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Manila in the claws of light = Maynila : sa mga kuko ng liwanag

Call Number

  • DVD FOREIGN (CEN)

Edition

Two-DVD special edition.

Languages

In Tagalog, with English subtitles.

Performers

Hilda Koronel, Rafael Roco Jr., Lou Salvador Jr., Tommy Abuel.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2018]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (126 minutes) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (color illustrations ; 19 cm.)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Lino Brocka broke through to international acclaim with this candid portrait of 1970s Manila, the second film in the director's turn to more serious-minded filmmaking after building a career on mainstream films he described as "soaps." A young fisherman from a provincial village arrives in the capital on a quest to track down his girlfriend, who was lured there with the promise of work and hasn't been heard from since. In the meantime, he takes a low-wage job at a construction site and witnesses life on the streets, where death strikes without warning, corruption and exploitation are commonplace, and protests hint at escalating civil unrest. Mixing visceral, documentary-like realism with the narrative focus of Hollywood noir and melodrama, Manila in the Claws of Light is a howl of anguish from one of the most celebrated figures in Philippine cinema.

Notes

Title from container.

Based on the novel Sa mga kuko ng liwana by Edgardo Reyes.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1975.

Special features: New 4K digital restoration by the Film Development Council of the Philippines and Cineteca di Bologna, in association with The Film Foundation's World Cinema Project, LVN, Cinema Artists Philippines, and cinematographer Mike De Leon ; introduction by filmmaker Martin Scorsese ; Signed: Lino Brocka, a 1987 documentary about the director by Christian Blackwood ; "Manila" . . . A Filipino Film, a 1975 documentary about the making of the film, featuring Brocka and actors Hilda Koronel and Rafael Roco Jr. ; new interview with critic, filmmaker, and festival programmer Tony Rayns.

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