LINKS :: Lav DIAZ

Lav Diaz (born 30 Dec 1958, The Philippines)

12 films / 9 screenplays (first film:1998/last:2009)
INSPIRED BY : Andrei Tarkovsky; Lino Brocka; Ishmael Bernal; Mike de Leon; Peque Gallaga?
CCC FILMS : Melancholia (2008); Death in the Land of Encantos (2007); Heremias (2006); Evolution of a Filipino Family (2005)
INFLUENCE ON : Raya Martin?

Quick scroll : BIBLIOGRAPHY | BOOK | ONLINE ARTICLES | INTERVIEW | TEXTS | WEBSITES

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Butterflies have no memories (2009, Jeonju Digital Project, "Visitors", b&w digital video, 40 mins / "director's cut": 59 mins)

• “Springtime in Jeonju: The 10th Jeonju International Film Festival” by Chris Fujiwara, Undercurrent 5, 2009.
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Melancholia (2008, b&w HD video, 480 mins) IMDb

• "Mourning and Melancholia" by Jason Anderson, Artforum (blog), March 2009.
• "Melancholia" [review] by Adam Nayman, Eye Weekly, March 2009.
• "Melancholia" [programme notes] by Andréa Picard, Cinematheque Ontario, March 2009.
• "Beyond the Time Barrier" by Christoph Huber, Vienna 2008 (also viewable here).
• "Melancholia (2008)" by Oggs Cruz, Lessons from the School of Inattention, October 2008.
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Purgatorio (2008, b&w digital video, 16 mins) IMDb

• "2008 .MOV International Digital Film Festival" by Oggs Cruz, Lessons from the School of Inattention, September 2008.
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Kagadanan Sa Banwaan Ning Mga Engkanto / Death in the Land of Encantos (2007, b&w digital video, 540 mins) IMDb

• “Poems for Benjamin Agusan” [poems from Kagadanan sa Banwaan ning mga Engkanto] by Lav Diaz (English translations by Paula Maria Diaz, with Bayani de Leon), Kino! 2/3 (undated).
• “An epic death in the land of Encantos” by Raissa Falgui, Philippine Online Chronicles, October 2008.
• "Death in the Land of Encantos: Poetic Post-mortem” [report from Ljubljana 2007] by Nil Baskar, FIPRESCI, 2007.
• “Kagadanan sa banwaan ning mga Engkanto (Lav Diaz, 2007)” by Noel Vera, Critic After Dark (blog), November, 2007. (Originally published in Businessworld, November 2007, also viewable here.)
• “Death in the Land of Encantos” by Robert Koehler, Cinema Scope 33, 2007.
• “Kagadanan Sa Banwaan Ning Mga Engkanto (2007)” by Oggs Cruz, Lessons from the School of Inattention, January 2008.
• “The Political Matters. The Soul Does, Too. Wise Old Men Rule: The 64th Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica / Venice Film Festival 29 August – 8 September 2007” by Barbara Wurm, Senses of Cinema 46, 2008.
• "Death in the Land of Encantos” [review] by Ronnie Scheib, Variety, October 2007.
• "Diaz, l'œil du cyclone" by Olivier Séguret, Libération, 5 March 2008. [FRENCH]
• "La Beauté Sauvera le Monde" by Nicolas Giuliani, Critikat, March 2008 (also: PDF). [FRENCH]
• "Hommage à Lav Diaz" by Lav Diaz (Cinéma du Réel 2008, Mar 2008) [FRENCH]
  
• "Sabayang Panahon, Produksyon ng Alaala At Proaktibong Cinema" by Roland Tolentino, Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino (undated, also viewable here). [TAGALOG]
• "Encantos revisited" by Juaniyo Arcellana, The Philippine Star, February 2008 (also viewable here).
• "Death in the Land of Encantos" [two transcripts of pieces by Jurij Meden & Andrej Šprah], ulan (blog), November 2007.
• "A Memoir to Suffering" By: Olaf Möller [excerpt from Film Comment 43.6, November/December 2007, p.61], Pinoy World, November 2007 (also viewable here).
• "Unmoving Cinema" By: Eileen Legaspi-Ramirez (Young Critics Circle Film Desk, 14 Aug 2008)
  
• "Death in the land of Encantos" By: Dario Stefanoni (Spietati; 3 July 2011) [ITALIAN] 
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Heremias (2006, b&w digital video, 515 mins) IMDb

• “A Dialogue in Progress – Social/Personal Memory Before Heremias” by Vinita Ramani, Kino! 1, 2007.
• “A River Runs Through It, Reflections on a shot in Lav Diaz’s Heremias” by Alexis Tioseco, Rogue 1.3, September 2007, p. 14-16. (Also published without illustrations in Kino! 1, 2007, viewable here.)
• “Void in the Voices: The 44th Vienna International Film Festival (Viennale), 13–25 October 2006” by Martina Lunzer and Barbara Wurm, Senses of Cinema 42, 2007.
• "Heremias (2006)" by Oggs Cruz, Lessons from the School of Inattention, November 2006.
• "Heremias (2006)" [review excerpt] by Noel Vera, Critic After Dark, November 2006.
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Nang Matapos Ang Ulan (2006, segment of Imahe nasyon, 5 mins) IMDb

• “Imahe nasyon (2006)” by Oggs Cruz, Lessons from the School of Inattention, February 2007.
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Ebolusyon Ng Isang Pamilyang Pilipino / Evolution of a Filipino Family (1993-2005, 16mm film & b&w digital video, 650 mins) IMDb

• Ebolusyon Ng Isang Pamilyang Pilipino (official website)
• “(R)Evolution of Concrete” by Christoph Huber, originally published in Ekran, 2005.
• "Evolution of a Filipino Film" by Alexis Tioseco, originally published in Ekran, 2005.
• "Evolution of a Filipino Family" by Olaf Moller, Film Comment, March/April 2005. (excerpt here)
  
• "Brief notes on the long journey of Ebolusyon", by Alexis Tioseco, Criticine, January 2006.
• "Ebolusyon may trigger a revolution" by Lito Zulueta, originally published in The Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 2005.
• “Lav Diaz's Ebolusyon, A Rearrangement of a Troubled Landscape” by Mauro Feria Tumbocon, Jr, Our Own Voice, December 2005.
• “Paul Tañedo, Film Producer: On the Making of Ebolusyon” [interview], Our Own Voice, December 2005.
• “11 Hours in a Life's Cause” by Lim Li Min, The New York Times, May 2005.
• “Lav Diaz's Evolution of a Filipino Family”, The Wily Filipino (blog), March 2005.
• “Evolution of a Filipino Family" [review] by Robert Koehler, Variety, October 2004.
• "(On) Time: Lav's (R)Evolution" by Paolo Bertolin, originally published in Ekran (2005).
• "Desaparecidos - Lav Diaz and The Evolution of a Missing People" by Vinita Ramani, originally published in Ekran, 2005
• “The Festival with No Limits: Rotterdam International Film Festival January 26–February 6, 2005” by Paolo Bertolin, Senses of Cinema 35, 2005.
• "Ebolution of a Filipino Family" by Lav Diaz & Paul Tañedo (Cinéma du Réel 2008, Mar 2008) [FRENCH]
  
• "Diaz, l'œil du cyclone" by Olivier Séguret, Libération, 5 March 2008 [FRENCH]
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Hesus Rebolusyonaryo / Hesus the Revolutionary (2002, 140 mins) IMDb

• “Hesus Rebolusyonaryo (2002)” by Oggs Cruz, Lessons from the School of Inattention, July 2007.
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Batang West Side (2001, colour, 35mm film & digital video, 256 mins) IMDb

• “The Aesthetic Challenge of Batang West Side” [RTF to download] by Lav Diaz (Manila, December 2002, translated by Noel Vera), originally published in Ekran, 2005.
• "Batang West Side: The Space of Absence and the Site Of Resistance" by Andrej Sprah, originally published in Ekran, 2005.
• “Batang West Side” [review] by Vinita Ramani, FilmsAsia (undated).
• “Batang West Side” [review] by Ronnie Scheib, Variety, July 2002.
• “Batang West Side” by Oggs Cruz, Lessons from the School of Inattention, September 2008.
• "The True Best Picture" by Conrado de Quiros, originally published in The Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 2002.
• "Future Tense" by Noel Vera, a_film_by, 7 February 2002 .
• "The longest film ever made" by Noel Vera, a_film_by, 22 November 2001.
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Hubad Sa Ilalim Ng Buwan / Naked Under The Moon (1999, 110 mins) IMDb

• “Crisis or Promise? New Directions in Philippine Cinema” by Bliss Cua Lim, indieWIRE, August 2000.
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GENERAL (PRINT) BIBLIOGRAPHY

• "The Art of Pito-Pito" by Roger Garcia, Film Comment 36.4, July 2000, p.53-55. (Excerpt viewable here.)
• "Sex, crime and diaspora: Four Filipino Films" [on Batang West Side] by Noel Vera, Cinemaya 54/55, January 2002, p.50-51.
• "The Evolution of a Filipino Family" by Christoph Huber, Cinema Scope 22, April 2005, p.46-48.
• "Evolution of an epic" [on the making of Ebolusyon & Heremias] by Silvia Wong, Screen International 1525, November 2005, p.11.
• "Amok cinéma" [on Lino Brocka & Lav Diaz] by Elisabeth Lequeret, Cahiers du cinéma, #607, Feb 2006, p.55-56. (Excerpt viewable here.) [FRENCH]
  
• "The Pain of the People" by Christoph Huber, The Little Black Book (Movies), Cassell, 2007, p.767.
• "Shifting agendas: the decay of the mainstream and rise of the independents in the context of Philippine cinema" by Alexis Tioseco, Journal of Inter-Asia Cultural Studies 8.2, June 2007 , p.298-303. (Excerpt viewable here.)
• "Dust to Dust" [on Death in the Land of Encantos, Venice 2007] by Olaf Möller, Film Comment 43.6, November 2007, p.56-61. (Excerpt viewable here.)
• "Minority report" [on Melancholia, Venice 2008] by Olaf Möller, Film Comment 44.6, November 2008, p.58-61. (Excerpt viewable here.)
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BOOKS on Lav DIAZ

• "Kino-sine: Philippine-German cinema relations", ed. by Tilman Baumgärtel, Goethe-Institut Manila & Anvil Publishing, 2007. Includes "We Were Talking About the Poetry of Cinema" by Lav Diaz, p. 64-65. Available for download here.
• "Critic After Dark: A Review of Philippine Cinema" by Noel Vera, BigO Books, 2005. [Includes pieces on Hesus Rebolusyonaryo and Batang West Side.]

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GENERAL ONLINE ARTICLES

• “Why keep Lav Diaz's movies out of sight?” By Pocholo Concepcion, The Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 1999.
• "Portrait of the Anguished as a Filipino" by Noel Vera, originally published in Ekran, 2005.
• “Filippino Torino” by Roger Garcia, DMC Review On-Line (Research Institute for Digital Media and Content, Keio University) , December 2005.
• "Possibly Lav Diaz's Shortest Film Ever", Rock Ed Philippines, July 2005. (See also: "Inconsiderate and Illiterate" [video], also at the same site.)
• "Philippines: Movies that Matter" by Noel Vera, de Filmkrant, February 2006.
• "Philippine cinema on the verge of redemption" by Francis Cruz, Lessons From the School of Inattention, August 2007.
• "Lav Diaz" By Nicolas Giuliani (Le Petit Journal, Cinéma du Réel 2008, 14 Mar 2008) [FRENCH]
  
• "The Martyr" ["Lav Diaz / Director"] (photographed by Juan Caguicla), Rogue 8, March 2008, p. 70.
• "Retrospektive Lav Diaz", Arsenal – Institut für Film und Videokunst e.V., Berlin, September 2008. [GERMAN]
• "On Lav Diaz and the Cinema of the Comatose" by Richard Polisay, Lilok Pelikula, 15 Nov 2008.
• "Evolution of a Filipino filmmaker" by Matthew Flanagan, Unspoken cinema, 5 June 2009
  
• "A Short Article about the Films of the Indio Nacional" By: Francis Joseph A. Cruz, Lessons from the School of Inattention, 11 June 2010 / [PORTUGUESE]
• "The films of Lav Diaz" By: Just Another Film Buff; The Seventh Art, 16 May 2010 [at Unspoken Cinema]
• "On Lav Diaz" By: Francis Cruz; Lessons from the School of Inattention, 19 Oct 2010 
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INTERVIEWS

• “The Decade of Living Dangerously: A Chronicle from Lav Diaz” by Brandon Wee, Senses of Cinema 34, 2005.
• “A Conversation with Lav Diaz.” by Alexis Tioseco, Criticine, January 2006.
• "Lav Diaz: A Portrait of the Artist as a Filmmaker" by Dino Manrique, Pinoyfilm.com, September 2006.
• “Lav Diaz and the Insane Struggle for Evolution” [on Ebolusyon Ng Isang Pamilyang Pilipino] by Alexis Tioseco, SEA-Images (undated).
• "The Agony and the Ecstasy: Fragments of discussions with Lav Diaz on Death in the Land of Encantos" by Alexis Tioseco, Concentrated Nonsense (also published in the 31st Cinéma du réel catalogue: PDF [FRENCH]), July 2007 - January 2008.
• “Lav Diaz: 'Digital is liberation theology'” by Tilman Baumgärtel, GreenCine, September 2007.
• “Interview with Lav Diaz” by Ruben V. Nepales, The Philippine Daily Inquirer (Global Nation), September 2007.
• “A Dialogue in Progress – Social/Personal Memory Before Heremias” by Vinita Ramani, Kino! 1, 2007.
• “Venice festival awaits Lav Diaz and his latest epic” By Ruben V. Nepales, The Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 2007.
• “Lav Diaz : 'Uso el cine para educar'” by Pamela Biénzobas Saffie, Revista de Cine MABUSE, June 2008 (also viewable here). [SPANISH]
• "Fragments d’entretiens avec Lav Diaz à propos de Death in the Land of Encantos" by Alexis Tioseco (Cinéma du Réel 2008, Mar 2008) [FRENCH]
• “2 breaks for Venice screening of eight-hour film by Lav Diaz” by Ruben V. Nepales, The Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 2008.
• “Lav Diaz knew of his Venice win before announcement” by Ruben V. Nepales, The Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 2008.
• "To Hell and Back with Lav Diaz" by Eric S. Caruncho, The Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 2008.
• 7 video interviews [on long-take aesthetics; digital cinema; Philippine cinema; Lino Brocka; Mike de Leon; leftist activism; Melancholia; his Mindanao project], Cargo, October 2008.
• Video interview [3 mins, filmed after the opening day of Berlin retro], berlin IMPRESSIONS, October 2008.
  
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MISC. TEXT by LAV DIAZ

• “Our Death, In Memoriam” by Lav Diaz, Kino! 2/3.
• “The Aesthetic Challenge of Batang West Side” [RTF to download] by Lav Diaz (Manila, December 2002, translated by Noel Vera), originally published in Ekran, 2005.
• "We Were Talking About the Poetry of Cinema" by Lav Diaz in "Kino-sine: Philippine-German cinema relations", ed. by Tilman Baumgärtel, Goethe-Institut Manila & Anvil Publishing, 2007, p. 64-65. Available for download here.
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WEBSITES

• IMDb
• WikiPilipinas │ Wikipedia
• Encantos ("Post Literature Cinema" blog)
  
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