Monday, November 28, 2005

filipinovelas

i saw pinoy faces at the tv monitor of a video store inside a mall in petaling jaya. not pinoy looking faces but definitely pinoy faces.

it wast the most curious thing, in front of posters of malaysian movie and pop stars was this footage of nestor de villa eating a mango. what surprised me more after entereing the store was the number of pinoy dvd movies in the store, and more curiously that it was of the kristine hermosa - jerico rosales variety.

turned out that pinoy soap is a big hit in malaysia, especially 'sana'y wala nang wakas'. it's being shown on free tv and has a regular following. it's not dubbed though but they use subtitles instead.

what struck me was that i don't remember having seen any malaysian movie, not even in asian film festivals, and that i don't think i'll ever see any malaysian soap played in a pinoy video store.
i mused over this in between swigs of guinness, sometimes i'd return to the drone conversation- IT use by advocacy groups - then slide back to thoughts of asian cinema and tv again, went back....nope... haven't seen any malaysian film.
'the pillow book' at the UP film center ... must!

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