Ultimo Different Ways of Killing a National Hero

A tributecumreformulationinfilm of Philippine National Hero Jose Rizals poem Mi Ultimo Adios Khavns Ultimo Different Ways of Killing a National Hero explores identity and nationhood as viewed through the lens of a truly postcolonial individual Ultimo is a 90minute blackandwhite silent film with scenes from the directors meanderings in La Palma Canary Islands Spain interspersed with lines from Rizals poem which was written a day before the heros execution in 1896 Waiting ambivalence and remembering themes usually tackled in literature and criticism are investigated through a series of images the mundane elevated to the affective through a sensibility that does not shy away from pushing the boundaries of art This version is scored by a postkundiman duet of guitar and banduria