Kidlat Tahimik

Eric de Guia, known as Kidlat Tahimik, which means silent lightning in Tagalog, was born in 1942 in Baguio. A graduate in economics in the United States, an employee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris, he gave everything up after meeting Werner Herzog, who had him act in one of his films, and began to shoot on his own. His first films deal with the cultural effects of colonialism and imperialism; he is regarded as the father of Philippine independent cinema.

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• CinemaPerfumed NightmareMababangong bangungotKidlat Tahimik · 1977Cinema