ABS-CBN'S Film Restoration and Archives announced it would be shutting down, along with most of the departments of the broadcasting network starting Aug. 31. | marinelrcruzINQ
“I found out about this two nights ago. I also learned that the projects they’re currently working on will also be stopped because there’s no more funds to sustain them. That’s also why I made a vicious shout out about it on Facebook.
“When they said that it’s really going to happen, I was demolished. What’s more painful was that I even got a comment that said: “Ang arte-arte mo! Pelikula lang ‘yan at luma na naman!’ I didn’t reply to that anymore. Also, I didn’t want to contribute to the divisiveness that’s existing. “The first projects of the group were ‘Oro Plata Mata’ and ‘Maalaala Mo Kaya The Movie.’ They’re the ones that we kept testing, but the first one that got released was ‘Himala’ in 2012. Prior to this, we kept trying to figure out how we could do digital restoration, but the software and hardware for restoration were still very expensive and difficult to use. We learned that to be able to restore ‘Oro,’ it would cost us around P10 million.
“I don’t think the 70 congressmen that denied the franchise renewal realize the extent of what they did. I don’t think they know about ABS-CBN’s contribution to our film heritage, as well as to arts and culture. I wish that we put aside politicking. Now that we’re already in this situation, my prayer is that the work that we have done in ‘Sagip Pelikula’ will not go to waste and that, somehow, by some miracle, we would still be able to continue it.
“I know this is far-fetched, but I wish we find an influential but well-intentioned person to carry on what ABS-CBN is doing.”Filmmaker-writer Denise O’ Hara said she was grateful to the group for restoring two of the films of her uncle—the late award-winning actor-director Mario O’Hara—thus, making them available to the next generation.
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