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Manila by Night
A Queer Film Classic
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This book is ideal for readers interested in film history, Philippine politics, queer culture, and the arts. It will appeal to those who appreciate critical studies of cinema within socio-political contexts.
A Queer Film Classic on IshmaelBernal's 1980 film that follows a dozencharacters, all denizens of Manila's sordid yet exuberant underworld, as theypursue life, love, and pleasure. Bernal cited Robert Altman's Nashville as one of the influences onhis epic, multi-narrative approach to cinema, and Manila by Night
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A Queer Film Classic on Ishmael Bernal's 1980 film that follows a dozen characters, all denizens of Manila's sordid yet exuberant underworld, as they pursue life, love, and pleasure. Bernal cited Robert Altman's Nashville as one of the influences on his epic, multi-narrative approach to cinema. Manila by Night ultimately won the Best Picture award from the Filipino Film Critics.
Upon completion, the film was banned in the Philippines by the tyrannical Marcos regime for its "unsavoury" depiction of life in the Philippine capital. This started an arduous journey through repression and censorship before finally being released by the government as proof of its more tolerant policies on the eve of the "People's Power" uprising of 1986.
David's book explores the political, cultural, and historical ramifications of this important film.
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ISBN: 9781551527079
Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 April 2018
Country: Canada
Imprint: Arsenal Pulp Press
Illustration: Illustrations
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 127.0mm
Height: 203.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 200
About the Author
Joel David: Joel David is an Associate Professor of Cultural Studies at Inha University, Korea. He holds a Ph.D. in Cinema Studies at New York University. The author of several books on Philippine cinema, he had won the Manila Critics Circle's National Book Award for Film Criticism, among other prizes. He was founding Director of the University of the Philippines Film Institute.
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