tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post2752104984542748639..comments2024-01-26T00:54:19.338+08:00Comments on Lessons From the School of Inattention: Tirador (2007)Oggs Cruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041599863258946384noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-61332108220058701332010-07-28T22:31:15.251+08:002010-07-28T22:31:15.251+08:00you two guys are great authenticator,, so keep it ...you two guys are great authenticator,, so keep it up.. in that matter lets say____ oyeah!!!rafvenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05489475560140026594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-27539467510934279582008-07-13T06:12:00.000+08:002008-07-13T06:12:00.000+08:00I owe Dante an article or two, sure.But I've got s...I owe Dante an article or two, sure.But I've got such a huge backlog.Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-3206506567936000432008-07-11T11:31:00.000+08:002008-07-11T11:31:00.000+08:00I'd love to read your take on it, Noel. As for me,...I'd love to read your take on it, Noel. As for me, I admired the film's plotlessness, the way it exists primarily to showcase (or to Brillante-critics, make us believe) that there is a hell we might not have known existed (or if we did, we might not have been aware of its gravity) in Manila.Oggs Cruzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03041599863258946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-11844437382878431502008-07-11T09:36:00.000+08:002008-07-11T09:36:00.000+08:00Handheld camerawork, jump cuts, shots going in and...Handheld camerawork, jump cuts, shots going in and out of the intricacies of the slum ghettoes. Basically the language of urban noir, as it's seen nowadays--City of God comes to mind. <BR/><BR/>I can see where the movie's saying what you see it saying, but, hey, Pixote, Los Olvidados, even the rather peurile Salaam Bombay. That said, this may be the first Filipino film to concentrate on the lower-class youth (there's Gangland, but that's more a fantasy about urban youths than an honest depiction).Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-42180575056110239212008-07-09T19:52:00.000+08:002008-07-09T19:52:00.000+08:00Thanks for the correction. That's what you get whe...Thanks for the correction. That's what you get when your mixing work and blogging... hehe.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, Tirador is unflinchingly furious.Oggs Cruzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03041599863258946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-989587804380574342008-07-09T19:01:00.000+08:002008-07-09T19:01:00.000+08:00"Where Manoro was timid, hopeful, but with a tinge..."Where Manoro was timid, hopeful, but with a tinge of cynicism, Manoro is furious."<BR/><BR/>I think you mean "Tirador is furious."I Complainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229715866747643836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-12024399222827283702008-07-09T16:59:00.000+08:002008-07-09T16:59:00.000+08:00Hmmm... I never thought of Tirador as noir-ish, ca...Hmmm... I never thought of Tirador as noir-ish, care to explain. Tirador is just like an almanac of petty crimes in the Philippines, tied incoherently by a thin thread of convenient plotting. What makes it really good is that it actually says something more than "hey world, we're poor, we're miserable." It's more of a "hey world, we're poor and the politics and religion you taught us turned this fucking land into a living hell." It's like an angrier Manoro. Where Manoro was timid, hopeful, but with a tinge of cynicism, Manoro is furious.Oggs Cruzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03041599863258946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-77926945049912103962008-07-09T05:17:00.000+08:002008-07-09T05:17:00.000+08:00Interesting. I liked Foster Child well enough and ...Interesting. I liked Foster Child well enough and thought Manoro was very good (his best), and that Kaleldo was okay, but I had problems with Tirador--namely that he was trying out noir techniques and not quite succeeding.Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-50576858936681696302008-07-08T07:51:00.000+08:002008-07-08T07:51:00.000+08:00Hi Noel,Definitely not your imagination... but I l...Hi Noel,<BR/><BR/>Definitely not your imagination... but I like Manoro and Serbis(with some reservations). Tirador is also very good. As much as it hurts my pride to say this, but I guess Brillante Mendoza indeed lives up to the hype.Oggs Cruzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03041599863258946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-48265932327471452992008-07-08T06:48:00.000+08:002008-07-08T06:48:00.000+08:00Hm, oggs, is it my imagination, or is this the fir...Hm, oggs, is it my imagination, or is this the first film of Mendoza's you actually liked?Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.com