"do you still think that the younger generation is still interested in these restoration projects?"
brooo film twitter we out here😭
i do get it tho. and i do admit that its usually older people that are into it but id like to think that social media plays a big role in spreading the word about such projects, and one way to grab attention is constantly engaging with your audience
honestly, a good example of this is @ABS_Restoration, where they're active even down to the birthday posts for influential figures in philippine cinema. stirring the conversations, no matter how small, can come a long way. at least that's how i see it
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🧵stories from a cinema owner in the Philippines, circa 1970s-80s
so just a short background, my family used to manage a cinema during that time period, it was a stand-alone cinema that showed a lot of Filipino films and some Chinese ones in the province!! my mom and uncle love telling me stories about it, so I'll share some here
⭐ Noranians vs. Vilamanians ⭐
This war was very real. If we have Twitter now to deal with fandom wars, back then, they dealt with physically.
Fistfights and heated arguments always happened between these fans, it got so bad, my grandfather had giant portraits of-