{"id":1218,"date":"2015-10-05T22:58:42","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T14:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/?p=1218"},"modified":"2015-12-01T23:10:22","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T15:10:22","slug":"halina-filipina-the-mythology-class-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/halina-filipina-the-mythology-class-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Arnold Arre&#8217;s &#8220;Halina Filipina&#8221; graphic novel + &#8220;The Mythology Class&#8221; movie adaptation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My husband <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arnold-arre.com\" target=\"_blank\">Arnold<\/a> released a new\u00a0graphic novel called &#8220;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/arnold-arre.com\/halina-filipina\/\" target=\"_blank\">Halina Filipina<\/a><\/strong>&#8221; last weekend at the Komiket,\u00a0his first\u00a0one since\u00a0&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/arnold-arre.com\/martial-law-babies\/\" target=\"_blank\">Martial Law Babies<\/a>&#8221; in 2008, and I for one am glad that he&#8217;s back\u00a0making comics again &#8212; which is actually what he was doing\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0and what he was quite known for\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0when we first met.&lt;3<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not like\u00a0he was idle for the past 7 years though &#8212; he directed, animated\u00a0and won awards for short\u00a0films such as &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/arnold-arre.com\/milkyboy-animated-short-film\/\" target=\"_blank\">Milkyboy<\/a>,&#8221; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/arnold-arre.com\/videos\/lakas-ng-lahi\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lakas ng Lahi<\/a>,&#8221; (among <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/arnoldarrefilms\" target=\"_blank\">many others<\/a>)\u00a0and\u00a0a music video for our own National Anthem &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/arnold-arre.com\/videos\/lupang-hinirang-animation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lupang Hinirang<\/a>.&#8221; \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-version=\"5\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/8SnXhztrl3\/\" target=\"_blank\">A photo posted by Cynthia Bauzon-Arre (@arncyn)<\/a> on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2015-10-01T10:01:00+00:00\">Oct 1, 2015 at 3:01am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s my hot-off-the-press copy of &#8220;Halina Filipina&#8221; when our copies arrived from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NautilusComics\" target=\"_blank\">Nautilus Comics<\/a> last Thursday, a couple of days before the launch. Look at how\u00a0our kitty was excited to read it as well! You can see the synopsis <a href=\"http:\/\/arnold-arre.com\/halina-filipina\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, but I&#8217;d also like to share with you a few in-the-making\u00a0notes. (He also wrote about this at length in the afterword.)<\/p>\n<p>Arnold wrote Halina way back in 2002 when we weren&#8217;t even married yet. It&#8217;s first incarnation was of a simple love story with a bit of social\u00a0commentary here and there but he\u00a0decided not to release it because he didn&#8217;t want to follow up his\u00a0previous novel &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/arnold-arre.com\/after-eden\/\" target=\"_blank\">After Eden<\/a>&#8221;\u00a0with another romance book. He\u00a0ended up releasing\u00a0the Pinoy fantasy and action-filled &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/arnold-arre.com\/ang-mundo-ni-andong-agimat\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ang Mundo ni Andong Agimat<\/a>&#8221; instead. Thus\u00a0the Halina pages were kept in storage for many years.<\/p>\n<p>Sometime in Jan or Feb of this year, we chanced upon the pages while organizing our files. We pored over them together and I asked him if\u00a0maybe he give it another chance?\u00a0At first,\u00a0Arnold considered turning it into an animated short. We even talked to\u00a0our favorite voice actors but somewhere along the way, Arn decided to re-write and re-draw some of the pages &#8212; actually most of them. He worked on\u00a0the story\u00a0for the next couple of months, and\u00a0once it was done, he finally let me read it.<\/p>\n<p>I liked it before, but I loved the new and improved &#8220;Halina Filipina&#8221;\u00a0written and drawn by the 2015 Arnold even more. It&#8217;s not the same simple love story I read 13 years ago, it goes much deeper. Through the characters Halina and Cris and subtle details in the background scenery, Arnold inserts\u00a0personal statements about\u00a0social\u00a0class differences,\u00a0Philippine\u00a0mainstream media&#8217;s stranglehold\u00a0over the\u00a0viewing masses, and other inevitable developing-nation issues (*cough* traffic *cough*). Of course not to be missed is the ultimate message about finding one&#8217;s identity\u00a0through appreciating one&#8217;s\u00a0roots, flaws and all. And when\u00a0you read it again and again, the\u00a0subtext becomes even more apparent. That&#8217;s how much thought Arnold weaves into his works\u00a0&#8212; he truly\u00a0makes them a complete reading experience. I\u00a0won&#8217;t\u00a0go all spoiler-y on\u00a0you\u00a0but\u00a0my only wish is\u00a0that\u00a0you will\u00a0love\u00a0and appreciate the brains and heart he put into it\u00a0as much as I do. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, below\u00a0are some photos from the launch. Inquirer also wrote\u00a0about it\u00a0along with a short interview with Arnold <a href=\"http:\/\/lifestyle.inquirer.net\/208611\/arnold-arre-launches-new-graphic-novel-halina-filipina-at-komiket\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/komiket-launch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1219\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/komiket-launch.jpg\" alt=\"Halina Filipina Komiket launch\" width=\"699\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/komiket-launch.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/komiket-launch-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/komiket-launch-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you to everyone who joined us that day and endless thanks to Jamie &amp; Iyay Bautista of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NautilusComics\" target=\"_blank\">Nautilus Comics<\/a> for publishing and making it possible for all of you to read it. It&#8217;s not in bookstores yet (as of this writing) but you can order online through <a href=\"mailto:orders@nautiluscomics.net\" target=\"_blank\">orders@nautiluscomics.net<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/arnold-arre-jerrold-tarog-the-mythology-class.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1220\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/arnold-arre-jerrold-tarog-the-mythology-class.jpg\" alt=\"Jerrold Tarog Arnold Arre The Mythology Class\" width=\"679\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/arnold-arre-jerrold-tarog-the-mythology-class.jpg 679w, https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/arnold-arre-jerrold-tarog-the-mythology-class-212x150.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/arnold-arre-jerrold-tarog-the-mythology-class-424x300.jpg 424w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A quick cartoon sketch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/arnoldarre\/posts\/10153229088832689\" target=\"_blank\">Arnold posted on FB<\/a>\u00a0to confirm\u00a0the rumors that were going around&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And since I&#8217;m devoting this entire post to my husband, I might as well write a bit\u00a0about &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/arnold-arre.com\/the-mythology-class\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Mythology Class<\/a>&#8221; movie project with the hugely successful director &amp; producer tandem of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jerroldtarog.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jerrold Tarog<\/a> and Artikulo Uno. Not\u00a0to preempt anything but since Mr. Ed Rocha already <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weekender.bworldonline.com\/2015\/10\/02\/henral-luna-a-cinematic-revolution\/\" target=\"_blank\">gave\u00a0a\u00a0statement<\/a> that they&#8217;re developing an adaptation of Arnold&#8217;s\u00a0graphic novel, and more recently Jerrold gave this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abs-cbnnews.com\/lifestyle\/10\/03\/15\/heneral-luna-director-set-tackle-philippine-mythology\" target=\"_blank\">slightly more detailed interview about the project<\/a>, then I suppose I can tell you that yes Arnold had a couple of\u00a0meetings\u00a0with the\u00a0producers\u00a0early this year,\u00a0and\u00a0we are both thrilled that Jerrold &#8212; whose work Arnold has always admired and raved\u00a0about<em> for years<\/em> (go ask our friends!)\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0way before he even started making &#8220;Heneral Luna,&#8221; &#8212; is\u00a0on top\u00a0of this project.\u00a0However it&#8217;s still very early\u00a0to say anything more so for now, let&#8217;s just cross our fingers\u00a0that things\u00a0will go well. If you haven&#8217;t read the book yet,\u00a0please do check it out. (It&#8217;s in bookstores but you can also order &#8220;The Mythology Class&#8221;\u00a0online\u00a0via\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:orders@nautiluscomics.net\" target=\"_blank\">orders@nautiluscomics.net<\/a>\u00a0) . \u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>***<br \/>\nAlso thought you might be interested in watching Arnold&#8217;s talk at TEDxDiliman in October of this year. \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n<p>From TEDxDiliman: In this talk, Arnold Arre shares his personal journey to develop his art, and reveals how comic books can both reflect and serve as a tool to promote Philippine culture.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PNLHK2SFmrQ?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My husband Arnold released a new\u00a0graphic novel called &#8220;Halina Filipina&#8221; last weekend at the Komiket,\u00a0his first\u00a0one since\u00a0&#8220;Martial Law Babies&#8221; in 2008, and I for one am glad that he&#8217;s back\u00a0making comics again &#8212; which is actually what he was doing\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0and what he was quite known for\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0when we first met.&lt;3 It&#8217;s not like\u00a0he was idle for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[22,91,93,95,94],"class_list":["post-1218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-and-design","tag-arnold-arre","tag-graphic-novels","tag-halina-filipina","tag-jerrold-tarog","tag-the-mythology-class"],"views":4273,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1218"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1296,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218\/revisions\/1296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}