The following are initial thoughts after having seen Diaz's eleven hour epic Evolution of a Filipino Family. Similar to all of his other films, there is a lot to say and I will probably return to the film in future posts.

First of all, after the rather disappointing encounter with Norte The End of History (brief comments here and register and become a member of The Arts of (Slow) Cinema or login to continue reading. I will not sell your data, I just want to protect my writing from the all-devouring AI bots.