The Intramuros of Anak Dalita, the Looban of Manila Noir

The Intramuros of Anak Dalita, the Looban of Manila Noir

This article examines Lamberto Avellana’s Anak Dalita (LVN Pictures; 1956) as a crime melodrama that places Intramuros; Manila’s historic walled city; within the cinematic urban geography of film noir. It probes the film’s representation of the transformation of Intramuros from a colonial city of ca...

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Main Authors: Cristobal, Geronimo, Espiritu, Talitha
Format: text
Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
Subjects:
cinematic city
Philippine cinema
Second World War
Korean War
suburbanization
war films
masculinity in crisis
looban
Manila
city films
Film and Media Studies
Fine Arts
Online Access:https://archium.ateneo.edu/fine-arts-faculty-pubs/8
https://bookshop.iseas.edu.sg/publication/7783
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Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

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https://archium.ateneo.edu/fine-arts-faculty-pubs/8
https://bookshop.iseas.edu.sg/publication/7783

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