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MY SHAYLAAAAA (punching walls)
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MY SHAYLAAAAA (punching walls)
Ang himala sa pelikula ni Bernal ay hindi ang "himala" na kinikilala ng Simbahan matapos nitong suriin ang mga pangyayari, at ang bisa ng pagsuspinde sa mga batas ng kalikasan ay opisyal na tanggapin ng mga may-kapangyarihan. Ang sinasagasa ni Bernal dito ay ang kombensiyonal na paniniwala ng mga deboto sa mga iniaaral ng Simbahan. "Walang himala, ang himala ay nasa puso ng tao, tayo ang gumagawa ng himala!" Sa kapanahunan ng diktadurang Marcos, may politikal na implikasyon ang mga salita ng dalagang sa simula'y nagsabing pinagpakitaan siya ng Birhen. Tulad ng ginawa niya sa Manila by Night, ipinakita niya sa Himala ang kabilang mukha ng realidad na hangad ipatanggap ng mga naghahari sa lipunan. Ang mga tao ang gumuguhit ng kanilang tadhana, hindi ang isang taong umaangkin sa kapangyarihang babago sa lipunan. Ang putok na pumugto sa buhay ng babaeng natutong magsabi ng "totoo" ay simbolikong pagpapasabog sa realidad na gustong ipatanggap ng Bagong Lipunan sa mga mamamayang Pilipino.
— Bienvenido Lumbera, Ang Pelikula sa Lipunang Filipino, Ang Lipunang Filipino sa Pelikula
Gigi Dueñas as Nimia in Himala (1982) dir. Ishmael Bernal
Himala (1982) dir. Ishmael Bernal / The Foundations of Decay by My Chemical Romance
Himala (1982) dir. Ishmael Bernal / The Foundations of Decay by My Chemical Romance
Do you think Elsa believe in what she saw or just took advantage of it to make something of herself in her town? Elsa’s answer to the director about constantly changing what dream job she wanted to have over the years until she realized she was poor and Nimia talking about when Elsa set her mind to something she will never stop to get it cast her (Elsa) scenes in a different light for me.
GOD!!! the way i fully believed her the first time during the eclipse. despite like the themes.
anyway. given the following things
1) nimia describing elsa as the most cerebral of the friend group. and chayo, the most religious one, being her enabler
2) the rest of her town(people who influenced her upbringing) being very superstitious in general
3) the constant motif of people mythologizing a living corporeal girl in front of them (hehe to quote mr. ricky lees answer. minsan mas maganda yung wala. imagination creates something even better)
4) the social context for this being post martial law, cory magic era.......🙃
i feel i am led to assume there was never anything. but i like to interpret it for myself as a girl from a superstitious backwater trying to feel something and it blowing out of anyones control
minsan maganda yung wala. imagination creates something better than you could ever write..........🤪