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Manila in the Claws of Light (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

Hilda Koronel (Actor), Rafael Roco Jr. (Actor), Lino Brocka (Director) Rated:
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Genre Drama
Format Subtitled, Widescreen
Contributor Hilda Koronel, Rafael Roco Jr., Lino Brocka
Language Tagalog
Runtime 2 hours and 5 minutes
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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.

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• New 4K digital restoration by the Film Development Council of the Philippines and Cineteca di Bologna/L’Immagine Ritrovata, in association with The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, LVN, Cinema Artists Philippines, and cinematographer Mike De Leon, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• Introduction by filmmaker Martin Scorsese
• Signed: Lino Brocka, a 1987 documentary about the director by Christian Blackwood
• “Manila” . . . A Filipino Film, a 1975 documentary about the making of the film, featuring Brocka and actors Hilda Koronel and Rafael Roco Jr.
• New piece with critic, filmmaker, and festival programmer Tony Rayns
• New English subtitle translation
• PLUS: An essay by film scholar José B. Capino

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  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 3.2 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Lino Brocka
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Subtitled, Widescreen
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 5 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ June 12, 2018
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Hilda Koronel, Rafael Roco Jr.
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Criterion Collection
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07BF2PQTM
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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Arguably the best Filipino of all time and the first one to be restored by the Criterion Collection, this film is a must-watch even if you have seen the film already. The DVD transfer/restoration was excellent considering archiving in the Philippines is almost non-existent, more than half of Philippine cinema is gone forever. It also features a substantial supplementary section - surprising to see behind-the-scenes footage shot by the cinematographer Mike de Leon (a great director in his own right) and a documentary "Signed: Lino Brocka" by Christian Blackwood that contextualizes the period when the film was made and the director's motivations in making such film. It makes your appreciation of the film deeper.
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  • Andrew Silverio
    5.0 out of 5 stars Superb transfer and excellent extras
    Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2019
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    Arguably the best Filipino of all time and the first one to be restored by the Criterion Collection, this film is a must-watch even if you have seen the film already. The DVD transfer/restoration was excellent considering archiving in the Philippines is almost non-existent, more than half of Philippine cinema is gone forever. It also features a substantial supplementary section - surprising to see behind-the-scenes footage shot by the cinematographer Mike de Leon (a great director in his own right) and a documentary "Signed: Lino Brocka" by Christian Blackwood that contextualizes the period when the film was made and the director's motivations in making such film. It makes your appreciation of the film deeper.
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    Andrew Silverio
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Superb transfer and excellent extras

    Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2019
    Arguably the best Filipino of all time and the first one to be restored by the Criterion Collection, this film is a must-watch even if you have seen the film already. The DVD transfer/restoration was excellent considering archiving in the Philippines is almost non-existent, more than half of Philippine cinema is gone forever. It also features a substantial supplementary section - surprising to see behind-the-scenes footage shot by the cinematographer Mike de Leon (a great director in his own right) and a documentary "Signed: Lino Brocka" by Christian Blackwood that contextualizes the period when the film was made and the director's motivations in making such film. It makes your appreciation of the film deeper.
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  • Francis Medina
    5.0 out of 5 stars A very good Filipino movie with sad ending
    Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2023
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    Very good job in restoring this film in high definition. The movie is very good despite the sad ending. This could be a true story. I wonder!
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  • babycha
    5.0 out of 5 stars Real
    Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2019
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    Very few if any props were used in this film. Manila was then and is now what can best be described as a very grotty and dangerous place for naive people.

    If you like foreign films that give you a sense of being there you will like this film. I wont reveal the plot in my short review. if you saw "metro manila" and liked it you will enjoy this film as well.
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  • Jaco
    5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Filipino Drama
    Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2022
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    Been waiting t see this classic again since the 70s.
    Nice restoration and good bonus documentaries.
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  • Don Quixote
    5.0 out of 5 stars Gritty, Heartbreaking Urban Realism
    Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2019
    A young man stands on Misericordia Street, looking at a second-floor window, hoping that the light will come on and he will see the girl he loves. The image summarizes a large part of this memorable film from the Philippines. Lino Brocka's _Manila in the Claws of Light_ (1975) is about longing, specifically about longing for a better life, for a sort of earthly paradise. It is no coincidence that the girl the protagonist is looking for is called Ligaya Paraiso.

    The story is not complex at all. Julio Madiaga (Bembol Roco), a fisherman, has come to Manila looking for his girlfriend Ligaya (Hilda Koronel), who was taken to the big city a year before by an elusive woman known as Mrs. Cruz. The youths are from Marinduque, so the film illustrates the city/province dichotomy. The neon jungle is a corrupt place where the poor and innocent are corrupted by the more powerful, and often driven to despair. It is also, however, a place where the exploited help each other. Noble feelings have even more merit in such a place.

    _Manila in the Claws of Light_ is a great example of social realism, and as such it belongs to the rich tradition that includes films like _Los olvidados_ (Luis Buñuel, 1950), _Pixote_ (Hector Babenco, 1981), _As Tears Go By_ (Kar-Wai Wong, 1988), _Cyclo_ (Anh Hung Tran, 1995), and of course, _Mean Streets_ (1973) and _Taxi Driver_ (1976), by Martin Scorsese, whose introduction to Brocka’s film is included in this edition. Stylistically, however, _Manila…_ has a no-tricks approach. You will see some interesting, effective jump cuts, flashbacks, and montage, but there is not much formal experimentation. The film favors a documentary style. The point is to present reality as faithfully as possible. It is for this reason that Brocka likes to use local people as extras, because as he points out in one of the special features included on the disc, real extras have learned to act, whereas locals give you a more faithful sense of realism. The idea is to keep “art” at a minimum, since to avoid it entirely is impossible.

    The second disc includes three extra features, all of which I enjoyed. _“Manila”... A Filipino Film_, and _Challenging the Viewer_ are each approximately 20 minutes long. The former is a making-of documentary, contemporary with the film itself, and includes interviews with the two main stars and with Brocka; the latter is an appreciation of the film by Tony Rayns, who also discusses the director’s method. Finally, the documentary _Signed: Lino Brocka_ (85 minutes) provides a great overview of the prolific director's career, paying special attention to its historical, social, and political context. The documentary, which begins with Brocka’s "ars poetica," includes extensive interview footage featuring the director, as well as clips from his work, something very valuable for those who wish to explore other Brocka films.

    _Manila in the Claws of Light_ is the first Filipino film I have seen, and it has left a mark on me. It should not be judged by its plot outline. This is a powerful, emotional, humanistic story with flesh and blood, relatable characters. It is also a universal story, one that illustrates ancient human truths by plunging deep into the local.

    Thanks for reading, and enjoy the film!
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  • A
    5.0 out of 5 stars Bet you haven't watched this movie. You should!
    Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2018
    This is a harrowing and effective movie showing the harsh realities of Manila life faced by the poor in the seventies. It's a mix of melodrama and almost socialist realism. I love Midnight Cowboy (also recently released on blu ray on Criterion [and it looks freaking fantastic]), but this film makes Midnight Cowboy look like Sesame Street. It goes to the logical places in its narrative and imagery where Midnight Cowboy dared not but should have gone.

    The film transfer itself looks wonderful on blu ray and the extras are interesting. Give this film a shot--it's worth your time.
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  • Zim
    5.0 out of 5 stars A film to study
    Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2019
    Ostensibly the story of a man from a rural part of the Philippines searching for his love who disappeared mysteriously in the big city of Manila, the film swiftly assumes the contours of a narrative about class struggle and worker exploitation. The main character spends more time working than he does searching, slowly losing his sanity to a machine-like city which, through a combination of human greed and broken systems (of payment, of housing, of policing), uses up and spits out poor bodies, dead or alive. This is a bleak but blindingly brilliant work which saturates film noir tropes with social and economic realities, carefully diagramming the blood-soaked construction and institutionalization of injustice.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars I was hoping ending would be better
    Reviewed in Canada on July 4, 2018
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    Really enjoy movie, good acting
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