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“Your mind is the scene of the crime.” Essentially, this movie tells the story of Cobb (Leo diCaprio) and his team’s mission to access somebody else’s mind through his dreams, and perform extraction or inception. With mind-invaders backed-up by no-nonsense people who practically dictate the lives of commoners, this film’s plot could easily be mistaken for revolving around organized crime.

Not quite.

We are greeted by a scene, so easy to disregard, which cuts to another scene with our main characters working their way deeper into the mind of their subject to steal something from his subconscious. It is then revealed to us that if it is possible to extract an idea from somebody’s mind, then it is also possible to impose one.

The technicalities are then laid out, exploring the feasibility of constructing dreams within dreams, so as to plant an idea deeper into the subject’s mind. The Point Man, Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) researches about The Mark, Fischer (Cillian Murphy). The Architect, Ariadne (Ellen Page), builds the physical aspect of the dream like structures for mazes; in which The Forger, Eames (Tom Hardy) and The Extractor, Cobb, will work their way deeper into The Mark’s subconscious. For them to plant the idea deeper, they need adequate sedation, courtesy of The Chemist, Yusuf (Dileep Rao). Their mission begins, and we get sucked into an indefinite adventure.

While almost everybody has been debating about how the story actually went and how it ended, here I am, simply fascinated by the philosophy behind Inception. It got me thinking more about the possibilities of the science behind it, rather than getting me spend time discussing how I understood the movie. Besides, that kind of narrative wasn’t designed to have a definite beginning and end, or a definite conclusion. I could easily declare that it ended conventionally and that everything fell into place, or I could claim that every scenario in the movie were merely bits and pieces implying something else.

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INCEPTION was simply designed to point out that “reality” is what the subject chooses to believe in. The film was constructed to initiate various interpretations, mostly steering away from the obvious and superficial. And in case you don’t find the story amusing, the movie’s production value and musical score will keep you entertained, at the very least. Execution is the key. There’s Gordon-Levitt’s zero-gravity scene, for one.

Christopher Nolan has already bended too many conventions of science with Inception’s storyline, that when he got to the ending, he still had the viewers debating whether or not what was presented was what it seemed.

“Who are we to say otherwise?”

This summer, there are many blockbuster movies that already came out.

Most of them, I have already seen. Although not necessarily at the cinemas because I have been so busy with my online work.

I’m just glad that I was able to watch some of these from the comfort of my home and my computer.

Some of these were: Iron Man 2, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2010, Kick Ass, Clash of the Titans (2010) and Alice in Wonderland 2010.

Thanks to the power of the Internet. I can now watch movies online.

This movie isn’t for the fainthearted Twilight fans nor is it for under 17 (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian) as this gets an R rating for sex, drugs, rock ’n’ roll — all of it under age. I don’t recommend young girls to watch this unless they can clearly take the good out of the bad from it.

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I think Walter got it right from the start. He did not only envision a world with “Disney” products or movies, but yes, he did create it. [continue reading]

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I got a text from Mark Laccay (who did the sound re/design for Engkwentro) while I was in the middle of one of my missions fundraising gigs:

“It is done! Venice International Film Festival 2009 Orizzonti Winner ENGKWENTRO!!! Mabuhay ang Pinoy Film Maker! Ipagkalat at ikasaya natin lahat!”

Wow. It was just a few weeks ago when I was at the SweetSpot Studio documenting Pepe Diokno, Mark Laccay and their audio team doing the finishing touches for Engkwentro before it was shown in Cinemalaya, I was there shell-shocked when Cinemalaya didn’t give a SINGLE official award to Engkwentro, I was there outside the CCP smiling inside knowing, it took a lot of guts for the foreigner Cinemalaya juror to grab the microphone and give Engkwentro the first “unofficial” jury citation in Cinemalaya history, I remember choosing the Cory yellow-inspired poster for the Venice version and I remember having to FTP the Engkwentro soundtracks for the Venice red carpet while GMail was done via IMAP.

It’s all worth the roller-coaster ride and congratulations to Pepe Diokno who was ONLY 21 years old and a U.P Film undergrad (and still is I think) when he finished! Pepe Diokno’s Engkwentro is the second Filipino director to be in Venice (after Mike de Leon’s “Sister Stella L” in 1984- I have to disagree with Ricky Lo on this one since Engkwentro was already considered by Venice DURING Cinemalaya, so Brillante Mendoza becomes the third Filipino director to compete, although the first to compete both in Cannes and Venice)

MABUHAY NG PINOY FILM MAKER!

one last quote from Mark Laccay from his facebook:

“Engkwentro WINS 2 Major Award At the Venice Film Fest 2009!!!!! Orizzonti 2009 Award and The Lion Of the Future Award!!!! Mabuhay and Pinoy Independent Film Maker!!!!! Mabuhay ang Pinoy Talent!!!!!!!!!”

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One of the jurors in Cinemalaya Cinco had to grab the mic and say what was on everyone’s mind -

“Why wasn’t Engkwentro recognized?”

The juror said that the jurors decided to give an unprecendented, unofficial SPECIAL MENTION to Pepe Diokno for his intentions with his film Engkwentro – that at 21 years old – for someone to make a film like that – was a feat in itself.

Hey, I love the fact that Last Supper No.3 won – I laughed my heart out in the film – an as an aspiring observational stand-up comedian, it heartens me that people get it now.

But I think they should have given Engkwentro the Jury Prize – maybe it could have shared it with the other two?

I’m thinking that maybe, just maybe, the jurors were thinking:

“… Pepe Diokno is ONLY 21 years old, he’ll make more films, let’s give him time to … mature …”

Some questions:

- how many 21-year olds do you know would do a social commentary on the vigilante death squads in the South?

- how many 21-year olds would try to do those 30-minute (“one take”) shots?

- how many 21-year olds would try to re-create the whole sound (yes, it wasn’t “live sound …) for his film

- how many 21-year olds would be brave enough to satirize a topic that has been put under the rug for some time

CINEMA FOR SOCIAL CHANGE – if you want to change society with films – you need to send out the right message to the young people.

I could still remember the perplexed expression in Pepe Diokno’s face when he exited the Main Theater of the CCP after the Awards night a few hours ago – and I’m thinking -

“Is this the way we encourage young people to change society with cinema – by giving a 21-year old first-time film maker ZERO AWARDS on your awards night?”

Somewhere, somehow there’s a lesson here. I hope the other film festivals would vindicate Pepe Diokno.

(full disclosure: I did some stills among other things for Engkwentro and my business partner recreated the whole sound of the film from the ground up (Mark Laccay FTW! )so at least you have a context of my rant but COME ON – ZERO AWARDS? oh well …)

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Anna Maria, 19, born in San Francisco, CA is of Filipino, Irish and Spanish descent. She is the granddaughter of Filipina singer-actress Sylvia La Torre.

I think her long name: Anna Maria Francesca Enriquez Perez de Tagle kind of also gave it away for her. We Filipinos are among those who carry 4-6 names total. I have 5.

I didn’t realize how popular she is on TV playing alongside Miley Cyrus aka Miley Stewart in the hit Disney show “Hannah Montana” as Ashley Dewitt and another Disney hit show “Camp Rock” as Ella. I’m sorry but I’ve never seen a Hannah Montana or Camp Rock episode so I didn’t know. I never knew she existed until today. Yay!

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“Brillante Mendoza of the Philippines on Sunday picked up the best director prize at the Cannes film festival for his dark movie ‘Kinatay’.”

I love the Brillante Mendoza quote:

“This is not just entertainment, these kinds of stories are real”.

twit about it an use the hashtag: #kinatay

Here’s some blog coverage so far:

Cannes, May 24: The winners

Cannes #4: What were they thinking of?

Cannes is over…and PHILIPPINES’ BRILLANTE MENDOZA BAGS THE BEST …

Winners Announced: Tarantino Saves Another Career

Cannes 2009 errr Predix

Cannes Film Festival prize winners

Cannes ’09: Brillante Mendoza wins best director

Best Director: Brillante Mendoza for “Kinatay“

an excerpt:

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