Amigo / A Moment in the Sun
| AN OUTSIDERS VIEW |
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| Ken Fuller |
Cinema-goers and readers each have a treat to look forward to in the near future. First, independent film-maker John Sayles’s Amigo, set during the Philippine-American War and mostly filmed in Bohol, is to be released in this country this month (that’s what the Web site says, anyway). Given Sayles’s progressive outlook, we can expect this to be sympathetic to the viewpoint of the Filipinos resisting the new colonial power.
Sayles is an interesting guy. Born in 1950, after completing college in 1972 he took a number of blue-collar jobs while writing in his spare time. First came short stories, then a number of novels, one of which — Union Dues, published in 1977 — told of a labor activist searching for his son who has run off to join a radical group; this was nominated for a National Book Award. Then he moved into movies. His directing credits are now approaching 20, with his best-known work including Lone Star and Matewan, the latter dealing with a miners’ strike in the 1920s..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110705com5.html
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