Wow. Napanood ko to nung high school ako, & like all the guys I know na ma-hip hop, adored it for the style, the explosions. The visual assault.
Ff to now. I finished college two years ago. In my senior year, I had a class called Japanese Art by Dr. Santos. Pinay na media scholar who specializes in subcultures. Napaka napaka galing! Ang dami naming natutunan mula sa Ukiyo-e hanggang Post-War media. Pero meron din kaming Architecture, History (in the lens…
Really loved it haha
Aleks came out really digging it ain’t me babe.
Ako naman, I wish the blues sequence lasted 30 mins
Nadali talaga to sa script eh. Sobrang ganda ng premise: How do we move in/out/within the mis/translations in our relationships? Then boom. Two heroes in Ken Yamamura and Gabby Pangilinan with a sweet on-screen chemistry; the cultural barrier working heavy for the film. The world looks pretty, and the actors are charming.
But then too much talk. Hindi alintana sa akin kung mumble-core ang pelikula. (Though personally I never liked it.) Ang problema, walang tiwala si writer/director Jopy Arnaldo sa mga taong…
Wearing my poet hat here instead of my baby semiotician one: the intertext in this movie is insane. American Gothic (Wood), Marlon Brando through Coppola, Ari Aster energy, Kurosawa framing, even a painting from Dutch renaissance (for the life of me I can’t remember which one, but when I saw it I threw my hands in the air and said Tangina totoo ka ba?!) (Was it Degas?)… Wow. In his 80s still as sharp as ever. Thank you Mr. Scorsese…
