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DISCOVER THE WORK OF ONE OF THE GREATEST ARTIST OF FILIPINO CINEMA
8 UNPRECEDENTED WORKS AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE WORLD ON BLU-RAY!
"A GREAT FORMALIST AND REMARKABLE DIRECTOR OF ACTORS, ATTENTIVE TO THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL REALITY OF HIS COUNTRY."
THE WORLD
Born in 1947 in Manila, Mike De Leon is a child of the ball: his father is the producer Manuel De Leon and his grandmother, Narcisa De Leon, the founder of LVN Pictures, a legendary Filipino studio. From Itim ( The Rites of May ), his first feature film made in 1976, Mike De Leon tackles social and political issues through powerful and sometimes disturbing images. Spanning nearly five decades, his filmography scrutinizes the evolution of Filipino society with disconcerting audacity, using both genre cinema and auteur film. Psychological drama, political thriller, romance, parody spy film, the 8 feature films presented in this restored version of this Blu-ray™ 5 Box set capture the portrait of an essential filmmaker, at work with remarkable stylistic power. .
Available in 5 Blu-ray box set
> Includes an 80-page booklet
Rigid case containing 1 3-fold digipack in Blu-ray
New Unreleased Restored Masters
THE 8 FILMS
BLU-RAY 1: ITIM (1976 – Colors and B&W – 107 mins)
BLU-RAY 2: IT WAS A DREAM (1977 – Colors – 113 mn)
BLU-RAY 3: KAKABAKABA KA BA? (1980 – Colors and B&W – 106 mn) • KISAPMATA (1981 – Colors and B&W – 99 mn)
BLU-RAY 4: BATCH '81 (1982 – Colors – 105 mn) • PARADISE IS NOT SHARED (1985 – Colors – 129 mn)
BLU-RAY 5: HEROE OF THE THIRD WORLD (1999 – B&W – 94 mn) • CITIZEN JAKE (2018 – Colors – 137 mn)
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A NEWLY WRITTEN BOOKLET (80 PAGES)
Written by Charles Tesson, film critic and historian, and illustrated with numerous exclusive set photos.
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SUPPLEMENTS (IN HD)
. " PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS FILIPINO " (1965 – B&W – 111 mn – HD)
A brand new feature film directed by Lamberto V. Avellana and produced by Manuel De Leon. |
. 3 NEW SHORT FILMS DIRECTED BY MIKE DE LEON:
" ALIWAN PARADISE " (1992 – Colors – 29 mn)
Segment from the collective film Southern Winds .
" KANGKUNGAN " (2019 – Colors – 5 mn)
" NEVER AGAIN " (2022 – Colors and B&W – 2 mins)
2 political short films.
. "SIGNOS" (1983 – Colors – 38 mins)
A new documentary filmed in Super 8 mm in response to the assassination of an opponent of dictator Ferdinand Marcos, Ninoy Aquino.
. 3 BEHIND THE SCENES DOCUMENTARY: "ITIM" (20 mins) • "IT WAS A DREAM" (23 mins) • "KAKABAKABA KA BA?" (14 mins)
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5 BD • HIGH DEFINITION MASTERS • 1080/23.98p • AVC ENCODING
Original Version DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 & 1.0 • French Subtitles
Formats 1.85, 1.66 and 1.78 respected • Colors and Black & White • Total Film Length: 890 mins
Release on March 21, 2023
