Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933)

Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933)

4.8 |
1h 3min

Released

Documentary
Lost cinema. Lost culture. Lost country. Lost people. How to recreate the past with nothing? Cinema of the impossible. The silent past is a horror film. The smell of nitrate in the morning. How many ghosts can the cinema contain? 75 films. 22 years. What is the numerological significance? Too late. Never too late.
Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933)

Story

Lost cinema. Lost culture. Lost country. Lost people. How to recreate the past with nothing? Cinema of the impossible. The silent past is a horror film. The smell of nitrate in the morning. How many ghosts can the cinema contain? 75 films. 22 years. What is the numerological significance? Too late. Never too late.

Directors

Khavn, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Jet Leyco, Khavn, Furan Guillermo, Furan Guillermo,

Writers

Tags

This is not a film by Khavn

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