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We received many reactions and inputs after our column last week on the Honor Thy Father / Metro Manila Film Festival controversy. And we’d like to share them here.

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It’s getting to be an exhilarating routine, like the refrain of a love song that plays over and over again, and yet, like losing your innocence, when it happens it feels like the first time. He did it before, several times before, and when he does it again, we are happy for him and we vicariously share the weight of the new feather added to his already well-decorated cap.

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The name of Filipino director Lavrente Indico Diaz, Lav Diaz for short, from the town of Datu Paglas, province of Maguindanao, is one associated with films that run on and on that few in the audience can tolerate.

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After making the rounds of international festivals to rave reviews, Lav Diaz’s “Norte, Hangganan ng Kasaysayan” has returned home for a series of special screenings this month, including Cebu.

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Sa dinami-dami ng role na nagampanan na ni Joel Torre (Oro, Plata, Mata) ni Peque Gallaga, Gumising Ka Maruja/Lino Brocka, Anak kasama si Vilma Santos, I Love You Mama, I Love You Papa with Nora Aunor, Batang West Side/Luv Diaz, Bayaning Third World/Mike de Leon, Amigo/John Sayles...

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The recent ninth Cinemalaya Cinesthesia has been dubbed a Synergy of the Senses. The dictionary describes synergy as the interaction of multiple elements working together, while Cinesthesia in the arts is the simultaneous perception of multiple stimuli in one single experience. Both synergia and synesthesia originated from the Greeks.

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Batang West Side, directed by Lav Diaz and produced by Tony Veloria, was first screened in the country through the Cinemanila International Film Festival 11 years ago when it competed in the international section and won the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema and the Best Acting Ensemble awards.

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A movie producer was killed while 19 others were injured in a three-vehicle smashup in Barangay Gomez here on Tuesday morning, police said.

 

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It was at the media call of the straight play God of Carnage that we first met Art Acuña. We welcomed the opportunity to interview this man our friend Kelly was to have had her first love scene in the Cinemalaya film Niño by Loy Arcenas and Rody Vera, except that she chickened out.

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The photographs in Mula sa Mga Aninong Gumagalaw, Cesar Hernando’s first photo exhibit which opened at the CCP Bulwagang Fernando Amorsolo (Small Gallery) a day before the just-concluded 2011 Cinemalaya did and which will run until Aug. 28, are not, unlike those in the song, covered with lines and traces.

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                    [Title] => Honor thy cinema
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We received many reactions and inputs after our column last week on the Honor Thy Father / Metro Manila Film Festival controversy. And we’d like to share them here.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-24 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134575 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804845 [AuthorName] => Alfred A. Yuson [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1361146 [Title] => Filmmaking with Lav [Summary] =>

It’s getting to be an exhilarating routine, like the refrain of a love song that plays over and over again, and yet, like losing your innocence, when it happens it feels like the first time. He did it before, several times before, and when he does it again, we are happy for him and we vicariously share the weight of the new feather added to his already well-decorated cap.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133919 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1697794 [AuthorName] => Ricky Lo [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1315018 [Title] => Lav Diaz gets full house for Norte [Summary] =>

The name of Filipino director Lavrente Indico Diaz, Lav Diaz for short, from the town of Datu Paglas, province of Maguindanao, is one associated with films that run on and on that few in the audience can tolerate.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134667 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1170012 [AuthorName] => Bibsy M. Carballo [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/entertainment/20140423/lav-diaz.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1302173 [Title] => Lav Diaz’s ‘Norte’ to screen at Ayala Center Cebu tonight [Summary] =>

After making the rounds of international festivals to rave reviews, Lav Diaz’s “Norte, Hangganan ng Kasaysayan” has returned home for a series of special screenings this month, including Cebu.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1536606 [AuthorName] => Nathalie Tomada [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Entertainment [SectionUrl] => cebu-entertainment [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1135091 [Title] => Joel nangangarap magpaka-transgender [Summary] =>

Sa dinami-dami ng role na nagampanan na ni Joel Torre (Oro, Plata, Mata) ni Peque Gallaga, Gumising Ka Maruja/Lino Brocka, Anak kasama si Vilma Santos, I Love You Mama, I Love You Papa with Nora Aunor, Batang West Side/Luv Diaz, Bayaning Third World/Mike de Leon, Amigo/John Sayles...

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The recent ninth Cinemalaya Cinesthesia has been dubbed a Synergy of the Senses. The dictionary describes synergy as the interaction of multiple elements working together, while Cinesthesia in the arts is the simultaneous perception of multiple stimuli in one single experience. Both synergia and synesthesia originated from the Greeks.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134667 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1170012 [AuthorName] => Bibsy M. Carballo [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 883389 [Title] => Cinemanila to show Tony Veloria’s ‘Batang West Side’ and ‘Pusang Gala’ [Summary] =>

Batang West Side, directed by Lav Diaz and produced by Tony Veloria, was first screened in the country through the Cinemanila International Film Festival 11 years ago when it competed in the international section and won the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema and the Best Acting Ensemble awards.

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A movie producer was killed while 19 others were injured in a three-vehicle smashup in Barangay Gomez here on Tuesday morning, police said.

 

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It was at the media call of the straight play God of Carnage that we first met Art Acuña. We welcomed the opportunity to interview this man our friend Kelly was to have had her first love scene in the Cinemalaya film Niño by Loy Arcenas and Rody Vera, except that she chickened out.

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134667 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 709613 [Title] => Photos that touch the heart [Summary] =>

The photographs in Mula sa Mga Aninong Gumagalaw, Cesar Hernando’s first photo exhibit which opened at the CCP Bulwagang Fernando Amorsolo (Small Gallery) a day before the just-concluded 2011 Cinemalaya did and which will run until Aug. 28, are not, unlike those in the song, covered with lines and traces.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134227 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1697794 [AuthorName] => Ricky Lo [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/6682/ent1thumbd.jpg ) ) )
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