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Last but not the least was the directing element of the film which was
taken care of Jerrold Tarog. As a film student, I can say that Tarog made an
excellent job on supervising everything (the cast, pre prod, post prod, etc.) to
make a film that is: worth the money, about Philippine history, and
awakening nationalism.
If I would relate this film to our previous classes, I can prove that the
chaos in the Philippines during the Spanish and American times were truly a
source of stories to provide interesting films. Like the old movies by foreigner
filmmakers, like Albert Yearsly, Tarog made a film which is about a Philippine
hero but only this time the director is a Filipino not an American. Then it
made me think that, we Filipinos, learned the techniques and inspirations
from the colonizers which I found ironic because were trying to define and
separate our works from them. But then I realized that it IS different because
this time the protagonist is a Filipino unlike the American propaganda films,
that they make themselves look more powerful than us.