San Francisco Cinematheque Program Notes (1988)

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who might one day steal them away. On a night in 1981, the "enemy" struck in a blaze of white light and the Guardians were defeated...Only two of them sur- vived in their hilltop hut, thinking back to their training, their graduation, and the night the "enemy" struck. Seeming (Mistula), 1987, 15 mins., 16mm. "The Story is about an artist in search of his audience..." - Raymond Red. The film is about a young violinist who tries to reach out of his private world by playing spontaneous, improvisational music. But his father is irri- tated by the "noise" he creates all day and nags him to stop. Driven out of his home by his father's incessant scolding, the young violinist walks through the busy and noisy city to a dense forest of towering trees. In the calmness of a small clearing, 'his violin playing leads him into a private world. At the end he is ambiguously left standing in a theatre to the sound of applause created by the rain. Raymond Red was born in Manila, Philippines, in 1965. He attended the National Art Center on Mount Makiling from 1978 to 1982, and majored in Visual Arts. He went on to study film at the University of the Philippines Film Center from 1982 to 1983. He continued studying film at workshops organized by the independent Mowelfund Film Institute where he has also worked as a film production instructor. His films have been shown and praised extensively in numerous Short Film and Independent Film Festivals in Manila; Hong Kong International Film Festival; Berlin, Hawaii and Edinburgh International Film Festivals; Institute of Contemporary Arts, London; Torino Film Festival, Torino, Italy; Bruxelles Super-8 Film Festival; Pia Film Festival, Tokyo; and on tour in West Germany. Red is currently working on two new films - a feature film in Super-8mm set in contemporary Manila, and The Skies (Ang Himpawid), a 16mm feature film about flying in turn-of-the-century Philippines. Raymond Red will also present his films at the Pacific Film Archive on Tuesday, March 29th at 7:30 p.m.