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In fact, many of us know about the heroism of Gen.
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Antonio Luna was not given the prominence in Philippine history. But this was a mock battle, which was crafted by America and Spanish politicians in order for Spain not to lose face by surrendering without a fight.īut the story of Gen.
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Aguinaldo's men and as the movie "Heneral Luna" depicted correctly, the Augso-called "Battle of Manila" which ended with the Spaniards surrendering the Intramuros, but in James Bradley's book, he even had a photograph of the "victorious" Americans taking over the Intramuros. In the book I recently got entitled "The Imperial Cruise: A Secret history of Empire and War" written by James Bradley, who wrote the national book seller "The Flags of our Fathers" the Americans tricked Gen. These historians highlight American propaganda that the Americans embraced Filipinos as their "brown brothers." This was farthest from the truth. They are Gregorio Zaide and Teodoro Agoncillio and if I remember my history lessons well, most of our history books were written to show America's benevolence to Filipinos. Luna who was a famous painter who painted the "Spoliarium" which now hands in the National Museum of the Philippines.įirst of all, let me point out that there were only two Filipino historians who wrote books on Philippine history that we read in our high school days. in what used to be the San Jose dela Montaña but that is named after the brother of Gen. Indeed, history always fascinates me and watching this movie, I came to the realization the many Filipinos who watched this movie gave it rousing praise (moviegoers clapped at the end of the movie, a rarity with Tagalog movies) to this historical movie because a great majority of our young people never heard of Gen. I have never been a great fan of Tagalog movies, but I submit that "Heneral Luna" was a very well-made movie and yes, I hope it wins the Oscar Awards for foreign movies. JV Avila who last Saturday already saw the same movie in SM City but he insisted in accompanying me to watch this movie again because of its historical significance. Late afternoon last Sunday, I went to Ayala Center to see the blockbuster Tagalog movie by Jerrold Tarog entitled "Heneral Luna" with my son, Capt.