(1965)
The movie Iginuhit ng Tadhana, which could be translated in the English language as "Destined by Fate", is a political propaganda film of the late Ferdinand Marcos who is known to be one of the most controversial political leaders in our country. He declared Martial Law on September 1972 which lasted for 14 years. The Philippines experienced the worst during his dictatorship, which greatly influenced our current situation. Iginuhit ng Tadhana showcased Marcos' life story, from the day he was born up to his political reign. Marcos grew in a politically affiliated family, became a lawyer, had a seat in the House of Representatives and the Senate, married Imelda Romualdez, and became President of the Republic of the Philippines.
The movie was made for one clear reason: to promote Marcos in his presidential campaign. Film is one easy way of getting the attention and sympathy of people and Marcos considered this as a way to promote himself as he ran in the presidential bid against President Diosdado Macapagal.
At first I found it hard to adjust to the quality of the film since it is produced way back in the 60s where films are still in black and white but as the movie went along, I became used to it already. The audio was not that clear as well and there are some parts in the movie where I really cannot understand what the characters are saying. Despite the quality of the film, I still had a grasp on the message that the movie wants to convey to its audience. There is no doubt that it really is a political propaganda movie for it only showed the "good" side of Marcos. For an instance, there are many scenes inside a court house where Marcos was defending himself, for he was accused of murdering Julio Nalundasan, Mariano Marcos' (Ferdinand's father) political rival in Ilocos Norte. In these scenes, Marcos' words were truly powerful and captivating and I think that every Filipino who have seen this film during his time would not think that his words are actually deceiving. They would probably believe everything that he said, thus, he had their sympathy. People say that "seeing is believing" and from what we watched, Marcos really did a great job of gaining followers through this movie. This movie showed only one side of Marcos, making people believe that he and his family have nothing to do with the murder of Nalundasan. Marcos was really close to his mom and she continued to be his source of inspiration until he met Imelda Romualdez. I was truly awed by Gloria Romero's beauty in the film. Like what I've said earlier, everything in this movie is in a positive scale and you cannot really find anything that would give the Marcoses a bad reputation. But the Marcoses will always be Marcoses. What they have done in the country and its people left a mark that cannot be removed even after a thousand years and it will remain to be a scar in the Philippine history. The death of Ferdinand Marcos' greatest rival, Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., triggered the Filipinos to fight for their democracy and it paved way to the strong unity and sense of nationalism among Filipinos. But history is repeating itself, with Marcos' and Aquino's sons elected in office during the present time, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. who is a senator and Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III who is currently the President of the Republic of the Philippines. I wouldn't be surprised if Senator Bongbong would run for presidency; there was this one scene in the film wherein Bongbong tells his mom Imelda that he wants to venture in politics someday but Imelda tells him not to because politics is "dirty" yet now, Imelda represents the second district of Ilocos Norte in the House of Representatives while Bongbong's in senate. The Filipinos embraced so much lies that even now, some would still want to believe in. Now everyone's suffering the consequences of what happened during the Marcos regime and unfortunately, the succeeding generations will also have to suffer the consequences. The Philippines is left with great debt that not even all of Imelda's jewelries and shoes combined could repay.
At first I found it hard to adjust to the quality of the film since it is produced way back in the 60s where films are still in black and white but as the movie went along, I became used to it already. The audio was not that clear as well and there are some parts in the movie where I really cannot understand what the characters are saying. Despite the quality of the film, I still had a grasp on the message that the movie wants to convey to its audience. There is no doubt that it really is a political propaganda movie for it only showed the "good" side of Marcos. For an instance, there are many scenes inside a court house where Marcos was defending himself, for he was accused of murdering Julio Nalundasan, Mariano Marcos' (Ferdinand's father) political rival in Ilocos Norte. In these scenes, Marcos' words were truly powerful and captivating and I think that every Filipino who have seen this film during his time would not think that his words are actually deceiving. They would probably believe everything that he said, thus, he had their sympathy. People say that "seeing is believing" and from what we watched, Marcos really did a great job of gaining followers through this movie. This movie showed only one side of Marcos, making people believe that he and his family have nothing to do with the murder of Nalundasan. Marcos was really close to his mom and she continued to be his source of inspiration until he met Imelda Romualdez. I was truly awed by Gloria Romero's beauty in the film. Like what I've said earlier, everything in this movie is in a positive scale and you cannot really find anything that would give the Marcoses a bad reputation. But the Marcoses will always be Marcoses. What they have done in the country and its people left a mark that cannot be removed even after a thousand years and it will remain to be a scar in the Philippine history. The death of Ferdinand Marcos' greatest rival, Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., triggered the Filipinos to fight for their democracy and it paved way to the strong unity and sense of nationalism among Filipinos. But history is repeating itself, with Marcos' and Aquino's sons elected in office during the present time, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. who is a senator and Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III who is currently the President of the Republic of the Philippines. I wouldn't be surprised if Senator Bongbong would run for presidency; there was this one scene in the film wherein Bongbong tells his mom Imelda that he wants to venture in politics someday but Imelda tells him not to because politics is "dirty" yet now, Imelda represents the second district of Ilocos Norte in the House of Representatives while Bongbong's in senate. The Filipinos embraced so much lies that even now, some would still want to believe in. Now everyone's suffering the consequences of what happened during the Marcos regime and unfortunately, the succeeding generations will also have to suffer the consequences. The Philippines is left with great debt that not even all of Imelda's jewelries and shoes combined could repay.
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