Saturday, June 30, 2007

What I'm Watching #90


bathhouse
Originally uploaded by Randuwa
Today is a day to watch movies! No specific reason except that I am in the mood and I have a backlog of DVD's to get through. So it's a mini international film festival at casa randuwa~!

I started the day with "Bathhouse." A Filipino film written in Tagalog with English subtitles. It's really hard to know what to say about this one. Well, that's not true in one sense. I could easily tell you that it's a dog! But I don't think that that would be exactly fair in this instance, and so I'm going to take a stab at being more culturally sensitive. Clearly making a film about gay issues in the Philippines is not the same sort of undertaking as it would be in the United States, Canada, or Mexico for instance. So something must be given to the people behind this film for their desire to tell a story.

What isn't really theirs to claim in any sense of the art of story telling is original or believable themes and/or dialogue. Or Nuanced, plausible, sympathetic acting. OR Inventive, supportive, even interesting cinematography. EVEN, Consistently legible sub-titles! I could go on and on, but there's no point: the 76 minutes of the film was plenty LONG enough! Even the temptation of wondering what this film could have been with the right technical and financial expertise and support is only a fleeting wisp of a thought quickly and mercifully squelched by the phrase, "Why bother?" So much for sensitivity!

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