A holistic consideration of the works of celebrated Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz.
This original collection considers Lav Diaz and his works without being confined to a specific approach or research method. On the contrary, it touches on nearly every major contemporary academic approach to cinema. Though Diaz’s contributions to slow and durational cinema are well known and his importance in contemporary world cinema is beyond doubt, the director remains largely unexplored in cinema studies. The book addresses this research gap, situating Diaz at the crucial juncture of new auteurism, Filipino New Wave, and transnational cinema, but it does not neglect the industrial-exhibitional coordinates of his cinema.
The first book-length study on the groundbreaking auteur, the collection takes a critical look at his career and corpus from various perspectives, with contributions from cinema studies researchers, film critics, festival programmers, and artists. It offers a nuanced overview of the filmmaker and the cinematic traditions he belongs to for film enthusiasts, researchers, and general readers alike.
This original collection considers Lav Diaz and his works without being confined to a specific approach or research method. On the contrary, it touches on nearly every major contemporary academic approach to cinema. Though Diaz’s contributions to slow and durational cinema are well known and his importance in contemporary world cinema is beyond doubt, the director remains largely unexplored in cinema studies. The book addresses this research gap, situating Diaz at the crucial juncture of new auteurism, Filipino New Wave, and transnational cinema, but it does not neglect the industrial-exhibitional coordinates of his cinema.
The first book-length study on the groundbreaking auteur, the collection takes a critical look at his career and corpus from various perspectives, with contributions from cinema studies researchers, film critics, festival programmers, and artists. It offers a nuanced overview of the filmmaker and the cinematic traditions he belongs to for film enthusiasts, researchers, and general readers alike.
Reviews
Table of Contents
Foreword
Clodualdo del Mundo Jr.
Preface
Acknowledgements
- Introduction
Parichay Patra and Michael Kho Lim
- Lav Diaz through Cinematic Histories
a) After Brocka: Situating Lav Diaz in Philippine Cinema
Clodualdo del Mundo, Jr.
b) Homeward Hill: Messianic Redemption in Diaz and Dostoevsky
Tom Paulus
c) Long Walk to Life: The Cinema of Lav Diaz
May Adadol Ingawanji
d) Freedom Is a Long Shot: A Chronicle of Lav Diaz’s Artistic Struggle
Michael Guarneri - From Death to the Gods: The Resurrection of the National?
a) Never, Always and Already Saved: Soteriology in Century of Birthing (2011); Florentina Hubaldo, CTE (2012); and Norte, the End of History (2013)
Marco Grosoli
b) The Idyllic Chronotope and Spatial Justice in Lav Diaz’s Melancholia
Katrina Macapagal - No Cinema, No Art Either
a) How Do You Solve a Problem like Lav Diaz?: Debating Norte, the End of History
Adrian Martin
b) Evolution of a Filipino Family and/as non-cinema
William Brown
c) Jesus, Magdalene and the Filipino Judas: Lav Diaz and his ‘Artless’ Epics
Parichay Patra
d) Distributing the Cinema of Lav Diaz
Michael Kho Lim
- Interview with Lav Diaz
A Lav Affair with Cinema
- Tribute
Indictment and Empowerment of the Individual: The Modern Cinema of Lav Diaz
Alexis Tioseco