stashed on our erstwhile printer counter are my VCDs and DVDs (together withsome back-issue magazines and books, not to mention some blank CDs and DVDs)They are stacked there like hell that i am being scolded about that mess on a daily basis.that is, before the esophagus of the "elders" at home nearly had a breakdown.hahaha! Yet for me, it's a paragon of pure organization. *wink*
i reckon cinephiles like myself also have this sort of mess in one or two of their pristine andused-to-be-dustless cupboards somewhere in their loft. i swear you're not a full fledge moviebuff if you do not have 10 or more VCDs or DVDs where you spend half your savings or paycheck to.it's like some kind of investment you see.in my case, i had purchased more than 30 original VCDs, over 20 i only copied from rented and borrowed VCDs and DVDs, and more than 10 DVDs i bought from my suking deeveedee ventor from quiapo. yes, my sublime readers, i support bootleg DVDs. and i bet i'm not the sole patron ofpiracy through out the globe.
for one i do not tolerate any illegal kind of activities. i may have supported piracy butthat is out of love for movies. for me, as long as there is an original copy of themovie i am looking for, i will uncomplainignly buy it. i never care less about the price. i alwalys splurge all i want on original VCDs and DVs as long as its worth the price.but here in the philippines we seldom find the treasure usually found in the dustly pile of bootled DVDs around the metro in the your quintessential movie store. i swear i tried to rummage around for the original M*A*S*H, the science of sleep and bad education among others from legal distributorsbut i was just diheartened. where did i able to dig up these babies then? from the alleys of quiapo and otherbootleg suki.
it is rather disappointing that our film market, being tied to its Hollywood counterpartas one of my professors back in college once professed, wasn't able to cater to wide array ofmovie genre. this professor of mine said that the reason french and asian films are not ubiquitous in the country because our film market is exclusive to america alone. that is advance globalization and neo- colonialism for you. a rather unlikely manifestation of a bilateral trade agreement.haha! i am not surprise of it anyway.after all we still remain the ever loyal "tuta" of our ever loving Uncle sam. but then the fact thatthe film industry has not escape the cruel grip of imperialism really dismayed me.since the cinema had long been existing in our planet, i think there should be various titles available in every rack of any movie bar especially in this borderless worldcreated by globalization. but here in the country, globalization's focal point is the US of A.therefore we are doomed to be "entertained" by the crap offered to us by our dear uncle sam. on a lighter note, not all Hollywood films are made just for the rubbish bins. there are some worthy of oursensibilty. but then again, the Hollywood monopoly of our movie market had bereft us of experiencing sensible non- American movies enjoyed by the rest of the world. hence in desperate times like these we have no choice but to resort to bootlegs,the so-called weapon of mass destruction of the third world nations (although the word "third world" is a bit outdated, i still prefer to use the term for convenience). indeed piracy have for years been the biggest headache and pocket-ache (if there's such word) of the capitalists here and abroad. various counter-piracy activitieswere done to shut down piracy but then nobody is thick-faced enough to claim that they have triumphed over it.
in the end, it all boils down to the some people's monopoly of movies and how it affected thecinematic experience of every moviegoers there is in the country. you can't blame us for supporting piracy. apart from the extravagant cost of the originals, the legal means left with few alternatives.it is only in our suking deeveedee vendors that we can offer us plethoria of movie pick for as low as P50.
pebi talking in gibberish again around 3:15 PM
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