INQUIRER.net: Filipino director takes new look at Bataan march

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Filipino director takes new look at Bataan march May 14th 2013, 22:41 MANILA, Philippines—A film that weaves together stories of the anguish and desperation of American and Filipino soldiers during the notorious Bataan Death March could have been shot on location in a large-scale production.   Filipino director Borinaga Alix Jr. instead chose to film "Death March" in black-and-white and almost entirely inside a studio using hand-painted backdrops, with close-ups of actors' painted faces portraying their struggles with nightmares and hallucinations in one of the bloodiest episodes of World War II.   "Death March" is competing against 17 other movies at the Cannes Film Festival that opens Wednesday, including Sofia Coppola's "The ... Keep on reading: Filipino director takes new look at Bataan march Media files: Death-March.jpg (image/jpeg)

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