SCREENING IN THE BERNARD OSHER FOUNDATION AUDITORIUM
“Classical in its emotional texture and unmistakably modern on both a formal and political level.”
125 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Lino Brocka. In Filipino with English subtitles. DCP.
Screening as part of “Fall of ‘75,” a celebration of some of the greatest films from one of cinema’s greatest years.
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.
ADDITIONAL SCREENINGS in this series:
Mirror: Saturday, October 4 at 3 p.m.
Mirror: Sunday, October 5 at 12 p.m.
Picnic at Hanging Rock: Saturday, October 11 at 3 p.m.
Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom: Saturday, November 1 at 3 p.m.
Nashville: Saturday, November 15 at 3 p.m.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: Saturday, November 29 at 3 p.m.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: Sunday, November 30 at 12 p.m.
India Song: Saturday, December 13 at 3 p.m.