Day 129 of 160

Day 129: Q&A After the Restoration

During the Q&A after a screening of a restored 1980s Filipino classic at a Manila film festival, Mang Badong (A), an old moviegoer, takes the microphone to challenge Anton (B), a young critic who has called the old films overrated, while Remy (C), the festival programmer, moderates.

How to study this lesson 3 steps
  1. Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
  2. Read the dialogue line by line with its translation, until every line makes sense.
  3. Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native Tagalog. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it yet.

Dialogue

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  1. A

    Ikaw ba 'yung kritikong nagsabing overrated ang mga pelikula noong dekada otsenta?

    Are you the critic who said the films of the eighties are overrated?

  2. B

    Opo, ako po. Pero ang sinabi ko po, hindi lahat ng luma ay obra maestra.

    Yes, that's me. But what I said was, not everything old is a masterpiece.

  3. A

    Hindi ba't mas matapang ang mga pelikula noon, kahit walang computer? Totoong ulan, totoong putik!

    Weren't the films back then braver, even without computers? Real rain, real mud!

  4. B

    Matapang po, totoo. Pero paano po kung nostalgia lang iyan?

    Brave, yes, that's true. But what if that's just nostalgia?

  5. A

    Nostalgia? Tatlumpung taon akong projectionist, iho, kaya alam ko kung alin ang tumatak.

    Nostalgia? I was a projectionist for thirty years, son, so I know which ones stuck.

  6. C

    Mang Badong, isang tanong lang po sana bawat isa. Marami pa pong nakapila.

    Mang Badong, it's supposed to be one question each. There are a lot of people still in line.

  7. A

    Huling tanong na, iha. Anton, sa eksena ng welga, napansin mo ba 'yung lalaking may pulang payong?

    Last question, dear. Anton, in the strike scene, did you notice the man with the red umbrella?

  8. B

    Opo, siya lang po ang tumingin sa kamera. Iyon po ang paborito kong sandali sa pelikula.

    Yes, he's the only one who looked at the camera. That's my favorite moment in the film.

  9. A

    Ako 'yon. Dalawampu't dalawang taon ako noon, at sinigawan ako ng direktor dahil sa pagtingin na 'yon.

    That was me. I was twenty-two, and the director yelled at me for that look.

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