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Fall of Grace: Nora Aunor As Cinema 46
Flores / Fall of Grace: Nora Aunor as Cinema 46 FALL OF GRACE: NORA AUNOR AS CINEMA Patrick D. Flores University of the Philippines [email protected] Abstract Nora Aunor is enlisted in this speculation as a medium in the register of both the cinema and the transmission of spirit. The key trajectory is the oft-cited film Himala, which opens up a conceptual space for mediumship, the technology of the actress, her biography and corpus of art, and the devotion to her person. The essay constellates a set of texts including the sculpture in honor of Elsa, the main character of Himala, the film Silip, and the life of a fan. Nora, the performative vessel of Elsa, becomes fundamentally cinematic. It is through her that Elsa is fleshed out as a miracle worker of vexing potency. Nora is herself a testament to the transformative potential of the technology of the cinema. Keywords devotion, film, image, medium, spirit, voice About the Author Patrick D. Flores is Professor of Art Studies at the Department of Art Studies at the University of the Philippines, which he chaired from 1997 to 2003, and Curator of the Vargas Museum in Manila. He is Adjunct Curator at the National Art Gallery, Singapore. He was one of the curators of Under Construction: New Dimensions in Asian Art in 2000 and the Gwangju Biennale (Position Papers) in 2008. He was a Visiting Fellow at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. in 1999 and an Asian Public Intellectuals Fellow in 2004. Among his publications are Painting History: Revisions in Philippine Colonial Art (1999); Remarkable Collection: Art, History, and the National Museum (2006); and Past Peripheral: Curation in Southeast Asia (2008). -
Film Industry Executive Summary
An In-depth Study on the Film Industry In the Philippines Submitted by: Dr. Leonardo Garcia, Jr. Project Head and Ms. Carmelita Masigan Senior Researcher August 17, 2001 1 FILM INDUSTRY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Movies are a powerful force in Philippine society. Movies, more than just a source of entertainment, reflect a nation’s personality. On the silver screen takes shape all the hopes, dreams and fantasies of the common man: legends, love, the stuff of myths and make believe. Its heroes become larger than life, often attaining the stature of demigods. They are looked upon as role models, serving as resources of inspiration. But most important, the movie industry has become a vital part of the national economy. The paper aims to define the industry and its structure, examine the laws that hinder or facilitate its growth as well as the existing associations and what they have done; look into the market potential of the film industry and its foreign market demand; examine supply capability; identify opportunities and threats confronting the industry; prepare an action plan to enhance competitiveness; and recommend a performance monitoring scheme. The film industry shows that its gross value added is growing faster than the gross domestic product and gross national product. In other words, the industry has a lot of potential to improve further through the years. Extent of growth of firms is primarily Metro-Manila based with Southern Tagalog as a far second. There is more investment in labor or manpower than capital expenditures based on the 1994 Census of Establishments. Motion picture also called film or movie is a series of still photographs on film, projected in rapid succession onto a screen by means of light. -
Lino Brocka and the New Cinema of the Philippines
91 THE STRUGGLE OF THE OPPRESSED: LINO BROCKA AND THE NEW CINEMA OF THE PHILIPPINES THESIS Presented to the Graduate Council of the University of North Texas in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS By Arminda V. Santiago, B.A., M.A. Denton, Texas August 1993 Santiago, Arminda V., The Struggle of the Oppressed: Lino Brocka and the New Cinema of the Philippines. Master of Arts (Radio, Television, Film), August 1993, 227 pp., appendix, bibliography, 115 titles. This study is an examination of Lino Brocka's development as a filmmaker of the New Cinema of the Philippines. It provides a close textual analysis of two recent Brocka films, Macho Dancer (1988) and Fight for Us (1989) using a sociocultural approach to the study of the representation of aspects of social reality and their relationship to contemporary Philippine society. The study is divided into six chapters: Chapter I contains the introduction to the study, Chapter II traces the development of Philippine cinema in relation to Philippine socio-political history, Chapter III describes the New Cinema film movement in the Philippines, Chapter IV provides a biographical sketch of Lino Brocka in which the development of his critical attitude, notions of social reality, and significant works are discussed, Chapter V contains the film analyses, and Chapter VI contains the conclusions to the study. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The author would like to thank the following institutions and individuals for helping make this thesis possible: The Fulbright-Hays Scholarship Program of the United States Information Agency The Institute of International Education The Philippine American Education Foundation The Institute of Library Science, University of the Philippines The College of Mass Communication, University of the Philippines The Film Center, University of the Philippines The Filipiniana Section of the Main Library, University of the Philippines Professor Grace Javier Alfonso, University of the Philippines Professor Joel S. -
Robredo Says Comelec Chief Impeachment Doesn't Mean She Cheated in Election
Ex-social welfare Sec. Duterte anti-American no PH retains basketball title Poll reveals opinions on STEALING FREE gave funds to the NPA matter who is president over Indonesia Charlotesville NEWSPAPER IS STILL A CRIME ! PH NEWS | A2 PH NEWS | A4 SPORTS NEWS | A5 WORLD NEWS | A9 AB 2612, PLESCIA CRIME WEEKLY ISSUE 70 CITIES IN 11 STATES ONLINE Vol. IX Issue 438 1028 Mission Street, 2/F, San Francisco, CA 94103 Tel. (415) 593-5955 or (650) 278-0692 [email protected] Aug. 31 - Sept. 06, 2017 Robredo says Comelec chief impeachment doesn’t mean she cheated in election By Daniel Llanto | FilAm Star Correspondent After an impeachment complaint tions of his estranged wife, Patricia was finally filed against Commission Cruz, that he amassed illegal wealth. on Elections (Comelec) Chairman An- Macalintal stressed that the alleged dres Bautista at the House of Repre- evidence of Bautista’s hidden wealth sentatives, the camp of Vice-president did not mention any act committed by Leni Robredo was quick to announce the Comelec Chief that compromised that this does not imply there was any the results of last year’s elections. irregularity in her tight 2016 election He also noted that Cruz never victory over former Sen. Ferdinand mentioned any alleged “commission” “Bongbong” Marcos. or “referral fees” received by Bautista Robredo’s lawyer, Romulo Ma- for purposes of cheating or rigging calintal, said there is no factual basis the elections in favor of any candi- to doubt the results of the 2016 elec- date. tions, noting that Bautista cannot by In effect, Macalintal said the himself manipulate the results of the impeachment complaint filed against elections in favor of any candidates. -
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Serquiña, Jr. / Melodrama of Migration 213 MELODRAMA OF MIGRATION Suffering, Performance, and Stardom in Ricardo Lee’s DH: Domestic Helper Oscar Tantoco Serquiña, Jr. University of the Philippines [email protected] Abstract This essay revisitsDH : Domestic Helper, a 1992 play from the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) that explores how Philippine labor out-migration ensnares female migrant subjects in states of perennial leave-takings and tentative resettlements abroad. The discussion comprehends the suffering that overseas Filipina workers experience, as well as the agency that they demonstrate through performance in everyday life outside their source country. This essay concludes with an inter-subjective analysis of the very star and ultimate persuasion of PETA’s phenomenal theater production, Nora Aunor, the melodramatic mode of theater making, and the topic of labor out-migration. By putting these issues side by side, this essay discursively intertwines stardom, theater, the domestic, and the diasporic. Keywords Philippine plays, feminized labor, Nora Aunor, Ricardo Lee, Brechtian structure, plays-within- a-play, Superstar, nationalist theater, people's theater About the Author Oscar Tantoco Serquiña, Jr. is a faculty member from the Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts at the University of the Philippines. He is currently a doctoral candidate in Theatre Studies at the University of Melbourne. His essays have appeared inTheatre Research International, Humanities Diliman, the Philippine Political Science Journal, Philippine Studies, and the Philippine Humanities Review. Kritika Kultura 35 (2020): 213–255 © Ateneo de Manila University <http://journals.ateneo.edu/ojs/kk/> Serquiña, Jr. / Melodrama of Migration 214 Penned by the critically acclaimed and commercially successful nationalist writer, Ricardo Lee, the play DH: Domestic Helper spotlighted the plight of Filipino domestic helpers and shored up the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA)’s ambition of developing a people’s theater aesthetics. -
The Filipino Film Industry 23 NICANOR G
EAST-WEST FILM JOURNAL VOLUME 6· NUMBER 2 SPECIAL ISSUE ON SOUTHEAST ASIAN CINEMA Cinema, Nation, and Culture in Southeast Asia: Enframing a Relationship I WIMAL DISSANAYAKE The Filipino Film Industry 23 NICANOR G. TIONGSON The Rise and Fall of the Film Industry in Thailand, 1897-1992 BOONRAK BOONYAKETMALA The Rise of the Indonesian Film Industry 99 SALIM SAID Asia and the Global Film Industry II6 ELIZABETH B. BUCK Book Reviews 134 JULY 1992 The East-West Center is a public, nonprofit educational institution with an international board of governors. Some 2,000 research fellows, grad uate students, and professionals in business and government each year work with the Center's international staff in cooperative study, training, and research. They examine major issues related to population, resources and development, the environment, culture, and communication in Asia, the Pacific, and the United States. The Center was established in 1960 by the United States Congress, which provides principal funding. Support also comes from more than twenty Asian and Pacific governments, as well as private agencies and corporations. Cinema, Nation, and Culture in Southeast Asia: Enframing a Relationship WIMAL DISSANAYAKE THIS PAPER consists of four interrelated parts. In the first, I wish to dis cuss the implications of cinema as a specific cultural practice. The second part is devoted to an examination of the notion of culture as it impinges on cinematic practice. The third part seeks to examine the centrality of the notion of ideology as it relates to cinema as a signifying practice, while the fourth is devoted to brief analysis of some films produced in ASEAN in the light of the earlier discussions.