ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (436)

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Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Porky Pig Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1936 The Village Smithy, directed by Tex Avery.



The camel from Little Beau Porky briefly appears in place of a horse, only to be dragged away when the narrator says that it is supposed to be "the legion cartoon".


Before the start of our feature presentation, the staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour wants to watch with you, another episode of Letters Live: this time with Cate Blanchett



Cate almost made me want to get a crazy letter like that


We've picked another entry from the excellent reference book, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider. Today's film is the 1975 drama Manila in the Claws of Light (AKA Maynila, sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag), directed by Lino Brocka, and starring and Rafael Roco, Jr.. Manila in the Claws of Light was released during the repressive Marcos regime, and amazingly, the film was about to gain international critical recognition. It is widely considered the greatest Philippine film of all time. The film was restored in 4K resolution in 2013. The restoration was performed by World Cinema Foundation and other groups. So just push away from the table, get ready to enjoy this feast for the eyes and join us in watching Manila in the Claws of Light .



Contrary to what was being depicted, the famous establishing shot of Julio forlornly waiting by the signage of Misericordia Street was *not* actually shot there. Bembol Roco was in fact on nearby Tambacan Street with a prop signage superimposed over it; a camera placed on the second level of an adjacent Chinese temple to achieve that gradual zoom-in. The real Misericordia intersection was crowded and did not provide the satisfactory angles necessary for the narrative. (Misericordia was known as a "red light district" back in the 1970s.)



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