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Tirador (Slingshot), 2007. Philippines. Directed by Brillante Mendoza. With Jiro Manio, Kristoffer King, Coco Martin. One of the most prolific and acclaimed directors of the Philippine New Wave, Mendoza has created another virtuoso exploration of the volatile Manila slums. The camerawork in this verité portrait of petty thieves and hustlers is fluid, sweeping, and seemingly untethered, as frantic as the overcrowded shacks and ditches it captures. Mendoza uses this hybrid fiction essay not to judge the questionable acts of his fringe-dwelling characters, but to subtly implicate political and religious institutions as a source of their problems.
Magnifico is the story of a child whose good heart changes the lives of those around him. It has lugubrious written all over it, this movie, but it's a rare glimpse into another world.Despite the relentless sadness of the story, Magnifico is a hearfelt project about how love can change things.The movie is a big hit in the Philippines, where the film industry is in its infancy.To western viewers, Magnifico plays more like a cultural document. It is fascinating to look at, but you are always out of the movie, and mostly to observe the details of emotional manipulation. This is no film for a cynic.