Nora Aunor, Phenom
It was really scorching hot yesterday while I was driving through EDSA at 11AM with no car aircon looking for the PhilAm Gate because you know, despite the scary proposition of the highway traffic, West Ave looks even more dangerous right now. Anyway, while still on the subject of Nora Aunor because there seems to be a stream of videos about her and of her right now, those poor fans who lined up outside Heritage Park from 10AM to 4PM and who are mostly in their Seniors must've taken in the heat full blast. How awful! (While the VIP fans/celebrities were scheduled to come in at night. How downright telling!) Nora, that's why she was called Superstar broke cultural barriers, glass ceilings, box-office numbers because she was a representation of the common tao, a perfect cross-section of the Filipino people, the brown Face and the unlikely champion for the masses. Aunor was never about pretensions and appearances. She was as authentic as the driving force behind your daily life: your household help! And because of her undeniable acting prowess; an everyday presence, an ear worm, your daily source of juicy gossip! I'm not being "Burgis" about it! I don't think I can. She was an Artist (do you know what that connotes?) and just like me, she was the truth! I will be your rock of empathy if your family never was. This Industry so full of "fakery" didn't deserve you just as I don't deserve them or ever will! #mytribute #facebookpost
Listen to how this Vlogger Michael Villamor recounts his Nora Aunor Experience, from her early Movie Career, her impressive filmography, how she changed the mold and ideal of the “celluloid actor”, her unmatched artistic contributions to the movie world and her legions of fans mostly belonging to the lower sector of society. I am a Film Student, an ordinary member of the viewing public and I appreciate a good movie just like everyone else but mostly, the so-called World Cinema. We grew up with a firm grasp and concept of Hollywood, its machinery, its formulaic outputs and the effect it had is it has only made me crave. more. movie. appreciation. Without exposure to other cultures’s movies or movies from other countries, I don’t think my Movie Experience will be as robust, cohesive and whole. If you want the bigger, truer picture, then this is your only option.
Listen to how this Vlogger Michael Villamor recounts his Nora Aunor Experience, from her early Movie Career, her impressive filmography, how she changed the mold and ideal of the “celluloid actor”, her unmatched artistic contributions to the movie world and her legions of fans mostly belonging to the lower sector of society. I am a Film Student, an ordinary member of the viewing public and I appreciate a good movie just like everyone else but mostly, the so-called World Cinema. We grew up with a firm grasp and concept of Hollywood, its machinery, its formulaic outputs and the effect it had is it has only made me crave. more. movie. appreciation. Without exposure to other cultures’s movies or movies from other countries, I don’t think my Movie Experience will be as robust, cohesive and whole. If you want the bigger, truer picture, then this is your only option.
This world is "all-knowing", so jaded, so full of itself! Tell me something I don't know and I will truly appreciate it. It will be good for the soul.
Nora Cabaltera Villamayor, ONA
(May 21, 1953 - April 16, 2025)
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