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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...

Misc

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...

Films

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...

Films

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,...

Films

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...

Papers

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...

Interviews

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...

Films Misc

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...

Films

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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