‘It’s not slow cinema,it’s cinema,” says Lav Diaz, and director of historical drama A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery,shown at the Berlin film festival Filipino director Lav Diaz says movies should not be judged by their length, so he gave the Berlin film festival a historical drama approximately the Philippines that runs more than eight hours.
Hele Sa Hiwagang Hapis (A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery) was shown in competition for the festival’s top Golden Bear prize in a screening that started at 9.30am and ended shortly before 7pm, and with a one-hour lunch crash.
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Source: theguardian.com