I apologize if this sounds weird but I recently watched 2 Lino Brocka movies Insiang & Manila in the Claws of Light and absolutely loved them. Only thing is its so hard to find any other films of Lino Brocka to watch online and I can't even find any of Ishmael Bernal if you guys know where I can watch them I will be very appreciative and will give you all big hugs :)))
And if you guys have any suggestions for Filipino films please let me know :))
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Just finished up title from Martin Scorseseβs World Cinema Project, Insiang (1976). I thoroughly enjoyed it, but i am curious to as why Insiang wanted revenge against Bebot? I assumed Bebot had just left her at the hotel for his own well being and i was under the impression they did not have sex the night before. I can be wrong and they did have sex and he left her, it makes sense but i took it that they didnβt.
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AW and Brocka would be WCP releases; Nguyen made the new David Lynch doc; not sure about Dick Clement.
Prompted by the post on Brocka's Bayan Ko 4K BluRay (which had to be imported from France) and the comments on this post calling for greater accessibility to classic Filipino films, I'm reminded of how (anecdotally) small the market adoption of BluRay seems to be locally. Throughout the 2010s I found it hard to find any physical BlyRay in stores, while being swamped with DVDs even when video stores were a thing.
I also find it interesting that hardly any Filipino films get a BluRay release here, at most only DVD if it does get released to home media. It's only recently, through streaming services, where we could get HD versions of many Filipino films at home. If only our media companies would release more of their back catalogue as many 90s and 2000s films are lost otherwise.
I remember asking ABS-CBN Film Restoration about this a while back, and the main reason they gave was to prevent piracy, where any widely distributed BluRay would eventually be ripped and uploaded online. I believe this reasoning also holds true for ABS/Star Cinema's more current releases. There are also only so many films with international significance that would merit something like a Criterion release (Brocka's Maynila comes to mind), which are equally as unavailable locally.
What are all your thoughts on these? Is physical media on the way out to give way to streaming? I'd argue physical still has a market with any film enthusiast as it undoubtedly provides the best picture quality possible, but is hardly convenient for everyone compared to loading up a streaming service.
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Best run in terms of anything
Robert Altman: Nashville, MASH, Images, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, 3 Women, The Long Goodbye, Buffalo Bill, Thieves Like Us, California Split, Brewster McCloud, A Wedding, Quintet, and A Perfect Couple.
Hal Ashby: Shampoo, Being There, Coming Home, The Landlord, Bound for Glory, The Last Detail, and Harold and Maude.
Martin Scorsese: Taxi Driver, Mean Streets, Boxcar Bertha, New York, New York, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, American Boy, Italianamerican, and The Last Waltz.
Francis Ford Coppola: The Godfather 1 & 2, The Conversation, and Apocalypse Now.
Steven Spielberg: Duel, Jaws, 1941, Sugarland Express, and Close Encounters Of The Third Kind.
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: The Merchant of Four Seasons, Despair, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Fox and His Friends, Satan's Brew, In a Year of 13 Moons, The Marriage of Maria Braun, Germany in Autumn, Chinese Roulette, Shadow of Angels, I Only Want You to Love Me, Martha, Effi Briest, World on a Wire, Rio das Mortes, Mathias Kneissl, Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?, The American Soldier, and Gods of the Plague.
Sydney Pollack: Jeremiah Johnson, Three Days of the Condor, The Way We Were, The Yakuza, The Electric Horseman, and Bobby Deerfield.
Bob Fosse: Cabaret, Lenny, and All That Jazz.
George Lucas: THX 1138, American Graffiti, and Star Wars.
Woody Allen: Annie Hall, Manhattan, Interiors, Bananas, Love and Death, and Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask).
John Huston: Fat City, Wise Blood, The Man Who Would Be King, Independence, The Mackintosh Man, and The Kremlin Letter.
George Roy Hill: The Sting, A Little Romance, The Great Waldo Pepper, Slap Shot, and Slaughterhouse-Five.
Milos Forman: Hair, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Taking Off, and Visions of Eight.
Sidney Lumet: Serpico, Network, Dog Day Afternoon, The Wiz, Equus, Murder on the Orient Express, The Offence, Lovin Molly, The Anderson Tapes, Last of the Mobile Hot Shots, Child's Play, and King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis.
Roman Polanski: Chinatown, Macbeth, Tess, What?, and The Tenant.
Clint Eastwood: The Outlaw Josey Wales, High Plains Drifter, The Gauntlet, The Eiger Sanction, Breezy, and Play Misty for Me.
Ridley Scott: Alien and The Duellists.
Brian De Palma: Carrie, Sisters, Phantom of the Paradise, Obsession, The Fury, Home Movies, Get to Know Your Rabbit, Hi Mom!, and Dionysus in '69.
Ingmar Bergman: The Touch, Cries
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These will all be from legal and official sources, so none of these links will be taken down in the future. Most of these are classic and older films, but I've included some more modern films as well.
Maynila, sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag (1975)
Directed by Lino Brocka
Where to stream: The Criterion Channel
Link: https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/manila-in-the-claws-of-light
Price: "Free." Normally a subscription costs $10.99/month but you can avail of a 14-day free trial and just cancel before the 14 days.
Insiang (1976)
Directed by Lino Brocka
Where to stream: The Criterion Channel
Link: https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/insiang
Price: "Free." Normally a subscription costs $10.99/month but you can avail of a 14-day free trial and just cancel before the 14 days.
Ganito Kami Noon, Paano Kayo Ngayon (Restored) (1976)
Directed by Eddie Romero
Where to stream: iWant TFC
Link: https://tfc.tv/show/details/3039/ganito-kami-noon-paano-kayo-ngayon-restored
Price: $1.99 to rent
Tatlong Taon Walang Dios (1976)
Directed by Mario O'Hara
Where to stream: iWant TFC
Link: https://tfc.tv/show/details/5065/tatlong-taong-walang-diyos
Price: $1.99 to rent
Kakaba Kaba Ka Ba? (Restored) (1980)
Directed by Mike De Leon
Where to stream: iWant TFC
Link: https://tfc.tv/show/details/6346/kakaba-kaba-ka-ba-restored
Price: $1.99 to rent
Aguila (1980)
Directed by Eddie Romero
Where to stream: Vimeo
Link: https://vimeo.com/339344175
Price: Free
Ikaw ay Akin (Restored) (1982)
Directed by Ishmael Bernal
Where to stream: iWant TFC
Link: https://tfc.tv/show/details/5589/ikaw-ay-akin-restored
Price: $1.99 to rent
Oro, Plata, Mata (Restored) (1982)
Directed by Peque Gallaga
Where to stream: iWant TFC
Link: https://tfc.tv/show/details/5787/oro-plata-mata-restored
Price: $1.99 to rent
Himala (Restored) (1982)
Directed by Ishmael Bernal
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... keep reading on reddit β‘I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
