Little brown comedies

Description

A collection of short films by the enfant terrible of Philippine cinema, including 'Amen, a brown comedy' -- a satire on the traditional Filipino custom of having younger people raise the hands of their elders, to their own foreheads, as a greeting and also as a superficial mark of respect; 'Ultimo: Different ways of killing a national hero' -- an adaptation of Jose Rizal's poem, 'Mi ultimo adios' (My Last Goodbye). Jose Rizal was a Philippine national hero, who had been sentenced to death by firing squad, by the Spanish government in 1896; I'm Not Batman; John Cage; Memory of Dawn; Headless (Pugot); This Is Not a Found Footage Film; By The Suez Canal. Awards/Festivals: .Mov International Digital Film Festival 1998.

Runtime

73 min

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Date of Publication

2009

Database

Alexander Street

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