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Corazon
directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973- (Philippines: Privately Published), 1 hour 20 mins
No story. No actors. An unedited blur of random images from a day in a life of 'Hesus Corazon, the serial rapist-killer of Manila who collects women's hearts in glass jars'. Mixed with found footage. Accompanied by a non-sequitur deluge of distorted guitar, a synthetic piano orchestra, drum&bass, and abstract spok...
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directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973- (Philippines: Privately Published), 1 hour 20 mins
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No story. No actors. An unedited blur of random images from a day in a life of 'Hesus Corazon, the serial rapist-killer of Manila who collects women's hearts in glass jars'. Mixed with found footage. Accompanied by a non-sequitur deluge of distorted guitar, a synthetic piano orchestra, drum&bass, and abstract spoken word poetry.
Date Written / Recorded
2010-06-28
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Author / Creator
Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Crime, Health
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2007 Used by permission of Khavn De La Cruz.
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Kontra Madiaga
directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; performed by Bembol Roco, 1953- (Philippines: Privately Published, 2008), 1 min
Kontra Madiaga is an excerpt from 'Manila in the Fangs of Darkness,' which is a deconstruction of and an ode to 'Manila in the Claws of Neon' (1975), a film by Lino Brocka, who is widely considered to be the most prolific Filipino filmmaker. His films were also the first to break into the international scene and b...
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directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; performed by Bembol Roco, 1953- (Philippines: Privately Published, 2008), 1 min
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Kontra Madiaga is an excerpt from 'Manila in the Fangs of Darkness,' which is a deconstruction of and an ode to 'Manila in the Claws of Neon' (1975), a film by Lino Brocka, who is widely considered to be the most prolific Filipino filmmaker. His films were also the first to break into the international scene and be screened at the Cannes Film Festival. In both films, Bembol Roco plays the part of a man who tries to protect the lady he loves. In '...
Kontra Madiaga is an excerpt from 'Manila in the Fangs of Darkness,' which is a deconstruction of and an ode to 'Manila in the Claws of Neon' (1975), a film by Lino Brocka, who is widely considered to be the most prolific Filipino filmmaker. His films were also the first to break into the international scene and be screened at the Cannes Film Festival. In both films, Bembol Roco plays the part of a man who tries to protect the lady he loves. In 'Manila in the Fangs of Darkness,' Bembol Roco plays the part of Kontra Madiaga, a hardened man who follows his love down the streets of Manila, taking revenge on all who have compromised her, in an attempt to preserve her innocence and protect her from the filth and vices of the city.
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Date Written / Recorded
2007
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Bembol Roco, 1953-
Author / Creator
Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-, Bembol Roco, 1953-
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Psychology
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2008 Used by permission of Khavn De La Cruz.
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The Muzzled Horse of an Engineer in Search of Mechanical Saddles
directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; performed by Michelle Sia, fl. 2008 and Ian Lomongo, fl. 2008-2012 (Philippines: Privately Published), 1 hour 21 mins
This surreal psychoscape from prolific Filipino enfant terrible Khavn De La Cruz was filmed in 24 hours during Holy Week in Quiapo in downtown Manila. Khavn focuses on an unemployed engineer who is troubled by images of horses: horses mating, race horses pursuing him, horse-drawn calesas carrying beautiful women...
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directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; performed by Michelle Sia, fl. 2008 and Ian Lomongo, fl. 2008-2012 (Philippines: Privately Published), 1 hour 21 mins
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This surreal psychoscape from prolific Filipino enfant terrible Khavn De La Cruz was filmed in 24 hours during Holy Week in Quiapo in downtown Manila. Khavn focuses on an unemployed engineer who is troubled by images of horses: horses mating, race horses pursuing him, horse-drawn calesas carrying beautiful women, a Philippine centaur or Tikbalang calmly watching a holy week procession. Says Khavn: "while the Chinese zodiac looks up to the ima...
This surreal psychoscape from prolific Filipino enfant terrible Khavn De La Cruz was filmed in 24 hours during Holy Week in Quiapo in downtown Manila. Khavn focuses on an unemployed engineer who is troubled by images of horses: horses mating, race horses pursuing him, horse-drawn calesas carrying beautiful women, a Philippine centaur or Tikbalang calmly watching a holy week procession. Says Khavn: "while the Chinese zodiac looks up to the image of the horse as one of intelligence, independence, and a certain free-spirited attitude, the same image is also an icon of wild, uncontainable virility for the Filipino man, preoccupied with his macho role as the strong provider in a patriarchal familial set-up." Added to the hallucinatory images are horse poems recited by the engineer and discordant electronic music. Festivals: Berlin Film Festival; Thessaloniki Film Festival.
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Date Written / Recorded
2010-06-28
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Michelle Sia, fl. 2008, Ian Lomongo, fl. 2008-2012
Author / Creator
Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-, Michelle Sia, fl. 2008, Ian Lomongo, fl. 2008-2012
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Animals
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2008 Used by permission of Khavn De La Cruz.
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Three Days of Darkness
directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; performed by Precious Adona, fl. 2007-2008, Katya Santos, 1982- and Gwen Garci, fl. 1998-2011 (Philippines: Privately Published), 1 hour 18 mins
'So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and total darkness covered all Egypt for three days.' In Khavn De La Cruz's horror pastiche, the Apocalypse has hit three beautiful young women in the form of a power blackout in a haunted house in Manila. Michiko, who is half Japanese and can't live without her c...
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directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; performed by Precious Adona, fl. 2007-2008, Katya Santos, 1982- and Gwen Garci, fl. 1998-2011 (Philippines: Privately Published), 1 hour 18 mins
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'So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and total darkness covered all Egypt for three days.' In Khavn De La Cruz's horror pastiche, the Apocalypse has hit three beautiful young women in the form of a power blackout in a haunted house in Manila. Michiko, who is half Japanese and can't live without her cell phone, evokes that Japanese movie One last call. The horror she experiences is worse than a cell phone that kills: her phone does...
'So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and total darkness covered all Egypt for three days.' In Khavn De La Cruz's horror pastiche, the Apocalypse has hit three beautiful young women in the form of a power blackout in a haunted house in Manila. Michiko, who is half Japanese and can't live without her cell phone, evokes that Japanese movie One last call. The horror she experiences is worse than a cell phone that kills: her phone doesn't get any reception in the haunted house. Blonde half-American Kimberly has discovered that she is pregnant, and though her corrupt confessor has told her to get an abortion, she prefers lighting candles and praying to ill-lit religious images. Her situation recalls Polanski's seventies cult classic Rosemary's Baby. And then there is Isabel, who tries to break free of a boyfriend who is just not that into her (except physically). All three are haunted not by CGI ghosts or monstrous killers, but by glimpses of their deepest desires and fears briefly lit by candles or cell-phone glimmers. Cult digital director Khavn gives us a genre and gender-bending mix of Satanism, horror and eroticism (the titles proudly display the condemnation of the Philippine film criticism board and a rating of X or M-18). As commentator Ramon Beyron says: 'If a film be rated for adults, let it be with a genuine adult premise and stance and substance. Awards/Festivals: Festival Paris Cinma 2008; International Film Festival Rotterdam.
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Date Written / Recorded
2010-06-28
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Precious Adona, fl. 2007-2008, Katya Santos, 1982-, Gwen Garci, fl. 1998-2011
Author / Creator
Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-, Precious Adona, fl. 2007-2008, Katya Santos, 1982-, Gwen Garci, fl. 1998-2011
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Philosophy
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2009 Used by permission of Khavn De La Cruz.
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The Trial of Mr. Serapio
directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973- (Philippines: Privately Published), 1 hour 13 mins
Khavn De La Cruz is a filmmaker, rock musician, poet and producer, the enfant terrible of low-budget (or no-budget) filmless films in the Philippines. The digital guerrilla turns his subversive gaze to the first Filipino postmodern play, 'The Trial of Mr. Serapio,' written in 1969 by Paul Dumont. An old beggar is...
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directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973- (Philippines: Privately Published), 1 hour 13 mins
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Khavn De La Cruz is a filmmaker, rock musician, poet and producer, the enfant terrible of low-budget (or no-budget) filmless films in the Philippines. The digital guerrilla turns his subversive gaze to the first Filipino postmodern play, 'The Trial of Mr. Serapio,' written in 1969 by Paul Dumont. An old beggar is brought before the Kafkaesque tribunal of 'the Federation,' a tyrannical government which accuses him of the crime of trying to raise...
Khavn De La Cruz is a filmmaker, rock musician, poet and producer, the enfant terrible of low-budget (or no-budget) filmless films in the Philippines. The digital guerrilla turns his subversive gaze to the first Filipino postmodern play, 'The Trial of Mr. Serapio,' written in 1969 by Paul Dumont. An old beggar is brought before the Kafkaesque tribunal of 'the Federation,' a tyrannical government which accuses him of the crime of trying to raise a child! It doesn't seem to matter that Serapio's wife and child are both dead. The two pig-like judges threaten to blind him if he is found guilty. The millennial adaptation of the theme intersperses the black and white sixties-style play with Khavn's trademark bleached-out color footage. The idealistic Serapio plays his guitar and sings of the failures of the 'People Power Revolution' and walks through crowded streets. Festivals: Cinemalaya: Philippine Independent Film Festival 2010.
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Date Written / Recorded
2010-06-28
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Author / Creator
Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Philosophy
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2009 Used by permission of Khavn De La Cruz.
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Vampire of Quezon City
directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973- (Philippines: Privately Published), 1 hour 5 mins
A serial killer is raping and murdering the most beautiful young women of Quezon City, and the detectives in this vampiro-porno-noir despair of capturing him. In flashbacks, we learn of his mother's beatings and his own cruelties to dogs. He seems like a classic psychopath, and yet when the detectives learn that...
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directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973- (Philippines: Privately Published), 1 hour 5 mins
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A serial killer is raping and murdering the most beautiful young women of Quezon City, and the detectives in this vampiro-porno-noir despair of capturing him. In flashbacks, we learn of his mother's beatings and his own cruelties to dogs. He seems like a classic psychopath, and yet when the detectives learn that the killer comes from Capiz in the Western region of Visaya, they wonder if he is not also an aswang, a vampire-like creature who has b...
A serial killer is raping and murdering the most beautiful young women of Quezon City, and the detectives in this vampiro-porno-noir despair of capturing him. In flashbacks, we learn of his mother's beatings and his own cruelties to dogs. He seems like a classic psychopath, and yet when the detectives learn that the killer comes from Capiz in the Western region of Visaya, they wonder if he is not also an aswang, a vampire-like creature who has been part of Philippine folklore since the 16th century. The graphic violence is filmed in black and white, appropriate to both film noir and the pseudo-snuff film. There are monologues by the detective and the killer, but the only female to speak is the abusive mother. The victims endure a disturbing range of mutilations and abuse, though there is little female nudity. Viewers should be warned that there is male nudity, sodomy, fellatio, and a range of profanations of crucifixes and other religious images. Not a Twilight-style vampire movie, it includes garlic necklaces, drinking blood and devouring viscera, but the aswang creates no new vampires. Khavn De La Cruz's latest pushing of digital boundaries is not for the faint of heart. Awards/Festivals: Split International Film Festival; Athens Porn Film Festival; Berlin Porn Film Festival.
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Date Written / Recorded
2010-06-28
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Author / Creator
Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Crime, Health
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2006 Used by permission of Khavn De La Cruz.
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