Mula Sa Kung Ano Ang Noon movie review

This is probably the longest movie I watched in cinema since The Last Emperor. It runs for four hours. The story took place in a barrio in the 1970's somewhere in the Ilocos region judging by the dialect, the old practices they shown The movie was shot in black & white probably to show that it was from that decade.

It made a good start with the introduction of the characters especially the two sisters who were in the faith healing business. The movie seemed shot the movie using only one camera since it was filming every scene on one angle and it only move a couple of times. There are some scenes that consumed much time.

But even though it was dragging during the most parts, it got interesting in the last hour. I was told this is how director Lav Diaz makes his movies. But this movie was recognized during the Locarno Film Festival.

It is actually the best movie to watch as we commemorate our history for the declaration of Martial Law. The movie was set during the last days before that moment in history. Most of this generation had no idea or sense of history because it happened before they were born but I was born in the mid-70's and I had a idea how scary those times were.

The reason why I included this movie in this blog because it also has enigmatic elements about the paranormal. If you are going to watch this movie, be sure to prepare some popcorn and buy the seats nearest to the rear end so you can stand up once in a while if your butt starts aching for due to the length of the movie. The movie was shown exclusively at SM Centerstage last September 22. For more movie reviews, follow this blog or like L.E.N.S. blogs on Facebook.