Tag: Philipino Cinema
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Norte, the End of History (2013): Lav Diaz’s Take on “Crime and Punishment”
The film title refers to the Philippines’ northern province Ilocos Norte, where Diaz’s film takes place. In this way, the narrative has a specific locus, it is, at least provisionally, a hint that it is bound to the territory and the nation of the Philippines. In many ways it is, but in many more, it…
Vigour of Film Lines 