The archival afterlives of Philippine cinema
Bliss Cua Lim
Bok · Engelsk · 2024
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| Opplysninger | Keywords for Philippine Cinema's Archival Afterlives -- A Tale of Three Buildings: Marcos Cultural Policy and Anarchival Temporality -- Silence, Perseverance, and Survival in State-Run Philippine Film Archives -- Privatization and the ABS-CBN Film Archives -- Queer Anachronisms and Temporalities of Restoration: T-Bird at Ako -- Informal Archiving in a Riverine System: Video 48 and the Kalampag Tracking Agency -- Binisaya: Archival Power and Vernacular Audiences in Iskalawags -- Of Audiences and Archival Publics: Pepot Arista.. - "The Archival Afterlives of Philippine Cinema analyzes the crisis-ridden history of film archiving in the Philippines. Historically, the preservation of Philippine cinema has been unevenly supported by the government, and many films produced before digital recording have been lost. Bliss Cua Lim explores dynamics of cultural legislation and privatization in formal state and corporate archives, analyzing restorations of the last extant nitrate film and a star-studded lesbian classic as well as the Marcos regime's cinematic and architectural propaganda. Lim argues for an anarchival history of Philippine cinema, one that highlights institutional precarity, scarcity, and the materiality of the archive. Weaving together questions of institutional history, political context, cultural policy alongside medial materiality, film analyses, and production histories, this book documents formal and informal attempts to archive Philippine cinema"--
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| ISBN | 9781478021001. - 9781478025733
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