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For A Theory of Movie-going?
Last saturday, April 27, 2019, a concern over the current film industry’s overproduction of films was raised by Prof. Nick Deocampo on his talk on the Boom-and-Bust pattern of Philippine Film Economy, at the UP Film Institute. The concern centers on the concept of “demand”, something the Boom-and-Bust, being the liberal economic model that it…
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“Cinema is not made of flesh”: an interview by Mara Valle
Around late November last year, a student by the name Mara Valle (MV) approached me for a written interview for her undergraduate (?) thesis. Her topic has something to do with the films directed by Olivia Lamasan and representation of women in her films. I asked for her permission if I can post it here.…
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Regular Film Posting (January 13-20)
Brave (2012) & Aladdin (1992) Been watching Disney films with Olivia for the past months. Instead of commenting on each, will probably just lay down a general observation for both. Disney films, for better or for worse, have been great showcases of white American contemporary culture. Contemporary, being contemporary for each of the films’ releases.…
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Regular Film Posting (January 6-12)
Sorry to Bother You (2018) It is not hard to love this film. On one end, it functions as a (re)affirmation for everyone to see it being about the value of human labor as essential to generation of any sort of value. On another, it’s a real bait for Marxists, probably a more effective bait…
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Regular Film Posting (January 1-5)
Insects (2018) There are three living surrealists in cinema who are still actively working to this day. David Lynch seemed to give up back in 2006 with Inland Empire to focus on his new age campaigns (which he calls transcendental meditation) but were able to make a comeback in 2017 with a new season of…
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Two Ways of Alienation
on TBA’s I’m Drunk, I Love You
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History Lessons
on Jerrold Tarog’s Heneral Luna