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Ultimo: Different Ways of Killing a National Hero (2008)
Directed by Khavn
· 1h 25m
A tribute-cum-reformulation-in-film of Philippine National Hero Jose Rizal's poem "Mi Ultimo Adios," Khavn's "Ultimo: Different Ways of Killing a National Hero" explores identity and nationhood as viewed through the lens of a truly post-colonial individual. Ultimo is a 90-minute black-and-white silent film, with scenes from the director's meanderings in La Palma (Canary Islands, Spain) interspersed with lines from Rizal's poem, which was written a day before the hero's execution in 1896. Waiting, ambivalence, and re-membering —themes usually tackled in literature and criticism— are investigated through a series of images: the mundane elevated to the affective through a sensibility that does not shy away from pushing the boundaries of art. This version is scored by a post-kundiman duet of guitar and banduria.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Khavn
- Writer
- Khavn
- Editor
- Lawrence S. Ang
- Producer
- Khavn
Details
- Original title
- Ultimo: Distintas maneras a matar un heroe nacional
- Release date
- 2008-01-01
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- Tagalog
- Production
- Kamias Road