{"product_id":"814456028033","title":"Will Your Heart Beat Faster? (Blu-ray)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWILL YOUR HEART BEAT FASTER? (KAKABAKABA KA BA?)\n\u003cbr\u003eAfter repeatedly failing to smuggle drugs into the Philippines, yakuza soldier Onota (Bobby Garrovillo) slips a laced cassette tape into the pocket of a stranger on the plane: pop singer Johnny (Christopher de Leon). This singular deus ex machina sets the Yakuza, the Filipino-Chinese Triad, and a fake convent of nuns onto Johnny's tail. Determined to figure out why everyone is chasing him and his friends – bandmates Nonong (Jay Ilagan), Nancy (Sandy Andolong) and newfound love interest Melanie (Charo Santos) – the quartet dress up and go undercover. When the lunatics come together, a cartoonish rock opera ensues! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eConcerned that the audience might mistake the film’s nuns for real ones, Will Your Heart Beat Faster? begins with a disclaimer mandated by the Philippine Board of Censors: this musical farce is a work of fiction. But no disclaimer can dampen the shots fired here by Filipino master writer-director Mike De Leon (Kisapmata, Batch ’81) against Jesuit education; China and Japan’s tendency to meddle in Filipino affairs; and a myriad of other corrupt institutions that would become common targets of his acerbic cinematic critique. A master of various genres, this is Mike De Leon at his most outlandish and comedic!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlso included in this edition: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGregorio Fernandez’s salvaged Miss Philippines (1947), which Mike De Leon calls one of the earliest film-within-a-film films, is one of the few surviving films from its era, notable for its self-reflexive tone. A timeless screwball comedy produced by LVN in its heyday, it features cameos of the studio’s biggest stars and directors as themselves, many of whose work is now lost. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMike De Leon’s short film Aliwan Paradise (1992, also written by Doy Del Mundo) is set in a semi-futuristic Philippines where unemployment is through the roof. Your best bet? The Ministry of Entertainment. Acts line up around the block for a chance to prove both their competence at their old-world job and that they have that \"it\" factor. A natural companion to its black comedy sibling Will Your Heart Beat Faster? originally shot for the omnibus film Southern Winds (1993).  -2K restoration by L'Immagine Ritrovata from 35mm print kept at Asian Film Archives (Singapore) with optional English Subtitles \n\u003cbr\u003e-Restored and Revised audio tracks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e-8mm making-of featurette (Edward Achacoso, 1980, 14 mins)\n\u003cbr\u003e-Short film Aliwan Paradise (Mike De Leon, 1982, 27 mins)\n\u003cbr\u003e-Interview with screenwriter Raquel Villavicencio (2023, 31 mins)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e-Bonus Feature Miss Philippines (Gregorio Fernandez, 1947, 99mins) digitally enhanced from extant elements in 2023 with optional English and Tagalog subtitles\n\u003cbr\u003e-Miss Philippines: Before and After (2023, 4 mins)\n\u003cbr\u003e-Booklet featuring excerpts from Last Look Back  (Mike De Leon, 2022), new writing from Teddy O. Co and Jessica Zafra, and archival photographs\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cinema 1 Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44895690162255,"sku":"814456028033","price":42.97,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0680\/2787\/5407\/files\/willyourheartbeatfaster_bluray_boxart_31bbe1b2-3aaa-477d-92e5-88f2f4c3ef53.jpg?v=1773845450","url":"https:\/\/cinema1.ca\/products\/814456028033","provider":"Cinema 1 Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}