July 22 - August 7, 2017
Philippine Showbiz Today
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Director Brillante Mendoza directing President Rodrigo Duterte’s first SONA in 2016
Brillante Mendoza to direct
Duterte’s SONA anew
Award-winning
filmmaker
Brillante Mendoza will be directing
President Rodrigo Duterte’s State
of the Nation Address again.
Presidential Communications
Secretary Martin Andanar in a radio
interview confirmed that Mendoza
will direct Duterte’s second
SONA on Monday. He said the
filmmaker also showed interest to
be behind the production team of
the national event.
Andanar said that there will
be changes in Mendoza’s direction
since his camera angles for the
2016 SONA was criticized. He
added that the SONA program
will be finalized within the week.
“The director will also adjust
some of his shots because alam
ko, some of his shots were
criticized last year. And let’s expect
another Brillante Mendoza show,
this coming July 24,” Andanar
said in an interview with dzMM.
The internationally-acclaimed
praises
and
director earned
criticisms during the first SONA
of Duterte as some netizens
found his shots unnecessary
for a political event while some
appreciated Mendoza’s style of
showing the president’s superiority
through angles taken from below.
Mendoza last year admitted
that he was stressed for directing
the SONA since there were several
“adlibs” from the president and he
had to view 18 cameras for that
day. He also said he was not able
to rehearse with the president.
The independent filmmaker
has won the Best Director Award
at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival
for his film “Kinatay.” He also
joined various international film
festivals for his films “Serbis,”
“Lola,” “Thy Womb,” and “Ma’
Rosa,” among others.●
- Rosette Adel, PS
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