Dates for Lav Diaz retrospective in Brussels
The schedule has finally been published and I’m happy to list the dates of the Cinematek’s Lav Diaz retrospective here, starting in mid-September and lasting...
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Tag: Philippines
Venues for Lav Diaz film strand wanted
June 8, 2015
by Nadin Mai
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Now that my thesis is almost on the way to the printer, I can start focusing on other things. After three years of research, I...
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Lav Diaz Retrospective in Manila
January 21, 2015
by Nadin Mai
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This is the first part of hopefully many that will accompany my journey through the organisation of a major retrospective of Lav Diaz’s works in his...
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Storm Children, Book One – Lav Diaz (2014)
November 4, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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Just in time for the anniversary of the horrific disaster that typhoon Yolanda brought about the Philippines, the Guardian published a special report on life...
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Prologue to the Great Desaparecido – Lav Diaz (2013)
October 23, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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It's rare that Lav Diaz creates a short film. His contribution to a film omnibus for the Venice Film Festival last year was, I think,...
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Imburnal – Sherad Anthony Sanchez (2008)
October 7, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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If you're done watching Lav Diaz's long films and need a film to fix this problem, Sherad Anthony Sanchez' three-and-a-half hour film Imburnal (2008) may...
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The concentrationary universe in the films of Lav Diaz (paper)
September 8, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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RPG Conference, University of Stirling, 4 September 2014 Introduction At the end of 1943, Primo Levi, a trained chemist from Italy, was arrested, and a...
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Interview with Lav Diaz (Extracts, Part III)
August 22, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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This is the third and last installment of my interview with Lav Diaz. Parts I and II can be found here and here. I have...
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In defense of a lack of craft
July 20, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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I read a rather irritating article about Lav Diaz's Norte, written by Adrian Martin for the Sight & Sound magazine. His reading of the film...
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Evolution of a Filipino Family – Lav Diaz (2004)
April 5, 2014
by Nadin Mai
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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...
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