NITRATE: TO THE GHOSTS OF THE 75 LOST PHILIPPINE SILENT FILMS (1912-1933)

9.5

2023

63 min.

tl

Original Title

Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933)

Overview

Lost cinema. Lost culture. Lost country. Lost people. How to recreate the past with nothing? Cinema of the impossible. The silent past is a horror film. The smell of nitrate in the morning. How many ghosts can the cinema contain? 75 films. 22 years. What is the numerological significance? Too late. Never too late.

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