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The Many Deaths of Lino Brocka
This year marks the 30th death anniversary of the nationalist filmmaker, Lino Brocka. Even after May 21, 1991, he’s been dying multiple deaths. Some may recall how Patrick Flores’ polemic against Brocka, incidentally published day after Brocka died sparked controversy as one which provoked later the extent of political criticism. Flores’ mistake however is merely…
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General Notes On Film Piracy
For Ate Ligaya and the mighty pirates of Quiapo cinematheque who educated me about cinema more than any teachers can. Talks about Film Piracy have often been stumped by mere legalism. Ever since the beginnings of the internet, this has been the case, not just for cinema, but all the other objects that can…
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Mga Limitasyon ng Tekstwal na Pagsusuri
May mga bagay na di mo dapat binabasa, kundi inuunawa. May mga bagay na di mo dapat binabasa, kundi inilulugar. May mga bagay na di mo dapat binabasa, kundi hinahanap kung nasaan. May mga bagay na di mo dapat binabasa, kundi inilalagay sa dapat nitong kalagyan. May mga bagay na di mo dapat binabasa, kundi…
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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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Kalat-kalat na Tala tungkol sa Piratahang Pilipino
Intended tong Blogpost na to sa pag-sagot ng partikular question sa CuriousCat: “ako lang ba o parang ang shit ng scene group dito sa pilipinas? kung di puro webrip, puro camrip. di rin nagrerelease ng raw release. walang 0-day. meron bang social implications bakit ganun?” Siguro magandang okasyon to para i-address ko na yung limitadong…
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On Edel Garcellano (1): Philippine Literature and Class War
This is not a lecture note but is a part of a shelved project, a monograph on Edel Garcellano’s criticism which I can’t continue at the moment. I’ll share what I have at hand in the meantime. Edel Garcellano’s practice of literary criticism centers on locating literature as produced in the Philippines on the larger…
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On Postmodernism
These are the lecture notes I prepared back when I handled a Reading Visual Arts class early last year. The actual lecture happened on March 29, 2019. Since this is a lecture note, I did not attempt to add any “new” insights on the subject matter. This is a plain general review of ideas on…
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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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Fascism as performance art
The following are the notes I’ve prepared for SIKAD’s activity, Usapang Komyu, which focused on Art and Fascism. All of the citations came from Hito Steyerl’s “Let’s Talk About Fascism,” which is to say, none of these are “original,” so to say, but a processing of local experiences of Fascist tendencies with Steyerl’s observation with…
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On Binge-watching
I just finished Kokkoku (photo above) by watching it as it is released. I talked to a friend and told him that I do think that the experience I had watching the series is worth it on the weekly set up than it is on binge-watching. It’s not that I don’t have an option on…