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DIRECTOR’S INTRODUCTION

Pelicula was conceived in mid-August of 2005, and was completed in the final third of that year. Thus, it is in no way a reaction to any local media events of 2006. Similarly, it is not a roman a clef of the Philippine showbiz industry either.

Though Pelicula is many things, what it is, ultimately, is a fiction.

And although this story is set in the Philippines in the latter half of 2005, certain liberties have been taken with the geography and architecture of the city and its structures, as well as the events of that time.

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The myth is the public dream and the dream is the private myth.

-- Joseph Campbell

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Illustration by Carlo Vergara