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Bahag Kings
directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; produced by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; performed by Myke Sarthou, fl. 2008, Roxlee, 1950- and Elmo Redrico, 1959-2006 (Philippines: Privately Published), 1 hour 14 mins
A group of tribal leaders from the jungle search the city like a hard rock band. Or is it a rock group looking for the jungle? The filmmaker was arrested for the film, together with his half naked kings. Funny, unpolished, musical and (hence) also a little bit political.
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directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; produced by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; performed by Myke Sarthou, fl. 2008, Roxlee, 1950- and Elmo Redrico, 1959-2006 (Philippines: Privately Published), 1 hour 14 mins
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A group of tribal leaders from the jungle search the city like a hard rock band. Or is it a rock group looking for the jungle? The filmmaker was arrested for the film, together with his half naked kings. Funny, unpolished, musical and (hence) also a little bit political. College
Date Written / Recorded
2008
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Myke Sarthou, fl. 2008, Roxlee, 1950-, Elmo Redrico, 1959-2006
Contributor
Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-
Author / Creator
Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-, Myke Sarthou, fl. 2008, Roxlee, 1950-, Elmo Redrico, 1959-2006
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Apparel, Asian ethnic groups, Cities, African Americans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2008 Used by permission of Khavn De La Cruz.
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Buryong
directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973- (Philippines: Privately Published, 2006), 1 hour 34 mins
A minute of a life. Bored to death. What is life? A series of moving stills. This is not a film by Khavn. "Buryong: 90 Minutes of Nothing" captures sixty-seconds-in-a-life, Philippine-time. From mundane chores, to work, to scenes of domesticity, to killing time, we are asked to observe and meditate on these moment...
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directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973- (Philippines: Privately Published, 2006), 1 hour 34 mins
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A minute of a life. Bored to death. What is life? A series of moving stills. This is not a film by Khavn. "Buryong: 90 Minutes of Nothing" captures sixty-seconds-in-a-life, Philippine-time. From mundane chores, to work, to scenes of domesticity, to killing time, we are asked to observe and meditate on these moments.
Date Written / Recorded
2006
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-
Date Published / Released
2004, 2006
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Cities, Domestic life
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2004 Used by permission of Khavn De La Cruz.
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Manila in the Fangs of Darkness
directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; performed by Brian Ong, fl. 2008, Ella Cortez, fl. 2008 and Bembol Roco, 1953- (Philippines: Privately Published), 1 hour 11 mins
'Manila in the Fangs of Darkness' 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....
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directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; performed by Brian Ong, fl. 2008, Ella Cortez, fl. 2008 and Bembol Roco, 1953- (Philippines: Privately Published), 1 hour 11 mins
Description
'Manila in the Fangs of Darkness' 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', Bemb...
'Manila in the Fangs of Darkness' 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. Festivals: Vienna International Film Festival 2008; Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 2009; Jeonju International Film Festival 2009.
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Field of Study
Film
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Brian Ong, fl. 2008, Ella Cortez, fl. 2008, Bembol Roco, 1953-
Author / Creator
Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-, Brian Ong, fl. 2008, Ella Cortez, fl. 2008, Bembol Roco, 1953-
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Cities, Romantic relationships
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2008 Used by permission of Khavn De La Cruz.
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Mondomanila
directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; produced by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; performed by Timothy Mabalot, fl. 2007-2014, Kristine Kintana, fl. 2008-2014 and Marife Necesito, fl. 1996-2013 (Privately Published, 2012), 1 hour 12 mins
Mondo Cane is the legendary and cruel shockumentary by Gualtiero Jacopetti. Khavn sees his own Mondo in Manila. Jacopetti was an outsider; Khavn is a participant. The secret of Khavn is that he shows poverty and injustice in an almost cheerful way, making it even more awkward.
Life in the slums of large Third Wor...
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directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; produced by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; performed by Timothy Mabalot, fl. 2007-2014, Kristine Kintana, fl. 2008-2014 and Marife Necesito, fl. 1996-2013 (Privately Published, 2012), 1 hour 12 mins
Description
Mondo Cane is the legendary and cruel shockumentary by Gualtiero Jacopetti. Khavn sees his own Mondo in Manila. Jacopetti was an outsider; Khavn is a participant. The secret of Khavn is that he shows poverty and injustice in an almost cheerful way, making it even more awkward.
Life in the slums of large Third World cities has been filmed in many different ways, but never before was a musical made about it. Khavn De La Cruz has been involved sinc...
Mondo Cane is the legendary and cruel shockumentary by Gualtiero Jacopetti. Khavn sees his own Mondo in Manila. Jacopetti was an outsider; Khavn is a participant. The secret of Khavn is that he shows poverty and injustice in an almost cheerful way, making it even more awkward.
Life in the slums of large Third World cities has been filmed in many different ways, but never before was a musical made about it. Khavn De La Cruz has been involved since 2003 with a unique celebration of the lives of losers in the ghettos of Manila, the Filipino capital. Characters like the teenager Tony D and his depraved friends. There’s Lovely Loanshark, the gambling addict, a slum milker who's always screaming. Sgt. Pepper is a policeman and (to his great dismay) the father of only daughters and a gay son. There’s Steve Banners, the old white pederast, and Ogo X, the misformed rapper. Mondomanila got support from HBF a long time ago and was finally made with mainly private money. The film shows a colourful, occasionally almost glamorous but also violent, rancid and perverse society in the gutter, in flashy, fast-cut scenes, with absurd dialogues and bizarre events. Khavn shakes up film styles to his heart's content: exuberant video clips, grubby film noir, hyper-realistic documentary and even slapstick - linked by an original story and rousing music.
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Date Written / Recorded
2012
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Timothy Mabalot, fl. 2007-2014, Kristine Kintana, fl. 2008-2014, Marife Necesito, fl. 1996-2013
Contributor
Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-
Author / Creator
Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-, Timothy Mabalot, fl. 2007-2014, Kristine Kintana, fl. 2008-2014, Marife Necesito, fl. 1996-2013
Date Published / Released
2010, 2012
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Filipino people, Youth, Slums, Chinese
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2012 by Khavn de la Cruz
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Philippine Bliss
directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; performed by Neil Elpusan, fl. 2008, Menk Cruzat, fl. 2008 and Therese Carlos, fl. 2007 (Philippines: Privately Published), 1 hour 20 mins
'Philippine Bliss' tells the tale of six modern-day Filipinos living in a single neighborhood, a housing project called B.L.I.S.S., started by the former Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos during the Martial Law era. These people, whose names allude to familiar characters from Jose Rizal's novels, narrate their...
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directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; performed by Neil Elpusan, fl. 2008, Menk Cruzat, fl. 2008 and Therese Carlos, fl. 2007 (Philippines: Privately Published), 1 hour 20 mins
Description
'Philippine Bliss' tells the tale of six modern-day Filipinos living in a single neighborhood, a housing project called B.L.I.S.S., started by the former Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos during the Martial Law era. These people, whose names allude to familiar characters from Jose Rizal's novels, narrate their private yet vivid stories of loss, longing, and Third World despair, all intersecting in a public arena that is their packed community...
'Philippine Bliss' tells the tale of six modern-day Filipinos living in a single neighborhood, a housing project called B.L.I.S.S., started by the former Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos during the Martial Law era. These people, whose names allude to familiar characters from Jose Rizal's novels, narrate their private yet vivid stories of loss, longing, and Third World despair, all intersecting in a public arena that is their packed community. Theirs are lives seen with an oftentimes comic eye, unabashedly bound by a wild and brimming sense of Filipino hope.
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Field of Study
Film
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Neil Elpusan, fl. 2008, Menk Cruzat, fl. 2008, Therese Carlos, fl. 2007
Author / Creator
Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-, Neil Elpusan, fl. 2008, Menk Cruzat, fl. 2008, Therese Carlos, fl. 2007
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Communities, Emotions and feelings
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2008 Used by permission of Khavn De La Cruz.
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