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Thai Critic Kong Rithdee on Babel, with a touch of Heremias

Feb 23, 2007 15:12

From Kong's blog, an excerpt of his review of Babel.

Charting the courses of the characters' lives is no doubt a job of screenwriters and directors. Catholic or Calvinist or Buddhist, they're all playing God, and playing God is part of the game. But to some directors, playing God also means acknowledging God -- to humble oneself before a greater ( Read more... )

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knowthewords February 23 2007, 07:18:45 UTC

I didn't know that Heremias had a longer title. Lizard Princess?

And the reviewer is agreeable on this one.

_fiction_ February 23 2007, 07:20:40 UTC

belated happy birthday mr.basse!
yeah, lizard princess. its the story that the bus driver tells him, if you remember.

babel is a stinker, man. quite a shame.

shmartypants February 23 2007, 18:39:48 UTC

"Heremias is perfectly edited. although in my opinion it is 2 hours too short."

lookahippie February 24 2007, 11:45:24 UTC

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

_fiction_ February 24 2007, 20:29:51 UTC

thanks! does that mean you'll give me your dads bands cd as a gift?

lookahippie February 25 2007, 02:43:49 UTC

maaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyybe! Hahahaha. Every time I ask for a copy of his music to give to you, he laughs at me.

will you be in school on tuesday??? I will bother you!

Babel-Heremias anonymous February 24 2007, 20:06:23 UTC

That may be true about Heremias in comparison to Babel....but at least Babel's producer's make their film available to anyone interested to view them. I've never seen Heremias, Ebolusyon, or Batang Westside...and not for lack of trying. I've scoured the net, philippine dvd websites, emailed Diaz, begged for a VHS dub and offered to pay well...just to see one of these so-called gems... no luck. I guess it's my fault I live in San Francisco, and not in Manila. Hopefully Diaz's producer's will wake up one day and realize no one but themselves will distribute Diaz's films, and finally start pressing DVD's for the rest of us hungry for good cinema. Until then, I'll just withold judgement about how great his films are until I see one.

best,Misha Anissimov manissimov@yahoo.com

Re: Babel-Heremias anonymous February 24 2007, 20:19:44 UTC

Here's an open offer to anybody out there in blog-land.
Send me a copy of BATANG WESTSIDE, EBOLUSYON, and/or HEREMIAS.
and I will Western Union you $50 per film (after I get it--I promise)
send to:
Misha Anissimov-Cine 101
1315 23rd Ave, Suite 214
San Francisco, CALIF 94122

Re: Babel-Heremias _fiction_ February 24 2007, 20:27:40 UTC

that's nice that you've tried, and i'm sorry to hear you've had no luck. diaz does want dvds released and as many people to see as possible to see the works, but there have been a few complications. here is the situation, as far as i know it ( ... )

anonymous February 27 2007, 03:24:31 UTC

Ending ng Heremias!! Oh crap.

anonymous July 25 2007, 09:23:49 UTC

Heremias will in fact be playing this Sunday at the CCP for the Cinemalaya.

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