“Ako lang ang walang pangalan”
“Ako lang ang walang pangalan” says Dante Mendoza.
If there is an award in Barrio Siete, the 1st Barrio Siete Award of Excellence goes to Filipino filmmaker Brillante “Dante” Mendoza who was proclaimed best director in this year’s Cannes Film Festival in France for his work “Kinatay” (Butchered), besting the likes of acclaimed directors Ang Lee, Pedro Almodovar, Jane Campion and Quentin Tarantino.
Critics called Kinatay, the film “unwatchable” but others admitted that while they cringed at the film’s blunt realism on violence, they could not look away.
Brillante Medoza exemplifies what’s it like to be in Barrio Siete, overcome challenges and come out on top. On top of the world pa kamo! He pulled a tremendous upset victory to such names as Tarantino, Campion and Von Trier. He won over established filmmakers, including Michael Haneke, whose “The White Ribbbon” won the Palme d’Or, French master Alain Resnais, Oscar winner Ang Lee, Ken Loach, Gasper Noe and Johnnie To.
As the first Filipino to win the Best Director prize in Cannes, he now joins the list of revered filmmakers who have won the coveted prize, including Martin Scorsese, Ingmar Bergman, Francois Truffaut, Luis Buñuel, Robert Bresson, Costa Gavras, Bernard Tavernier, Werner Herzog, Robert Altman, Joel Coen, Pedro Almodovar and Gus Van Sant.
Ngayon, me pangalan ka na, Brillante “Dante” Mendoza. Congratulations!
Viewed 14810 times by 2636 viewers
Kotsengkuba is a native of Nueva Ecija, lived most of his life in Manila but is currently staying with his wife and daughter in Tagaytay. If not busy looking after his family, he could either be found blogging, tweaking his blog or other people's blogs (their lives included) just so he could fund their next food trip or family outing. Pester him on his blogs Chronicles of Kotsengkuba and Adobong Starfish
base ulit: balik ako, hahaha!
congrats sa kanya. antayin ko n lang Kinatay sa dibidi. ndi naman kc pinapalabas sa sine mga yan eh. hehehe
Galing ni Direk Dante, mapahanay lang sa mga de-kalibreng director abroad is already an honor. Binigyan na ba siya sa Palasyo ng recognition. He, too deserves public recognition just like the other Pinoys who made it to the international scene.
Im interested to see this flick. Bring on Kinatay peeps!
Silver, ako din gusto ko siya panoorin. too bad hindi yata ipapalabas sa mga sinehan dahil sobrang violent. Sana meron ng kopya suki namin sa Tandang Sora, hehe.
Yami,
Sana merong special screening for that. Sayang naman kung di mapanuod dito.
Dont forget the chicha and the sopdrinks! Oye!
E kung yung Evil Dead nga napalabas dito, yan pa kaya. Haha.
mas lalo syang naging gwapo para saken hehehe!
akala ko si ambo yun, hahaha
ang galing! backstage ang beauty ni Quentin Tarantino at Ang Lee!
Isand Indie film ba itong Kinatay?
Mendoza bested Tarantino and Ang Lee? Wow, galing ng Pinoy. Super!
[...] Naitsismis na ni Pareng Kotsengkuba sa Barrio Siete ang pagka-panalo ni Ginoong Brillante Mendoza as… [...]
[...] na nag-kampeon sa Women’s World 10-Ball Championship. Nakasilat din ang pinoy na director na si Brillante sa Cannes, tinalo pa si pareng Quentin. Suskonamanteng, walang binatbat si Direk [...]