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I don’t really know who Manuel Conde is, but I received this speech (via email) by Cesar Hernando, the Project Director of The Cinema of Manuel Conde . This speech was delivered on July 16, 2008 during the during the Cinemalaya’s “Tribute to Manuel Conde” and book launch. The speech piqued my curiosity and I’m sharing it here at Penstalker.

Good afternoon!

A book on Manuel Conde is very long overdue. This is only the second book in our country’s publishing history devoted to a great Filipino filmmaker and artist, whose significance, we believe, has been overlooked. The book shows why the late Manuel Conde is one of Philippine cinema’s great directors, popular both here and abroad. Most of his films were full of social insights and commentary that are still relevant today. Of course, it’s lamentable not to see his entire master works, as most of them are no longer available to be seen by a new generation. And we don’t even have a permanent national film archive. If a book had been written about him decades ago, Manuel Conde could easily have been our national artist for film.

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Prom Night is a movie about a prom gone bad thanks to a teacher who’s so obsessed with his student that he just has to kill everyone else! Watch the movie only if you have a bad experience with your Prom Night and you just want some of your classmates to perish off the planet. You can also be excused for watching this movie if you’re feeling extra generous and you want to give your money to the producers of the film out of pity.

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If you applied for a BPI credit card, BPI mastercard, you better use it. What use would it be if it just stayed inside your wallet?

I’m not saying you got to SM North EDSA, SM Manila, Trinoma or any other Manila Malls. What I’m saying is, there are a lot of benefits in using Bank of the Philippine Islands credit cards.

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I got hold of a schedule of SM Cinema schedule of movie screening for July. There are a number of good movies being shown for the rest of July. I’m giving you the movie screening schedule for SM Cinema. You can go to SM North EDSA, SM Manila, SM Mall of Asia and other SM Cinemas in the Metro to watch these movies.

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For everyone who’s been anxiously waiting for the results of the Cinemalaya Awards, here it is finally:

Best Film: “Jay”

Special Jury Award: “Brutus” for depicting culture collisions in the context of environmental exploitation

Best Director: Chris Martinez for “100″

Best Actress: Mylene Dizon for “100″

Best Actor: Baron Geisler for “Jay”

Best Supporting Actress: Eugene Domingo for “100″

Best Supporting Actor: Yul Servo for “Brutus”

Audience Choice (Full Length): “100″

Best Short Film: “Andong”

Special Jury Award: “My Pet” for the brave use animation as a medium of storytelling

Special Jury Citation: “Angan-Angan” for its depiction of the mindanao culture and their people’s desire for education

Best Director (Shorts): Mark Reyes for “God Only Knows”

Best Screenplay (Shorts): “Andong”

Audience Choice (Shorts): “God Only Knows”

Best Screenplay (Full Length): “100”

Best Cinematography: “Brutus” and “Huling Pasada”

Best Production Design: “Baby Angelo”

Best Editing: “Jay”

Best Musical Score: Joey Ayala for “Brutus”

Best Sound Recording: “Ranchero“

More than two years ago, I decided to apply for a BPI credit card. I haven’t regretted it. There are times that I do, but on the whole I love my Bank of the Philippine Islands credit card. If you are considering what credit card company to apply for, then I suggest you go take a look at the following reasons why you should apply for a BPI credit card.

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With hackers and lechers all over the world, you can never be too careful with your credit cards. You should protect yourself from credit card fraud so you won’t have to pay for anything you did not use or consume. Identity theft is becoming common and a lot of hooligans are looking for ways to take advantage of the naïveté of people. There are several ways of protecting yourself from credit card fraud.

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If you are a blogger and you love movies a lot, you might want to be $63 richer. (Mind you, 63 has no special significance! Trips lang! heheh.)

Here are the contest mechanics:

1. Pick your favorite movie, which was adapted from a video game or a comic book (Resident Evil, X-Men, Iron Man) and tell us in 300 words why you like it so much and how you enjoyed watching it.
2. Promote this contest in your blog with a link love to this very post.
3. Send your articles to penstalker(at)gmail(dot)com. Only one entry per blogger please.

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Yay! The Wordcamp Philippines 2008 is coming thanks to the Mindanao Bloggers!

I want to become part of this because… guess what? I’m using Wordpress! Hahah. I believe that Wordpress is the best, (or at least one of the best if you disagree with me), blog software on the planet. I wanna learn more about it and I want to meet fellow bloggers who are using this software.

But wait, there’s more!

Wordcamp Philippines 2008 is completely free, thanks to various sponsors:

• i.PH: the Domain for Individuals
• Free Online Flash Games
• Wazzup Manila Philippines
• Real Estate CRM
• Real Estate Website Designers
• Orange County Real Estate
• Auto Insurance Quotes
• Lane Systems Inc.
• RedMedia

After portraying Bruce Wayne and Batman in the Dark Knight, another big movie for Christian Bale is coming up next year. No more Mr. Governor Arnold here. No more “Hasta la Vista Baby.” Hasta la vista Arnold! Hail to the new Terminator sequel Salvation.

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