‘By the time you see this announcement,’ he says, ‘I will be dead.’ He goes on to say that it wasn’t a career in law enforcement that killed him but two packs of cigarettes a day. I saw this at about three o'clock in the morning, alone in my apartment, on a black-and-white set with lots of interference. White noise and snow. He seemed to be speaking directly at me, right out of the television set. For a moment I was disoriented, seized by panic; could a ghost embody itself through wavelengths, electronic dots, a picture tube? What are the dead, anyway, but waves and energy? Light shining from a dead star?’ - The Secret History by Donna Tartt
There’s this thing we do in the Philippines where we use old cans and bottles as a substitute for clay pots… I’m not sure if it’s a practice anywhere else. I find it really endearing when i see windowsills filled w recycled cans with houseplants on them.
Because there are just simply not enough Heneral Luna memes out there. So screw it, I made some.
(grabbed images from… various places, thanks to Google Images)
…If anyone’s still searching for fan club members, I’ll be right here. (΄◞ิ౪◟ิ‵)
Here’s to celebrating hopefully the start of a new generation of inspiring films in Filipino cinema! I’ve nothing but complete respect for Jerrold Tarog, the entire crew, and of course, John Arcilla, who played the brazenly blunt yet poetic Antonio Luna. (ᵒ̴̶̷̤́◞౪◟ ᵒ̴̶̷̤̀ )
#HeneralLuna
Mikhailovsky’s Giselle
Photos by Nikolai Krusser
The girl on the blue line train. Model: jesus-is-cumming