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Sunday, August 26, 2012

Zero Special: Silent Film Festival

Date Budget: PhP 0
Actual Spend: PhP 0
Quality: 5/5
Service: 5/5
Accessibility: 5/5
Fun Factor: 5/5
Overall Experience: 5/5
Highlights 
  • Experience time travel to 1925, where actors don't speak and the audience reads!
  • Great spontaneous LIVE theatrical jazzy music by Sinosikat and Europe's Ignacio Plaza 
  • Not your ordinary movie date!
The Experience

After having a repeat of this date at Zuppa, we headed off to the Cineplex at Shangri-La Plaza for the 6th Silent Film Festival. The car parking challenge and the sleep deprivation was all worth it.
 Original Movie Poster, La Casa De La Troya
Source: International Museum of the Student:
http://www.museodelestudiante.com/Cine/LaCasaDeLaTroya1924AA%28I%29.htm


It was far from your ordinary movie date. It's a time travel experience as the movie shown was La Casa De La Troya, a film from 1925. It was a comedy-romance, a real lengthy one! It features Gerardo, a law student living in a dormitory named La Troya. Gerardo fell in love with a Galician girl named Carmen. After around ten long chapters of pictures and words flashed on screen, they ended up marrying each other.
Yes, unlike movies of today where you just sit back and relax, you need to pay close attention to the screen to READ the dialogues. The laughs from really old people around (probably 80 years up) completes the nostalgic feel.
 Screenshot, La Casa De La Troya
Source: 6th International Silent Film Brochure - 
http://www.jfmo.org.ph/files/upload/file/pdf/2012/august/6th%20Intl%20Silent%20Film%20Brochure.pdf


Enduring three hours in a theater seat would have not been possible without the great live musical scoring by Ignacio Plaza and Sinosikat. Mr. Plaza is a European who has been giving new life to these old films by providing fresher music. Local band Sinosikat added the jazz-funk-Pinoy touch to the film.

The chemistry between these great musicians is just amazing! They play, sing, and clap spontaneously on cue! We got amazed with their talent that there were points when we lost focus on watching (and reading) the film.

A movie-concert date is definitely a one of a kind experience! See you next year in the 7th Silent Film Festival at Shang Cineplex!
Spend Breakdown
Silent Film Festival Admission
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Actual Spend
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How to get there

  1. From MRT Shaw Station, enter ShangriLa Plaza through their MRT connection.
  2. Use the escalator to reach the revolving door. Walk straight until you reach another escalator up to the Shang Cineplex.
    Note: Lines are really long during foreign film fests. Be there at least an hour (or two) prior to the screening time.

    Landmarks: MRT Shaw Station, EDSA Starmall
    Address:
    Shang Cineplex, ShangriLa Plaza
    EDSA corner Shaw Blvd.
    Mandaluyong City, Philippines
    Contact Number/s:
    (632)     633-2227
    Operating Hours: 11am to 9pm
    Brochure: 6th Silent Film Festival
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