The Search for Weng Weng blir bok!
Andrew Leavold, skaparen av The Search for Weng Weng, ska precis som han nämnde i min intervju med honom förra året släppa en bok för att komplettera filmen han spenderade sju år att göra. Den är full med både sånt som inte fick plats i dokumentären men också ny information och historier om den filippinska kultfiguren som han samlat på sig under de senaste fyra åren efter filmens release. På baksidan av boken står följande:
It sounds like the bizarre plotline of one of Leavold’s most favoured cult films, but in the case of his documentary feature The Search For Weng Weng (2013), reality does indeed kick fiction in the nuts, then runs between its legs.
With Weng Weng’s real story buried under more than thirty years of faulty memories, urban myths and forgotten pop culture, it seemed a Herculean task. Was he really a black belt, super-spy, stunt king, ladies’ man, living saint, and plaything of the Marcos family? What was his real name, how many films did he make, and was he possibly still alive?
It took Leavold seven years to complete the film, against seemingly impossible odds, and then screen the film all over the world, including Weng Weng’s front yard.
But that was just the start of the story.
This book is the definitive search for Weng Weng, an even wilder and woollier tale told by the film-maker himself, as he travels from Imelda Marcos’ birthday party to the poorest slums of Manila, on the trail of one the Philippines’ most unlikeliest heroes – and most heartbreaking stories.
Weng Weng’s tale of exploitation, greed, and fragile humanity is pieced together fragment by tantalizing fragment, all the while revealing a detailed, never-before-told history of the Filipino Action Film, as told by a cast of actors, stuntmen, Weng Weng’s family and colleagues, historians, midget waiters, and Imelda herself.
Plunging head-first into the heart and soul of the Philippines’ culture and history, Leavold also tells his own story of transforming his own life from fan to film-maker, all the while experiencing the most surreal adventure of a lifetime.
It’s part detective story and midget bio, part gonzo travelogue, part Filipino B Film history lesson, and part magical Quest for the Holy Grail – if the Grail is a two foot nine James Bond of the Philippines.
Boken dyker upp på Amazon i april, men kan du inte vänta går det att köpa ett limiterat, signerat och numrerat exemplar redan nu, det gör du lättast genom att kontakta Andrew på denna mejladress eftersom portot på hemsidan inte stämmer. Ni får dock skynda er på eftersom den är begränsad till endast 100 stycken! Här har ni den stolta författaren i en kort snutt där han öppnar paketet med de första tryckta exemplaren och berättar lite om boken:
It sounds like the bizarre plotline of one of Leavold’s most favoured cult films, but in the case of his documentary feature The Search For Weng Weng (2013), reality does indeed kick fiction in the nuts, then runs between its legs.
With Weng Weng’s real story buried under more than thirty years of faulty memories, urban myths and forgotten pop culture, it seemed a Herculean task. Was he really a black belt, super-spy, stunt king, ladies’ man, living saint, and plaything of the Marcos family? What was his real name, how many films did he make, and was he possibly still alive?
It took Leavold seven years to complete the film, against seemingly impossible odds, and then screen the film all over the world, including Weng Weng’s front yard.
But that was just the start of the story.
This book is the definitive search for Weng Weng, an even wilder and woollier tale told by the film-maker himself, as he travels from Imelda Marcos’ birthday party to the poorest slums of Manila, on the trail of one the Philippines’ most unlikeliest heroes – and most heartbreaking stories.
Weng Weng’s tale of exploitation, greed, and fragile humanity is pieced together fragment by tantalizing fragment, all the while revealing a detailed, never-before-told history of the Filipino Action Film, as told by a cast of actors, stuntmen, Weng Weng’s family and colleagues, historians, midget waiters, and Imelda herself.
Plunging head-first into the heart and soul of the Philippines’ culture and history, Leavold also tells his own story of transforming his own life from fan to film-maker, all the while experiencing the most surreal adventure of a lifetime.
It’s part detective story and midget bio, part gonzo travelogue, part Filipino B Film history lesson, and part magical Quest for the Holy Grail – if the Grail is a two foot nine James Bond of the Philippines.
Boken dyker upp på Amazon i april, men kan du inte vänta går det att köpa ett limiterat, signerat och numrerat exemplar redan nu, det gör du lättast genom att kontakta Andrew på denna mejladress eftersom portot på hemsidan inte stämmer. Ni får dock skynda er på eftersom den är begränsad till endast 100 stycken! Här har ni den stolta författaren i en kort snutt där han öppnar paketet med de första tryckta exemplaren och berättar lite om boken:
Det Andrew syftar på med "See you on the road" är den bokturné han strax ska ut på i Australien, Asien och Europa där han kommer visa filmen, hålla ett föredrag efteråt och sedan signera böcker. I Europa är han redan klar för länder som Tyskland, Frankrike och våra grannar i Danmark. Normalt sett hade jag åkt till Danmark i brist på något som anordnas här, men eventet är runt samma tid som världens bästa uppföljare har världspremiär.
Har ni fortfarande inte sett The Search for Weng Weng eller For Y'ur Height Only gör det snarast, typ nu!