Was out drinking with friends the other night at John Torres’ screening of his film Year When I was a Child Outside and hangover got the best of me. Shout out to Kints, Nino, Jules, Iris and Ian Lomongo for a wonderful night. Have part 4 of Disconnection, (Please) Notice up already. Thanks for reading.
Multi-awarded independent filmmaker Khavn De La Cruz will screen his film Ultimo: Different Ways of Killing a National Hero on June 19, 4PM at the Bulwagang Rizal in UP Diliman.
Ultimo which has received the Valiente Award from La Palma International Film Festival explores Filipino identity and nationhood through scenes from a poetic documentary of Khavn’s meanderings in Spain interspersed with lines from Jose Rizal’s Mi Ultimo Adios.
Shot on location in La Palma, the 90 minute, black-and-white, silent film will have live scoring by Khavn on piano and Junji Lerma of Radioactive Sago Project on guitar.
Ultimo, along with a dance performance from Donna Miranda and Diego Marana plus spokenword poetry from National Artist Bienvenido Lumbera with an art installation from Norberto Roldan back-to-back with Virgilio S. Almario’s lecture entitled “Rizal German Literary Connections” followed by the launch of his latest book Rizal: Nobelista, a collection of critical essays on the literary greatness of the Noli and Fili.
Okay all dolled up to go to Shang for the French Film Festival in support of Raya’s film titled Now Showing, but before scooting, here’s the second part of Disconnection, (Please) Notice.
Last Saturday for art’s sake, I got arrested. Barangay Hall and all.
Lav Diaz shot a scene at my house and caused a little commotion that had a whole team of Barangay Tanods and a couple of cops at our door.
Thank goodness for PR Skills and uber short shorts.
Anyway, on to business.
Disconnection, (Please) Notice. The story is essentially about a long distance relationship between two people that had to be separated by necessity, effed up state of Philippine economics, social status, etc.
But to me this is just a story about a guy who at the slightest thought of, would always turn me back in to a giddy High School girl. This story is for him.
Now that the ride with Karen’s He Only Had to Say Her Name is over, share your thoughts here.
What would you have done in the same situation? Do you think James liked the author back? Do you also like bad boys? I do. But that’s beside the point. Let’s hear what you have to say.