Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933)
(2023-10-12)
2023-10-12 • Documentary • 1h 3m
Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933) (2023-10-12)
2023-10-12 • Documentary • 1h 3m
This is not a film by Khavn
Overview
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.
This is not a film by Khavn
Overview
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.
