Episode 18: Filipiñana

Written By Charlene Wang de Chen

If you love golf, this episode is for you. If you hate golf, this episode is for you.

Charlene and Jackie close out summer by unpacking Filipiñana, a film so powerful it won the Special Jury Prize for Creative Vision at Sundance, spurred deep discussions about post colonialism and indirect violence in the global south, and successfully tranquilized multiple members of a Friday night Film Forum audience.

COMPLETE SHOW NOTES:

2:18 The Filipinana Short that the feature was based on was Rafael Manuel’s thesis film at London Film School 

3:05 “ “It’s just such an important part of why I wanted to make this film: to make the violence of the Global South relatable to Western audiences as well.”

7:00 There are truly so many special jury prizes at Sundance (over 15)

10:08 The book Charlene is referencing is Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and the director Jackie is referencing is Apichatpong Weerasethakul

16:43 Both the costume design and the production design of Filipinana were done by Carla Villenueva 

21:35 ‘This Timelessnes of Colonialism’ And Interview with Rafael Manuel on Filipinana

27:14 The sound design in this scene of The Shining goes crazy!!!

34:29 You can buy the ‘Chairs I Have Loved’ Zine at the Old News Newsstand in Manhattan!

35:50 Time to Say Goodbye podcast discussion on why Filipinos are great at karaoke

36:00 Karen Tongson AKA Tongsonator 

42:14 An incredible reflection on the cakes of Marie Antoinette 

44:06 There are over 130 languages spoken in the Philippines!

47:28 The 1988 Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program

56:07 A guide to the Icy, Confrontational cinema of Michael Haneke 

58:50 Sign of the Times is both a Prince song and a Harry Styles song

59:31 A little movie called Duets and the many instances of characters expressing themselves and or bonding through Karaoke 

1:04:08 “I just want you to know that some people have war in their countries”

1:05:08 The documentary about the harlem renaissance is: Once Upon a Time in Harlem

1:11:35 Sissy Spacek and Jack Fisks marriage is one for the books

Full List of Movies and TV Shows Referenced In This Episode:

  • Magazine Dreams

  • Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma 

  • Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom

  • The Invite 

  • Resident Evil

  • Practical Magic 2

  • You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution, Spread Love & Overalls, and Created a Community That Changed the World (in a Canadian Kind of Way)

  • Playtime

  • Mon Oncle

  • Pierre Le Fou

  • The Shining 

  • Girls Will Be Girls 

  • Marie Antoinette 

  • The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 

  • Parasite 

  • Funny Games

  • Sunshine State 

  • I Love Boosters

  • No Other Choice 

  • Late Fame 

  • Fatherland

  • Project Hail Mary 

  • Duets

  • Seven

  • Iron Man 3

  • Shallow Hal

  • View From the Top 

  • 27 Dresses 

  • The Skeleton Twins 

  • Almost Famous 

  • How To Lose a Guy In 10 Days 

  • America’s Next Top Model 

  • SCTV

  • Russian Doll 

  • Brazil 

  • Game of Thrones 

  • The Flight Attendant 

  • Badlands 

  • Marc by Sofia

  • You Can See Everything 

  • The Curse 

  • Making Marie Antoinette

  • Oslo, August 31 

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Charlene Wang de Chen
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