Kidlat Tahimik
Eric de Guia (born October 3, 1942 in Baguio City, Philippines), better known as Kidlat Tahimik (a Tagalog translation of "silent lightning"), is a film director,writer and actor whose films are commonly associated with the Third Cinemamovement through their critiques of neocolonialism. One of the most prominent names in the Filipino film industry, he has garnered various accolades locally and internationally, including a Plaridel honorarium for Independent Cinema. He is dubbed by fellow filmmakers and critics as the "Father of Philippine Independent Cinema".
| Known For | Directing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.855 |
| Birthday | 1942-10-03 |
| Place of Birth | Baguio City, Benguet, Philippines |
| Also Known As |
1979
Perfumed Nightmare
7.2/31
Kidlat, a Filipino jeepney driver, is fascinated by the idea of the American space programme and by Western society as a whole. When he moves to Paris...
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Perfumed Nightmare
2011
Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
0/0
A silent film by Jet Leyco.
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Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
2023
Lucid
0/0
A national artist delivers a powerful message urging us to embrace and celebrate our cultural heritage, highlighting its richness and greatness, and e...
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Lucid
1982
Shaman Wars
0/0
Three powerful shamans fight it out in a series of bizarre encounters over an a-go-go dancer. Their final encounter ends disastrously for all three, w...
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Shaman Wars
2018
A Man Who Became Cinema
0/0
Masato Hara made his directorial debut in high school in 1968 and achieved a reputation as a young prodigy. Many years later, he continues to make fil...
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A Man Who Became Cinema
1974
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
7.3/318
The film follows Kaspar Hauser (Bruno S.), who lived the first seventeen years of his life chained in a tiny cellar with only a toy horse to occupy hi...
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The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
2015
Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
0/0
Magellan, the famous navigator, met his untimely death in the Philippines before he could circumnavigate the globe. Ironically, it was his slave and t...
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Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
1991
A Movie Capital
6/1
This film is a record of the first Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival. It reflects the various ways the festival was given shape by nasc...
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A Movie Capital
1998
José Rizal
9/2
Accused of treason, Dr. Jose P. Rizal awaits trial and meets with his colonial government-appointed counsel, Luis Taviel de Andrade. The two build the...
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José Rizal
2017
BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
0/0
As the ultimate enfant terrible of Philippine cinema, avant-gardist Kidlat Tahimik refuses to settle on anything, whether it’s the telling of a coloni...
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BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
1996
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
0/0
Kidlat Tahimik, a director and performer, sought to recreate relations between the body and filmed image seen through "Asian eyes." This groundbreakin...
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Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
1981
I am Blushing
0/0
"I am blushing" - Swedish comedy about a film crew traveling to the Philippines to find environments for a movie.
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I am Blushing
2015
Ode to Dreamers
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A machine capable of recording ideas directly from the mind is invented, and an out-of-work comedian suffering from depression uses it to learn if he...
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Ode to Dreamers
2010
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
4.8/4
Documentary profiling the directors involved in the loose Philippine New Wave filmmaking movement.
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Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
1979
Who Invented the Yoyo? Who Invented the Moon Buggy?
7/1
Stuck in the German lands of “Yodelburg,” our hero Kidlat dreams of space and muses on humanity’s endless capacity for creativity, whether on the moon...
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