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Nick Deocampo’s Film: American Influences on Philippine Cinema (2011), together with his previous volume, Cine: Spanish Influences on Early Cinema in the Philippines (2003), are thus far the definitive and most comprehensive history of early cinema in the Philippines.
Oct 21, 2022 · Jinggoy Estrada's K-Drama comments shine the spotlight on the deeper issues that plague the Philippine film industry. Gone are the days when our filmmakers had the proper support. And to think, Korean directors have long admired Filipino cinema.
- The Revolution and The Cinematografo
- Cinematografo Rizal
- José Nepomuceno
- Noli Me Tangere
- Zamboanga
- World War II
- Four Studios Emerge After WW2
- War Films
- Susana C. de Guzman
- Golden Age of Philippine Cinema
Films were first shown in the Philippine Islands in 1897 during the revolt against Spain, when two Swiss businessmen sponsored the opening of the Cinematografo in Manila. From this, the word “cine” became slang for the movies. The Cinematografo showed documentaries brought in from the U.S. and Europe, and closed after just a few months because the ...
Named for national hero Dr. José Rizal, (1861–1896), who helped spur the Philippine Revolution, the Cinematografo Rizal opened in Manila in 1903. It was the first movie theater owned by a Filipino. Cinematografo Filipino opened sometime later in Tondo, helping to establish movies as an important element in Philippine culture. Films started to chang...
The father of Philippine cinema, José Nepomuceno (1893–1959), was a successful photographer before switching to movies. He opened a production company called Malayan Movies in 1917, followed two years later by his releasing the first Filipino-produced film, Dalagang Bukid (akaCountry Maiden), starring Atang de la Rama.
Released in 1930, Nepomuceno's masterpiece was Noli Me Tangere (akaThe Social Cancer), based on José Rizal's Spanish-language novel of the same name. Rizal's story is credited with spurring a sense of nationalism among Filipinos of the day. The American film Syncopation was the first “talkie” shown in the Philippines. The first locally produced fil...
Philippine studios emerged in the period 1934 to 1941, producing several pictures simultaneously in the manner of Hollywood studios. The first internationally known Philippine film was Zamboanga, starring Fernando Poe, Sr. and Rosa del Rosario. Most stars during this time were mestizos, i.e., Filipinos with mixed foreign blood or Caucasian features...
With World War II raging, the 1940s brought an awareness of violence and conflict to Philippine films. The Japanese occupation brought an end to filmmaking until the occupiers revived the industry for propaganda purposes. They brought Japanese films to the Islands, but the locals didn't take to them. The paucity of locally-produced films drove Fili...
The war ended in 1945, and the Philippines became a free republic in 1946. With the domestic film business essentially dormant due to the war, Hollywood studios initially dominated the market. However, four major Philippine film companies emerged after the war. LVN Pictures specialized in comedy and Sampaguita Pictures in melodrama, while Premiere ...
Post-war Philippine films featured raw emotion, patriotism and heroism. War films released in 1946 included Garrison 13, Dugo at Bayan (akaThe Country's Blood), Walang Kamatayan (akaDeathless) and Guerilyera, but the most acclaimed film from that year was Orasang Ginto(LVN), directed by Manuel Conde. War films celebrated resistance movements and al...
By the late '40s, Philippine cinema had expanded beyond war themes to include comedies, melodramas, and romance films like 1948's Sarung Banggi, directed by one of the earliest (and few) Filipina directors, Susana C. De Guzman. This is one of her first films for LVN and it stars golden age icons Rogelio de la Rosa as Nanding and Mila del Sol as Mar...
In the 1950s, the big four studios produced about 350 films per year. These played in just two Manila locations, the Dalisay Theater and Life Theater, while Hollywood fare was shown everywhere else. The big four controlled the industry, each employing its own stars, directors and staff. The first full-color Philippine film was Prinsipe Amante (1951...
Apr 15, 2013 · Referencing insights from Cultural Studies and taking a jazz-age perspective, this essay aims to historicise and ‘locate the popular’ in colonial Indonesia and the Philippines. A new cultural era …
Feb 1, 2013 · The volume explores Hollywood’s grip on movie magazines, gender in film journalism, typologies of unknown trade press and movie magazine markets, and subversive Tijuana bibles.
- Patrick Campos
Direk, a collection of essays on Filipino filmmakers, presents an accessible and provocative introduction to Philippine cinema. Notable Filipino critics write o...
Dec 19, 2018 · Philippine Cinema and the Cultural Economy of Distribution. Michael Kho Lim. 273 Accesses. Abstract. This chapter profiles and characterises some of the relatively new and emerging industry players in Philippine cinema in the last two decades.
