Hello, Scorpio, for what it’s worth, I have made some minor additions to the list, plus links to other articles. And on the side of the blog is a link to places where you can find some of these films on DVD.
And yes, that’s a Filipino version of The Collector. It’s not as faithful, but it’s hair-raisingly persuasive. The director seems to know what he speaks of about total alienation, the desire to dominate, and emotional cruelty.
Hello, Scorpio, for what it’s worth, I have made some minor additions to the list, plus links to other articles. And on the side of the blog is a link to places where you can find some of these films on DVD.
And yes, that’s a Filipino version of The Collector. It’s not as faithful, but it’s hair-raisingly persuasive. The director seems to know what he speaks of about total alienation, the desire to dominate, and emotional cruelty.
I…used to have problems with that film—found it uncharacteristic of the Filipino character (Loneliness? Really?) But Lav Diaz’s films have changed that for me—possibly Pio’s film is groundbreaking in that respect.
Hi, pleasantly surprised to see reactions to this article. Sad to realize after all these years there hasn’t been a proper commercial release of De Leon’s films, and that this has to be some kind of stop-gap measure (at least someone gets to see them, somehow).
De Leon’s films are all the more fascinating when you hear the stories about De Leon himself—eccentric would be the kindest reaction. He apparently cut out a scene from ‘Prisoner in the Dark," and I can’t get a straight answer as to exactly why. It’s a scene where the protagonist is having a flashback of his mother dressing him up as a child in girls’ clothes.
Good luck, and if you do get to see the films, I’d be interested in hearing your views.
1. Chimes at Midnight -
2. Tatlong Taong Walang Diyos – Mario O’Hara
The rest in alphabetical order:
Banshun – Yasujiro Ozu
Batang West Side – Lav Diaz
El Filibusterismo -Gerardo de Leon
Faust – FW Murnau
Hotaru no Haka – Isao Takahata
Insiang – Lino Brocka
Journal d’un curé de campagne – Robert Bresson
Kaagaz ke Phool – Guru Dutt
Kaze no tani no Naushika – Hayao Miyazaki
La Grande Illusion – Jean Renoir
La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc – Carl Theodor Dreyer
Los Olvidados – Luis Bunuel
M – Fritz Lang
Make Way for Tomorrow – Leo McCarey
Meghe Dhaka Tara – Ritwik Ghatak
Nuit et brouillard – Alain Resnais
Roma, città aperta – Roberto Rossellini
Sherlock, Jr. – Buster Keaton
Vertigo – Alfred Hitchcock
Guys, came to my attention that people voting for Three Godless Years are faked accounts voted by the same person. Well, believe me or not, I know Penelope M. and Art B. and some of the others from facebook, and I did not make them up (they have facebook profiles, so do I; you can check mine out to see if I’m an avatar or something).
We did talk it over and decide this is the way to vote: promote the title of the film we wanted to vote up, and just vote down the titles above said film.
In our defense—or at least in my defense—I do truly believe it’s a terrific film, one worth watching. There isn’t a subtitled copy out there,but it is something I’ve wanted to work on for years. I’m willing, but no one has the money or wants to bother doing something about it.
I do check the titles I vote down, and I do honestly believe I can vote them down in good conscience.
I asked my fellow voters of the film to speak up; hopefully they do. I also ask the manager of this list if we have violated any rules, and if so, let us know what are the consequences. We will abide by his decision.
Apologies for any offense we may have committed in our enthusiasm. Not our intention to seem sneaky or underhanded, just trying to call attention to a film that we think deserves the attention.
Polaris, thank you. And again, apologies if we appeared deceptive.
For the moment I’m voting against films I have seen, and feel I can safely vote against. I’ll indicate when it’s otherwise, which it inevitably will be…
Three Godless Years isn’t owned by the director, but the lead actress. I’ll try make inquiries. Actually I’ve been making inquiries for some time, without much result.
They’re right, though, there are DVDs commercially available, but without subs. I’ve ‘benshied’ the film before, I’d say about roughly half of it needs explanation. It’s a good occasion to get to know a Filipino…
We’re talking at cross purposes here, apparently. When were talking about subtitling, ideally we think of an actual film print with subtitles printed on them (laser etching, possibly, or close-captioned system is an alternative). That takes some money, several thousand dollars.
I’m aware there are alternatives, now, and doing it with software on video or a digital file is at most a few hours’ work.
That said, there’s the problem of copyright. We could do the few hours work, but approaching the producer for permission—well, that takes time. Possibly they’ll take the stance that they won’t see money from an online streaming setup, and won’t give permission. It certainly won’t be as good an image as an actual subtitled print.
So I’m asking around. Don’t know if it can make it in time for this list, though.
Interesting round. Voting down Tati and Ray is painful, so…
Laser etching on a film print. As in, run through a projector. Old technology, before they invented personal computers.
Apusansar above: understand what you mean. It’s an old issue, make something available now vs. make something available in the best form possible.
I see online streaming and understand where I’m coming from, it looks like crap. Even from an official website, even on youtube, or Netflix. It all looks like crap. I’ve seen Three Years Without God as a film print and on the big screen it’s glorious; I hate to think what it looks like on a small screen. I know, we have choices to make, but it’s like cutting your baby’s nose off to qualify him for a beauty contest.
But i recognize the need, and like I said, am making inquiries. Now as to the producer (who is not O’Hara—he doesn’t even have a print), she may easily say no, because there’s little to no money in it for her. That’s key, convincing her to do it anyway, because she can’t possibly get any money, and the film should be seen for posterity’s sake. That’s the challenge.
As for putting it up online anyway because we have copies—c’mon folks. There’s such a thing as theft, and shame. Let’s at least do this much properly, ask permission to do the second best thing for the film.
Absolutely if you feel like voting against Three Godless Years, then vote for it. I don’t think Polaris has put it in his rules that you have to have seen the film to vote against it (again if Polaris can correct me if I’m wrong…).
But we’re—or rather I—am not aiming to cheat. Far as I know I’m following the rules. And I"m working on it—some people haven’t been replying to my inquiries and I have to follow up. Maybe it was the weekend.
Polaris warned that people will gang up against an up and coming film; hey, that’s the name of the game. I for one am not taking it personally. If others are being immature, it reflects on them, not me.
Anyway. Easy vote. I do like Good the Bad, but not enough not to vote it down:
I feel I can’t vote against Visconti’s masterpiece, or my favorite Kurosawa, or Ozu’s best-known film…yet. So:
+2 Three Godless Years
-1 Children of Paradise
-1 American Graffiti
Easy, easy films to vote against.
To Coheed upthread: I replied to your comments with what I hope is fairness. I don’t know if fans of a film have the responsibility to make said film available (if so, can someone please come out with a Region 1 DVD of Chimes at Midnight? Please?), but hey, am doing the best I can—got replies from both parties, but no deal as of the moment.
Do not feel any kind of way; people are passionate about films, and that’s good. I was thinking: uh, I should have just voted quietly, then brought everyone in for the final rounds. But I think it worked out best this way: we voted with our hearts than with our brains, other people noticed, they didn’t like it, they reacted. Three Godless Years is off the top twenty. I’m fine with that. I"m still voting for it as far as my conscience will allow.
A little irritating when people say ’we’re working on it’ and others say “we want it NOW! NOW! NOW!” I know this is the culture of instant gratification, but all that whining doesn’t make the culture any more mature, or easy to take.
I was working on permission. Well, for better or worse, Adrian took that out of my hands. So go to it, whoever it is can’t wait. (thanks Adrian. I think).
I’ll see about marrying the subs to the video. Hey, we’re working on it. Not as if we don’t have lives outside of this forum.
+ Three Godless Years
-1 The Lady Eve (Great comedy, I love Sturges, but when push comes to shove…)
1 Pather Panchali (I’m more willing to vote this off before I do the Edward Yang-hate to think what that says about me—)
That debate was interesting in that I had to put the film industry into context internationally, historically, economically, politically, and so on. I won’t claim to be accurate, but there’s useful information in there…
It was operating under several handicaps when it appeared.
First, O’Hara came out from under the shadow of the Philippines’ best known (even now, arguably) filmmaker, Lino Brocka. He was Brocka’s actor, scriptwriter and active collaborator, and under the banner of Brocka’s production company Cinemanila, O’Hara presented his first feature film, ‘Mortal’ in 1975. Wonderful film, superior to ‘A Beautiful Mind,’ in my opinion. Big commercial flop.
The rumor was that O’Hara was Brocka’s lover, and that he was using Brocka to leverage himself a filmmaking career. When he came up with ‘Mortal,’ the question going around was ‘who was this O’Hara that he thinks he’s a real filmmaker?’
Added to this is an unspoken snobbery among film critics and filmmakers of the time. Most critics graduate from the University of the Philippines, the admittedly most prestigious institution of learning in the country at the time (still is, in fact). O’Hara went to college in Adamson University, and didn’t even finish. Lino Brocka went to the University of the Philippines, Same with Ishmael Bernal (Bernal got his degree, Lino didn’t—but they were both UP students).
Add on top of all that the fact that ‘Three Years Without God’ (my preferred translation of the title—it swings better) dealt with a very controversial subject, the Japanese occupation during the 2nd World War, in an even more controversial manner—it refused to treat all Japanese as monstrous animals, deserving only of utter contempt. The Philippines in 1976 was entering a nationalistic phase, and any suggestion that the wartime Japanese were possibly human was met with furious criticism. Some of this criticism was leveled against the film.
The film has won a few awards, then sank into obscurity. The producer who still holds the rights failed to maintain any prints; only the Cultural Center of the Philippines holds a surviving print, and this slowly turning a monochrome pink. The negative has long since turned to vinegar.
I viewed the film for the first time in a screening in, uh I think 1996. I’d seen a few of his other films—‘Bagong Hari’ (The New King) when it ran in the theaters (1986) was I considered the best Filipino action film ever made. But ‘Tatlong Taong’ was something altogether else, I thought. Been writing and talking about the film ever since.
And it’s practically been only me, criticwise, so it’s been a long and slow process.
Film Critic Noel Vera's 100 Best Filipino Films almost 2 years ago
Hello, Scorpio, for what it’s worth, I have made some minor additions to the list, plus links to other articles. And on the side of the blog is a link to places where you can find some of these films on DVD.
And yes, that’s a Filipino version of The Collector. It’s not as faithful, but it’s hair-raisingly persuasive. The director seems to know what he speaks of about total alienation, the desire to dominate, and emotional cruelty.
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Film Critic Noel Vera's 100 Best Filipino Films almost 2 years ago
Hello, Scorpio, for what it’s worth, I have made some minor additions to the list, plus links to other articles. And on the side of the blog is a link to places where you can find some of these films on DVD.
And yes, that’s a Filipino version of The Collector. It’s not as faithful, but it’s hair-raisingly persuasive. The director seems to know what he speaks of about total alienation, the desire to dominate, and emotional cruelty.
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Film Critic Noel Vera's 100 Best Filipino Films over 1 year ago
Religion rape and the family are classic elements. Homosexuality is a recent development. So are self-examination and philosophy.
Thanks for the kind words, Greg, Apu. Sorry I have not monitored this thread more often.
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Film Critic Noel Vera's 100 Best Filipino Films over 1 year ago
I…used to have problems with that film—found it uncharacteristic of the Filipino character (Loneliness? Really?) But Lav Diaz’s films have changed that for me—possibly Pio’s film is groundbreaking in that respect.
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Director Introduction: Mike De Leon over 1 year ago
Hi, pleasantly surprised to see reactions to this article. Sad to realize after all these years there hasn’t been a proper commercial release of De Leon’s films, and that this has to be some kind of stop-gap measure (at least someone gets to see them, somehow).
De Leon’s films are all the more fascinating when you hear the stories about De Leon himself—eccentric would be the kindest reaction. He apparently cut out a scene from ‘Prisoner in the Dark," and I can’t get a straight answer as to exactly why. It’s a scene where the protagonist is having a flashback of his mother dressing him up as a child in girls’ clothes.
Good luck, and if you do get to see the films, I’d be interested in hearing your views.
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The MUBI Forum User's Top 20 Movie List, Curated by DIB 8 months ago
1. Chimes at Midnight -
2. Tatlong Taong Walang Diyos – Mario O’Hara
The rest in alphabetical order:
Banshun – Yasujiro Ozu
Batang West Side – Lav Diaz
El Filibusterismo -Gerardo de Leon
Faust – FW Murnau
Hotaru no Haka – Isao Takahata
Insiang – Lino Brocka
Journal d’un curé de campagne – Robert Bresson
Kaagaz ke Phool – Guru Dutt
Kaze no tani no Naushika – Hayao Miyazaki
La Grande Illusion – Jean Renoir
La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc – Carl Theodor Dreyer
Los Olvidados – Luis Bunuel
M – Fritz Lang
Make Way for Tomorrow – Leo McCarey
Meghe Dhaka Tara – Ritwik Ghatak
Nuit et brouillard – Alain Resnais
Roma, città aperta – Roberto Rossellini
Sherlock, Jr. – Buster Keaton
Vertigo – Alfred Hitchcock
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The MUBI Forum Users' Top 20 List: Longform List and Voting Series 8 months ago
Three Godless Years +2
The Hustler -1
Chimes at Midnight -1
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The MUBI Forum Users' Top 20 List: Longform List and Voting Series 8 months ago
“Inception, The Dark Knight, Atonement and Black Swan are gone”
Good riddance! Surprisingly good taste.
+2 Three Godless Years
-1 The Suspended Vocation
-1 La Chinoise
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The MUBI Forum Users' Top 20 List: Longform List and Voting Series 8 months ago
Out of the Past is a great film (strangely enough, I prefer I Walked With a Zombie), and I love Fassbinder, but…
+2 Three Godless Years
-1 Out of the Past
-1 Berlin Alexanderplatz
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The MUBI Forum Users' Top 20 List: Longform List and Voting Series 7 months ago
+2 Three Godless Years
-1 Apocalypse Now
-1 Blade Runner
Guys, came to my attention that people voting for Three Godless Years are faked accounts voted by the same person. Well, believe me or not, I know Penelope M. and Art B. and some of the others from facebook, and I did not make them up (they have facebook profiles, so do I; you can check mine out to see if I’m an avatar or something).
We did talk it over and decide this is the way to vote: promote the title of the film we wanted to vote up, and just vote down the titles above said film.
In our defense—or at least in my defense—I do truly believe it’s a terrific film, one worth watching. There isn’t a subtitled copy out there,but it is something I’ve wanted to work on for years. I’m willing, but no one has the money or wants to bother doing something about it.
I do check the titles I vote down, and I do honestly believe I can vote them down in good conscience.
I asked my fellow voters of the film to speak up; hopefully they do. I also ask the manager of this list if we have violated any rules, and if so, let us know what are the consequences. We will abide by his decision.
Apologies for any offense we may have committed in our enthusiasm. Not our intention to seem sneaky or underhanded, just trying to call attention to a film that we think deserves the attention.
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The MUBI Forum Users' Top 20 List: Longform List and Voting Series 7 months ago
Uh—I mean to say “people voting for Three Godless Years are ACCUSED of being faked accounts.” No, Penelope and Art and others are not faked accounts.
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The MUBI Forum Users' Top 20 List: Longform List and Voting Series 7 months ago
+2 Three Godless Years 26
-1 In the Mood for Love 19
-1 2001: A Space Odyssey 18
Polaris, thank you. And again, apologies if we appeared deceptive.
For the moment I’m voting against films I have seen, and feel I can safely vote against. I’ll indicate when it’s otherwise, which it inevitably will be…
Three Godless Years isn’t owned by the director, but the lead actress. I’ll try make inquiries. Actually I’ve been making inquiries for some time, without much result.
They’re right, though, there are DVDs commercially available, but without subs. I’ve ‘benshied’ the film before, I’d say about roughly half of it needs explanation. It’s a good occasion to get to know a Filipino…
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The MUBI Forum Users' Top 20 List: Longform List and Voting Series 7 months ago
removing duplicate post. How do you delete here?
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The MUBI Forum Users' Top 20 List: Longform List and Voting Series 7 months ago
We’re talking at cross purposes here, apparently. When were talking about subtitling, ideally we think of an actual film print with subtitles printed on them (laser etching, possibly, or close-captioned system is an alternative). That takes some money, several thousand dollars.
I’m aware there are alternatives, now, and doing it with software on video or a digital file is at most a few hours’ work.
That said, there’s the problem of copyright. We could do the few hours work, but approaching the producer for permission—well, that takes time. Possibly they’ll take the stance that they won’t see money from an online streaming setup, and won’t give permission. It certainly won’t be as good an image as an actual subtitled print.
So I’m asking around. Don’t know if it can make it in time for this list, though.
Interesting round. Voting down Tati and Ray is painful, so…
+2 Three Godless Years
-1 A Brighter Summer Day
-1 Woman in the Dunes
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The MUBI Forum Users' Top 20 List: Longform List and Voting Series 7 months ago
Laser etching on a film print. As in, run through a projector. Old technology, before they invented personal computers.
Apusansar above: understand what you mean. It’s an old issue, make something available now vs. make something available in the best form possible.
I see online streaming and understand where I’m coming from, it looks like crap. Even from an official website, even on youtube, or Netflix. It all looks like crap. I’ve seen Three Years Without God as a film print and on the big screen it’s glorious; I hate to think what it looks like on a small screen. I know, we have choices to make, but it’s like cutting your baby’s nose off to qualify him for a beauty contest.
But i recognize the need, and like I said, am making inquiries. Now as to the producer (who is not O’Hara—he doesn’t even have a print), she may easily say no, because there’s little to no money in it for her. That’s key, convincing her to do it anyway, because she can’t possibly get any money, and the film should be seen for posterity’s sake. That’s the challenge.
As for putting it up online anyway because we have copies—c’mon folks. There’s such a thing as theft, and shame. Let’s at least do this much properly, ask permission to do the second best thing for the film.
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The MUBI Forum Users' Top 20 List: Longform List and Voting Series 7 months ago
Hey, Adrian, so Encantos is your favorite Diaz, not Batang West Side?
I love Ghatak even more than Ray, if that’s possible, so this is painful—no, wait a minute; I can always vote against Ray.
And I never thought Psycho was Hitchcock’s best work, so the second choice is easy:
+2 Three Godless Years
-1 Pather Pachali
-1 Psycho
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The MUBI Forum Users' Top 20 List: Longform List and Voting Series 7 months ago
Yeah.
Absolutely if you feel like voting against Three Godless Years, then vote for it. I don’t think Polaris has put it in his rules that you have to have seen the film to vote against it (again if Polaris can correct me if I’m wrong…).
But we’re—or rather I—am not aiming to cheat. Far as I know I’m following the rules. And I"m working on it—some people haven’t been replying to my inquiries and I have to follow up. Maybe it was the weekend.
Polaris warned that people will gang up against an up and coming film; hey, that’s the name of the game. I for one am not taking it personally. If others are being immature, it reflects on them, not me.
Anyway. Easy vote. I do like Good the Bad, but not enough not to vote it down:
+2Three Godless Years
-1 Children of Paradise
-1 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
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The MUBI Forum Users' Top 20 List: Longform List and Voting Series 7 months ago
I meant ‘if you want to vote against 3 Godless Years’ even if you haven’t seen it, then vote against it. Not going to take it personally.
Just to clarify.
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The MUBI Forum Users' Top 20 List: Longform List and Voting Series 7 months ago
I meant ‘if you want to vote against 3 Godless Years’ even if you haven’t seen it, then vote against it. Not going to take it personally.
Just to clarify.
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The MUBI Forum Users' Top 20 List: Longform List and Voting Series 7 months ago
I feel I can’t vote against Visconti’s masterpiece, or my favorite Kurosawa, or Ozu’s best-known film…yet. So:
+2 Three Godless Years
-1 Children of Paradise
-1 American Graffiti
Easy, easy films to vote against.
To Coheed upthread: I replied to your comments with what I hope is fairness. I don’t know if fans of a film have the responsibility to make said film available (if so, can someone please come out with a Region 1 DVD of Chimes at Midnight? Please?), but hey, am doing the best I can—got replies from both parties, but no deal as of the moment.
Do not feel any kind of way; people are passionate about films, and that’s good. I was thinking: uh, I should have just voted quietly, then brought everyone in for the final rounds. But I think it worked out best this way: we voted with our hearts than with our brains, other people noticed, they didn’t like it, they reacted. Three Godless Years is off the top twenty. I’m fine with that. I"m still voting for it as far as my conscience will allow.
And so it goes.
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The MUBI Forum Users' Top 20 List: Longform List and Voting Series 7 months ago
A little irritating when people say ’we’re working on it’ and others say “we want it NOW! NOW! NOW!” I know this is the culture of instant gratification, but all that whining doesn’t make the culture any more mature, or easy to take.
I was working on permission. Well, for better or worse, Adrian took that out of my hands. So go to it, whoever it is can’t wait. (thanks Adrian. I think).
I’ll see about marrying the subs to the video. Hey, we’re working on it. Not as if we don’t have lives outside of this forum.
+ Three Godless Years
-1 The Lady Eve (Great comedy, I love Sturges, but when push comes to shove…)
1 Pather Panchali (I’m more willing to vote this off before I do the Edward Yang-hate to think what that says about me—)Go to Comment
A Lost Classic? 7 months ago
Adrian;
You seemed to have done most of the heavy lifting on the film, even before I learned about this thread. Thanks.
Some good resources here on MUBI, just to put things into context.
Here’s a quick outline on Philippine cinema:
http://mubi.com/topics/filipino-philippines?page=1
And some online arguments I’ve had back in the day:
http://criticafterdark.blogspot.com/2006/11/hollywoodization-of-filipino-films.html
That debate was interesting in that I had to put the film industry into context internationally, historically, economically, politically, and so on. I won’t claim to be accurate, but there’s useful information in there…
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A Lost Classic? 7 months ago
As for the film itself:
It was operating under several handicaps when it appeared.
First, O’Hara came out from under the shadow of the Philippines’ best known (even now, arguably) filmmaker, Lino Brocka. He was Brocka’s actor, scriptwriter and active collaborator, and under the banner of Brocka’s production company Cinemanila, O’Hara presented his first feature film, ‘Mortal’ in 1975. Wonderful film, superior to ‘A Beautiful Mind,’ in my opinion. Big commercial flop.
The rumor was that O’Hara was Brocka’s lover, and that he was using Brocka to leverage himself a filmmaking career. When he came up with ‘Mortal,’ the question going around was ‘who was this O’Hara that he thinks he’s a real filmmaker?’
Added to this is an unspoken snobbery among film critics and filmmakers of the time. Most critics graduate from the University of the Philippines, the admittedly most prestigious institution of learning in the country at the time (still is, in fact). O’Hara went to college in Adamson University, and didn’t even finish. Lino Brocka went to the University of the Philippines, Same with Ishmael Bernal (Bernal got his degree, Lino didn’t—but they were both UP students).
Add on top of all that the fact that ‘Three Years Without God’ (my preferred translation of the title—it swings better) dealt with a very controversial subject, the Japanese occupation during the 2nd World War, in an even more controversial manner—it refused to treat all Japanese as monstrous animals, deserving only of utter contempt. The Philippines in 1976 was entering a nationalistic phase, and any suggestion that the wartime Japanese were possibly human was met with furious criticism. Some of this criticism was leveled against the film.
The film has won a few awards, then sank into obscurity. The producer who still holds the rights failed to maintain any prints; only the Cultural Center of the Philippines holds a surviving print, and this slowly turning a monochrome pink. The negative has long since turned to vinegar.
I viewed the film for the first time in a screening in, uh I think 1996. I’d seen a few of his other films—‘Bagong Hari’ (The New King) when it ran in the theaters (1986) was I considered the best Filipino action film ever made. But ‘Tatlong Taong’ was something altogether else, I thought. Been writing and talking about the film ever since.
And it’s practically been only me, criticwise, so it’s been a long and slow process.
That’s all I can remember at the moment.
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The MUBI Forum Users' Top 20 List: Longform List and Voting Series 7 months ago
Ha. Polaris, no, I’m okay with your solution, which frankly I think is inventive and necessarily tactful.
The back catalog in Philippine cinema doesn’t necessarily consist of one film, though, not even of recent films. Like this one:
+2 El Filibusterismo
-1 Jackie Brown (his best work, but I have no problem voting it down)
-1 Dancer in the Dark (not I feel Von Trier’s best, and definitely have no problem voting against it).
And so it goes…
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The MUBI Forum Users' Top 20 List: Longform List and Voting Series 7 months ago
Okay—not understanding why the title went away and came back. But—
+ Three Godless Years
For some it’s like breathing; you go with the dictates of your heart.
And with all that, I can’t in all conscience vote against films like the Keaton, the Bresson, or the Fassbinder, so…
-1 Pather Panchali
-1 After Hours (definitely minor Scorsese)
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A Lost Classic? 7 months ago
If I email someone my translation, can they put it up for subtitles? It has the original Tagalog on the right, the English translation on the left.
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The MUBI Forum Users' Top 20 List: Longform List and Voting Series 7 months ago
Lots of films I DO like that are still going strong. Ali, The Cloud-Capped Star, Spirit of the Beehive. I don’t know if I can vote em down.
Still:
+2 Three Godless Years
-1 Psycho
-1 (with pleasure) American Graffiti
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The MUBI Forum Users' Top 20 List: Longform List and Voting Series 7 months ago
+2 Three Godless Years
-1 Zorro the Gay Blade
-1 Psycho
“it’s not personal. It’s only business.”
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The MUBI Forum Users' Top 20 List: Longform List and Voting Series 7 months ago
-1 Barry Lyndon
Like it, but not enough not to vote against it….
-1 Chungking Express
Not a fan of Wong Kar Wai, and I don’t even think this is his best
+2 Three Godless Years 17
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The MUBI Forum Users' Top 20 List: Longform List and Voting Series 7 months ago
-1 Pather Panchali
-1 The Lady Eve
+2 Three Godless Years
I’m voting against Pather Panchali instead of against Rosemary’s Baby! What does that say about me?
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