tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post815134527270129813..comments2024-03-24T20:15:00.996-04:00Comments on Critic After Dark: Broken Marriage (Ishmael Bernal, 1983)Noel Verahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-34093692369113574652014-09-29T01:57:55.825-04:002014-09-29T01:57:55.825-04:00I agree, I do think Relasyon is the tighter film. ...I agree, I do think Relasyon is the tighter film. Is that a good thing? Not necessarily...<br /><br />Manila I think of as an epic, Hinugot a film about abortion. I can see Relasyon and Broken Marriage as being a pair--the one about a relationship outside of marriage that survives till death, the other a relationship inside of marriage that gutters and almost flickers out, but survives, albeit provisionally. <br /><br />If anything, Broken can be comparable to Rossellini's Journey to Italy, down to the 'happy' ending. Maybe they stay together, maybe not; the point is the ambiguity. Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-47408063103531159812014-09-27T14:50:26.131-04:002014-09-27T14:50:26.131-04:00When I told Ishmael Bernal I liked Relasyon better...When I told Ishmael Bernal I liked Relasyon better than Broken Marriage because the former seemed more taut and complete, he replied that it was because the latter was less about marriage itself than the breakdown of institutions. In a sense, this film is the second of a trilogy about such breakdowns which began with Manila By Night and completed with Hinugot sa Langit.<br />DENNIS N. MARASIGANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16431709621743973976noreply@blogger.com