When we first thought of creating this blog we said, we shall talk of issues big and small about the film industry and the Philippine filmmakers. We shall try to tell the truth without ruining anybody’s name, and avoid the shallow gossip and not focus on the negatives.
Our by-line is One film/filmmaker at a time.
But the negatives in the whole industry must be addressed, and this must change. There are many things that go on behind the scenes that many people are not too aware of. There is toxicity that must be eradicated.
There are those who do not properly pay their crew—the production design people, the soundmen, those who cannot easily voice out their complaints in public—while the higher up people can waste so much money on themselves.
There are those who, not having produced an excellent film, will spread lies and even use trolls to drag down a better film—a better film perhaps created by better people who do not spend time and money to fight back and drag others down and yet consistently succeed.
There are those who, in shameless envy, like to sow discord—lambast a great work which they themselves cannot and are not talented enough to create—those who want to appear like they are the fount of all truth to control and retain their little datu status in their area and yet have works that resemble that of a highschool student’s; all these people do is whine about the things they do not have and are likely too lazy to work for, and nitpick and mislead the few who listen to them while they themselves cannot produce anything that bring glory to their country, films that can actually unite and move people to action.
There are those who prefer to enmesh everything with politics. Anything to divide, because as the saying goes, divide to conquer.
We all appreciate differently, but envy and rudeness, especially on social media are behaviours that only reveal one’s lack of manners, intelligence and self-respect. It shows that you are not a true artist, a good creator because real creators have good souls. Creators create with their minds and hearts and hands–not by their nagging mouths or by posting crude, deceitful words online. There is a difference between being innocently wrong and being maliciously evil.
Let us use our knowledge for the good; remember the grace, the fine manners and the quiet nobility our forefathers had. Instead of destroying and spreading lies and poison, let us lift each other up. New Year has come. Let us be better than we are now.
Let us create wonderful things that have value and can last.
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