba dapat ituring ang pelikula…
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“Sining” ni Raymond Williams
Salin ng “Art” mula sa Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society. New Ed. Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, 2015. pp. 9-11. Paunang Babala: Ang tekstong ito ay isang direktang salin ng sanaysay mula sa Ingles. Ang ortograpiya at/o balarilang ginamit ay malapit sa tono ng orihinal na teksto. May mga bagay at…
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Pagpasabot bahin sa titulo aning serye
Una nakong nabasa ang terminong ‘sinema’ sa sanaysay ni Rolando Tolentino na “Pambansang Sinema mula sa Antagonismo at Kolaborasyon ng Indie at Mainstream Cinemas.”1 Mapansin mismo sa titulo sa sanaysay ang sabay na paggamit sa ‘sinema’ ug ‘cinema’ sa isa ka han-ay. Ang punto niini kay ang kalahian sa duha batok sa adaptasyon ug indigenization…