Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933)
This is not a film by Khavn
9.5
October 12, 2023
1h 3m
Documentary
Overview
Lost cinema. Lost culture. Lost country. Lost people. How to recreate the past with nothing? Cinema of the impossible. The silent past is a horror film. The smell of nitrate in the morning. How many ghosts can the cinema contain? 75 films. 22 years. What is the numerological significance? Too late. Never too late.
Directed by: Khavn
