| Location |
AV-3F |
| Copynumber |
1 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
DVD-0082 |
| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Deocampo, Nick
- Relator code - director
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Oliver
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - directed by Nick Deocampo
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - [s.l.]
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Center for New Cinema
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 1983
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 1 DVD :
- Other physical details - sd., col. ;
- Dimensions - 4 3/4 in.
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| General Note |
- General note - Oliver is a female impersonator who supports his family by performing in Manila's gay bars. He is Liza Minneli, Grace Jones, and Spiderman all rolled into one. He lives in Tondo and raises his child together with his grandmother and two siblings. On the side, he also makes himself available to customers. All to make ends meet for his impoverished family. Around him are the poor slim dwellers of Tondo whose lives are no better than Oliver's. As they scavenge food in the infamous mountain of garbage during daytime, Oliver works in Manila's red light district as nighttime. In one final act, he performs the "Spiderman show" where he rolls a hundred yards of thread, which he inserts inside his ass and spins it on the dance floor to create one giant web. This audacious act is made more meaningful because the film was shot at the height of the military dictatorship under Ferdinand Marcos.
- General note - Recommended areas for study: documentary, gays and lesbians, labor / unemployment, psychology / identity, Martial law/militarization, sexuality / prostitution, society.
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| Target Audience Note |
- Target audience note - Restricted - 18 years old (Strictly for adults)
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Gays
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Martial Law
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Unemployment
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Prostitution
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| Index Termgenre/form |
- Genre/form data or focus term - Documentary
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| Personal Name |
- Personal name - Brockmann, Hagmut
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