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Paalam Aking Bulalakaw = Goodbye My Shooting Star
directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; performed by Nella Sarabia, fl. 2006, Khavn De La Cruz, 1973- and Meryll Soriano, 1982- (Philippines: Privately Published), 1 hour 23 mins
K. loves Ana. Then Ana went missing. But now she's back. And so is K. The walk through the old school. The strange encounters. The eye doctor. The rekindled memories. Chance? Or design? What we talk about when we talk about love are the things unsaid. The words that fail. The love songs in your head. The poetry be...
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directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; performed by Nella Sarabia, fl. 2006, Khavn De La Cruz, 1973- and Meryll Soriano, 1982- (Philippines: Privately Published), 1 hour 23 mins
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K. loves Ana. Then Ana went missing. But now she's back. And so is K. The walk through the old school. The strange encounters. The eye doctor. The rekindled memories. Chance? Or design? What we talk about when we talk about love are the things unsaid. The words that fail. The love songs in your head. The poetry between the lines.
Date Written / Recorded
2006
Field of Study
Film
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Nella Sarabia, fl. 2006, Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-, Meryll Soriano, 1982-
Author / Creator
Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-, Nella Sarabia, fl. 2006, Meryll Soriano, 1982-
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Romantic relationships
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2006 Used by permission of 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
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'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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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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Squatter Punk
directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973- (Philippines: Privately Published), 1 hour 19 mins
Set in the slums of Manila where law enforcement is rare, Squatterpunk chronicles the punk lifestyles of the youth as they scavenge the garbage beach for a living while still managing to play around. A film that casts a tenderly poetic eye at the squalor of Manila.
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directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973- (Philippines: Privately Published), 1 hour 19 mins
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Set in the slums of Manila where law enforcement is rare, Squatterpunk chronicles the punk lifestyles of the youth as they scavenge the garbage beach for a living while still managing to play around. A film that casts a tenderly poetic eye at the squalor of Manila.
Field of Study
Film
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Poverty
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2007 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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The Twelve
directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973- (United States: Privately Published, 2001), 1 hour 41 mins
In utilizing mixed genres, 'The Twelve' tells the story of the Apostles' reincarnations awaiting the Second Coming of Christ at the end of the century. Deftly structured into drinking scenes and musical vignettes, the film transports us into a tragicomic world of film noir, sci-fi, melodrama, adventure, satire, an...
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directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973- (United States: Privately Published, 2001), 1 hour 41 mins
Description
In utilizing mixed genres, 'The Twelve' tells the story of the Apostles' reincarnations awaiting the Second Coming of Christ at the end of the century. Deftly structured into drinking scenes and musical vignettes, the film transports us into a tragicomic world of film noir, sci-fi, melodrama, adventure, satire, and others.
Date Written / Recorded
2001
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Author / Creator
Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Religion
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2012 Used by permission of Khavn De La Cruz.
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Ultimo
directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973- (Philippines: Privately Published), 25 mins
Farewell, to all I love. To die is to rest, writes Jose Rizal, and where his poem ends, "Ultimo" begins. It is a black-and-white silent film, with scenes from the director's meanderings in La Palma (Canary Islands, Spain) inspired by Rizal's poem, which was written a day before the hero's execution in 1896. It exp...
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directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973- (Philippines: Privately Published), 25 mins
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Farewell, to all I love. To die is to rest, writes Jose Rizal, and where his poem ends, "Ultimo" begins. It is a black-and-white silent film, with scenes from the director's meanderings in La Palma (Canary Islands, Spain) inspired by Rizal's poem, which was written a day before the hero's execution in 1896. It explores identity and nationhood as viewed through a post-colonial lens.
Field of Study
Film
Content Type
Performance
Author / Creator
Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Nationalism
Copyright Message
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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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