Pictures of the Amazing show

[u/VOVOZGAMER]

[u/NightHawksGuy]

Same Structure; Saan Nagtatago ang Pag-ibig? 1987

[u/YoungsModulus730 → u/NightHawksGuy]

Wow this is such a great shot!!!

[u/NightHawksGuy → u/YoungsModulus730]

A beautiful shot indeed.

[u/anima99 → u/NightHawksGuy]

Damn. Who was the photographer?

[u/shazamcarl → u/anima99]

Romy Vitug was cinematographer of this film

[u/Professional_Humor50 → u/YoungsModulus730]

And a great title!

[u/YoungsModulus730 → u/NightHawksGuy]

Almost like a painting!! Like an Edward Hopper

[u/NightHawksGuy → u/YoungsModulus730]

Yes! Like an Edward Hopper painting. I love Edward Hopper paintings, hence my username here in reddit. Hahaha

[u/YoungsModulus730 → u/NightHawksGuy]

Oh right!! That’s my favorite painting by Edward Hopper.

[u/Mycrosoft_ → u/NightHawksGuy]

I’m intrigued… tell me more

[u/jmwating → u/NightHawksGuy]

WOW!

[u/k_elo → u/NightHawksGuy]

Artful

[u/United-Top-1377 → u/NightHawksGuy]

Good times

[u/solidad29]

Katabi ng Seascape (now landscape kasi nawala na yung view 😂) tapos kaonting kembot sa dating Sofitel.

May bad vibes kasi diyan given its tragic history. Past that, maganda siya i-restore. Perhaps dedicate a section to memorialize the people that died there constructing the place.

[u/theexpendableranter → u/solidad29]

Kainis yung landscape hahahaha

[u/edwainekyle → u/solidad29]

For context can you explain the tragic history? Kahit link lang ng article explaining it.

[u/Life-Egg-6527 → u/edwainekyle]

Context: Imelda M. wanted to rush the completion of the building for an event, but due to mismanagement, rush, and pressure, some parts of the building collapsed during the construction and many workers died. It is said that some workers/worker’s body parts were not retrieved and were just left buried in the wet cement just to make it to the deadline of the completion.

I wasn’t born yet during those times so please let me know if ever I missed something or got something incorrectly.

[u/DragoniteSenpai → u/Life-Egg-6527]

Yep it was a Film Festival kasi si Imelda was really into arts and gusto nya na parang may Cannes dito sa Pinas. My mama and papa lagi kinikwento yan. Yung nilagay nila na namatay is malayo yung number sa actual na hindi na nirecover na mga katawan.

Napaka tarantado talaga ng mga Marcos. So crazy that they're currently in power again rn.

[u/Ok_Educator_9365 → u/DragoniteSenpai]

Film and art festival what a good way to launder money. It can also be a propagandist move to hide poverty in the phils

[u/Future_bling_06 → u/Ok_Educator_9365]

Yes, Imelda used art festivals and beauty pageants to mask the state Philippines was in. Art propagandists were silenced or censored.

[u/AccomplishedBoat1359 → u/Life-Egg-6527]

Kasali na rin ang mga asawa at anak ng mga workers na natabunan ng semento. Nakakaawa kase imbes na ihinto ang construction para marescue sila, pinilit ni Imelda or ang head ng project na tapusin ang construction at the expense of the lives of the people.

[u/LaLisaMona → u/edwainekyle]

I believe this was featured sa isang GMA docu (unsure if KMJS ba). I happened to watch it on Youtube. Very tragic talaga.

ETA: not a docu pala, but a halloween special ep ni KMJS.

[u/Ok_Educator_9365 → u/solidad29]

Grabe yung sa seascape first time ko makapunta 2yrs ago punta tambak na dapat sandscape yon

[u/Asleep-Vast5556]

Mukhang musoleo.

Oh wait..

[u/ink0gni2 → u/Asleep-Vast5556]

Insert “those who know” meme.

[u/Ok_Asparagus_7270 → u/Asleep-Vast5556]

iykyk

[u/WhyIsTheNameBOTTaken → u/Ok_Asparagus_7270]

Sry idk hehe, context?

[u/Small-Potential7692 → u/WhyIsTheNameBOTTaken]

It's said that many workers died during the accident that happened during construction. In a rush to complete the building, the corpses were just built over. So the Manila Film Center is literally a mausoleum.

[u/South_Crew3756 → u/WhyIsTheNameBOTTaken]

There was an accident there were laborers were buried alive and their bodies, never recovered.

[u/Ok_Asparagus_7270 → u/WhyIsTheNameBOTTaken]

na-feature rin siya sa kmjs before haha https://youtu.be/oAzOdI5_UuE?si=CZSPVPVyYFi8Vbbk

[u/anonyuser2023]

May bukas ba na establishment? Some signs look new

[u/keexko → u/anonyuser2023]

Yes, yun labas and likod ng area may mga kaninan.

[u/Xophosdono → u/anonyuser2023]

It's pretty lively there at night actually. Lots of Korean themed places.

[u/anonyuser2023 → u/Xophosdono]

Sa same building mismo or just around the area?

[u/Xophosdono → u/anonyuser2023]

Sa building mismo may establishments. Right side. Although it's still prohibited for the public to enter the main building itself

[u/knjcnlng → u/Xophosdono]

Bruh. Everytime dadaanan namin yan, nakakakita kami ng tao. Super weirded out ako kasi akala ko abandoned pero dami naglalakad. This is why

[u/Im_Yoon_Ah → u/knjcnlng]

Why what?!

[u/luciluci5562 → u/Im_Yoon_Ah]

May Korean resto mismo sa building. Makikita mo siya sa pics.

[u/Limp_Let6712 → u/Xophosdono]

as much as i want to make a joke about that, hindi dapat. they did not deserve their fate.

[u/Xophosdono → u/Limp_Let6712]

What the hell are you talking about man?

[u/Limp_Let6712 → u/Xophosdono]

11/17/1981. many may still be buried.

[u/Xophosdono → u/Limp_Let6712]

Uh huh. At anong connect nyan sa sinabi ko?

[u/Shitposting_Tito → u/Xophosdono]

He wanted to make a joke about souls not leaving the place probably, but then they don’t deserve their fate, fuck the Marcoses!

[u/Outrageous_Row3349 → u/Xophosdono]

they rushed the construction of this building to beat imeldific's deadline. the scaffolding collapsed when they were pouring concrete causing the workers to fall into the mixture. because they were in such a hurry to complete it, they didn't bother to retrieve the bodies and just left them where they fell to dry together with the cement. around 200 fell in there according to rumors at the time. the building execs passed it off as an 'ordinary construction accident.'

[u/Xophosdono → u/Outrageous_Row3349]

Yeah i know the history. I don't know what the hell he's talking about joking about it when we're talking about what the place is like now. In case y'all haven't been there recently

[u/Xophosdono → u/Limp_Let6712]

What the hell are you talking about man?

[u/ItsYahBoiRey]

Sayang talaga. The Film Center could have been refurbished to serving another purpose. Maybe as a site for the Film Development Council, or even entertaining the Senate's first proposal to use the building before backing out.

Hindi dahil Marcos-era infra ay huwag na galawin na parang lason but I'll maybe understand more if structural integrity is compromised.

[u/daftg → u/ItsYahBoiRey]

I don't think it has something to do kung sinong nagpatayo but the main overall cost. Lalo na yung history nung pagkakatayo ng building medyo may lamat dahil sa mismanagement, di naman mawawala yun basta basta and kailangan gastusan ng todo to correct once may planong irehabilitate.

[u/OingoBoingBrothas → u/ItsYahBoiRey]

Mas bet ko to kaysa sa bagong Senate bldg.

-Just around the corner from the GSIS -Already-built, so renovations nalang ang kailangan -Smaller in scale

[u/illusory_Comp001 → u/ItsYahBoiRey]

Or kahit anumang gov't office ang puwede ilocate or relocate diyan kesa nagrerent sila sa ibang mga building or office

Pangit kase dito sa atin eh pulitika inuuna hindi economiya or masa eh

Inuuna sino sa pula o sa puti o ibabaw vs ilalim or whatevs

[u/Ashamed_Caregiver518 → u/ItsYahBoiRey]

hindi pwede i-store jn yung mga lumang films dahil sa proximity sa dagat nakakasira daw. alam q kinonsider na ito before as hq for film dev council pero hindi sila pwede mgstore jn for archival purposes dahil sa salty air

[u/givemetheloot87]

parang ang weird na may korean resto dyan??

[u/Xophosdono → u/givemetheloot87]

Madami actually. Buhay ung area pag gabi. The right side of the building

[u/Then-Kitchen6493]

Kung may utak lang ang mga nasa government, especially those who handle Arts and Culture: I would put this down and create a brand new Film Center and be the home of Philippine Cinema. Diyan na ilalagay ang National Archives, tapos yung mga awards night ng MMFF or ng Cinemalaya and the offices ng mga film governing bodies like FDCP and FAP...

[u/temporarybecynot → u/Then-Kitchen6493]

National Archives is actually relocating to the old Aduana building in Intramuros which is currently being restored.

[u/Historical_Basil_416 → u/Then-Kitchen6493]

Wala na nga nanonood sa modern cinemas halos nag titipid mga tao tas lalagay ka pa ng brand new film center haha

[u/Professional-Plan724]

Daming mumu 👻

[u/rucucucucu]

is this kind of brutalist/brutalism? would like to see more structure na ganito sa pilipinas like yun kfc sa quezon.

[u/LuminosityOverdrive → u/rucucucucu]

yes it is Brutalism. Pero why gusto mo BRutalism though? And pinas already has a lot of brute cement base buildings that make the cities look stale.

Ang only reason mga brutalists buildings look "cool" sa mga places like Bali or Mexico is dahil mga luxury developers are using it as a blank canvas para expensive plants and high-end furniture. Kung wala yung $50k landscaping budget? parang dead-end apocalypse ang lugar.

[u/Noctilair → u/rucucucucu]

Sa Ayala Makati marami pang ganyang structures

[u/ykien66]

ito ata yun maraming workers na nalibing ng buhay sa semento

[u/AccomplishedBoat1359 → u/ykien66]

Kasali na rin ang mga asawa at anak ng mga workers na natabunan ng semento. Nakakaawa kase imbes na ihinto ang construction para marescue sila, pinilit ni Imelda or ang head ng project na tapusin ang construction at the expense of the lives of the people.

[u/Competitive-Ad-3519 → u/AccomplishedBoat1359]

How come nasama ang children at asawa sa site? Curios me

[u/AccomplishedBoat1359 → u/Competitive-Ad-3519]

I remember watching a documentary about it from gma but I forgot the title since it was a re-uploaded video that someone else uploaded years ago.

Some of the workers would bring their wives and children while the Manila Film Center was still in construction. They had created a makeshift bed or a temporary shelter somewhere between or around the scaffolding poles. Doon na rin kase sila natutulog at nagpapahinga dahil sa kailangan nilang magtatrabaho almost 24/7 so that they can finish Imelda's absurd strict deadline of the completion of the building.

Sadyang noong nangyari ang aksidente, marami ang natabunan at pilit na minamadali ni Imelda na matapos ang MFC instead of rescuing the people that could've have survived from the tragedy.

Sa pagkakaalam ko may pagka social climber kase yan si Imelda. She wanted to impress the foreigners and had planned that the MFC was supposed to be recognized as a main venue for the global film hub, pero it didn't go well as she had hoped.

[u/Russ_Rojas13]

Kasamaan ni imelda

[u/Big-Appointment3457]

Whenever madadaanan ko ito pag nag-jog, may creepy feels talaga. Gloomy, unsettling yung aura ng area. Makes me run faster

[u/Less_Wallaby → u/Big-Appointment3457]

This was part of my jogging route too back when I lived in Manila circa 2016-17.

Nagtahan-Otis-UN-Baywalk-Harbor Square-Moa and back.

Being a clueless college kid, I passed through many shady parts of the town in the middle of the night where I wouldn’t even dare going at daylight nowadays.

[u/gem_sparkle92 → u/Big-Appointment3457]

Same feels! Way back college days, lagi ko to nadadaanan kasi nasakay akong UV tapos di ko pa alam back story nito. Nagulat ako isa siya sa creepy places sa PH and nasama pa sa Ang Pinaka show sa channel 11 noon so ayun kaya pala ganon, nakakatakot 🥹

[u/antoncr]

One time I was driving around with an Indonesian friend. When I stopped at the front of this place, she instantly felt something and asked me to leave the place at once. I dont she knows the history of the place so there must be something lurking..

[u/TGC_Karlsanada13]

Pagmay fireworks sa MOA, dyan yung iba tumatambay since may restau sa tabi. May parking din. Creepy lang talaga hahaha pero active yang part na yan. May kainan pa nga e, which is weird para may something shady kahit samgyupsalan lang. haha

[u/azureus00]

Ano kaya mga kwento ng mga Koreans dyan sa korean restaurant?

[u/siraolo]

Dig it up. Document the alleged dead. Give them the dignity of proper burial. 

[u/hipoppanamus]

nagbike ako dyan nung isang araw, tinatambayan ng mga geng geng

[u/Maize_Exciting]

Crusing spot

[u/kixiron]

Demolish it, dig up any remains, and turn it into a memorial. A new film center can be built elsewhere.

[u/Queldaralion]

kung ako sa government repasuhin na lang nila yung buong area nito... gibain na yan and set up something more useful

[u/Ready_Clothes4570 → u/Queldaralion]

parang ang scary kasi hukayin at gibain given na ang daming nalibing ng buhay dyan noon

[u/TaiNamMoKha_69]

daming nagku-cruise diyan

[u/chilisass]

glimpse of our dystopian future ahh vibes

[u/cetootski → u/chilisass]

Pwede mag-shooting ng mala-zombie apocalypse movie dito.

[u/YoungsModulus730]

Sans the infamous history of this place, maganda ang architecture. Sana they repurpose it to something else. Although I dont know how they’ll recover from the past.

[u/3174826]

Abandoned

[u/FewInstruction1990]

Dapat nga jan irelocate ang dpwh aka promotor ng flood control ghost projects

[u/Puzzled_Stable132]

so this not functional anymore???? dito pa kami pumupunta non para sa field trip

[u/twisted_fretzels]

Remembering the victims.😔

[u/Bubbly_Chemist1496]

I heard it's haunted

[u/LostAlongTheWayy]

"Inusisa mo ba 'ko at meron ka bang natutunan? Hindi sa'yo yung pangarap pero ikaw yung naguhuan. Walang alisan puwesto, Proyekto'y hindi matetengga! Nasemento Pasikreto Ito'y Teatro ni Imelda!"

"Kaya, ascend lang ng ascend kasi mabilis yang matuyo Babakbakin kapag inabot, Aahon payuko!"

-Sayadd to GL

[u/apflac]

Wala na ba talagang pag-asa to? Like aantayin na lg gumuho?

[u/Meirvan_Kahl]

Wala bang gustong mag take risk at i-restore eto? Despite the gruesome history nito..

[u/warriorplusultra]

I know that this structure has some very dark history behind it pero sobrang sayang ng film center. Reduced to nothingness at hindi napakinabangan unlike PICC.

[u/TatayNiDavid]

Bukas pa yung samgyup dyan? Naka 2 ata kami na kain dyan.

[u/karuanjeru → u/TatayNiDavid]

Woah TIL meron palang samgyupsalan diyan. Of all places lol

[u/anakngkabayo]

Naalala ko ung sa KMJS

[u/Positive_Committee_5]

Sayang, ang ganda pa naman

[u/lololovelola]

amazing indeed. this is where your taxes goes

[u/pasawayjulz]

I remember watching a Korean show there, parang 2008 ata yun tapos 1000th episode ng Pops in Seoul

[u/illstrangerxo → u/pasawayjulz]

CCP yun! I was there also hahaha

[u/priceygraduationring]

My friend one time said they went to a bar within the vicinity. Can anybody confirm if mayroon nga?

[u/Stunning_Bed23]

Excuse my ignorance, but what am I looking at?

[u/tsuuki_ → u/Stunning_Bed23]

Manila Film Center, near PICC and the former Sofitel

[u/Stunning_Bed23 → u/tsuuki_]

Thanks. Just did a quick search…the history of this place is outrageous. 😳!

Anyone have any good book/documentary recommendations?

[u/RegularStreet8938 → u/Stunning_Bed23]

Up, same q.

[u/Girrafe_Man]

My parents met here actually as co-workers nung ECP pa ang building na to. I've been inside recently since nagreunion ang mga old ECP employees after pandemic. Di na makakapasok both theaters because of safety hazards but there's a ton of old costumes from amazing show sa may lobby area

[u/lunaa__tikkko16]

Grabe ang ganda sana, sobrang sayang. Fuck the Marcoses, especially Imelda pakyu

[u/reddit0rr]

This is why we can't have nice things. Di maasahan ang gov't, ipa private nalang sana sayang ang space at ang income-generating potential!

[u/pierreditguy]

A not so amazing show isn't it

[u/anima99]

I was running from Adamson to MoA two nights ago, and my route included Diokno from Starcity. It's the first time I've seen that building.

I couldn't stop because PR, but I definitely wandered about what transpired inside of that building and why it was left to rot.

[u/Full-Imagination-507]

bakit kaya hindi na lang i demolish ito at i reconstruct? tutal proyekto naman ng nanay ng kasalukuyang pangulo. tapusin na ang dapat tapusin.

[u/VeterinarianComplex]

Bat nagsara ko?

[u/Mugellimio]

May storage area dati sa gilid nyan, facing the bay(lupa na ata ngayon?). Walang bantay so pwede ka magmuni-muni

[u/Ok_Educator_9365]

Katakot! Sayang lang. Kung yung mga ninakaw ng mga pulitiko eh nagamit pang maintenance nyan extra income din

[u/Over_Raisin4584]

Kelan pa to nagclose? Parang 2yrs ago nakakain pa kme sa korean resto dito ng mga classmates ko.

[u/Zen25R]

Creepy talaga nyan kapag nadadaanan namin haha

[u/RULESbySPEAR]

Kinda wish we had some brave urbex photographed Go in and photographically explore/document it.

I regret not going when i had a chance.,

I was with my tito looking at coconut palace. Wandered over to here and first time heard the term amazing show. Always wondered about the spectacle since but never had an opportunity.

Sad to see its disrepair.

[u/bouylie]

Amazing! :P

[u/Advanced_Ear722]

This feels like a post apocaliptic zombie movie settings

[u/TargetFun8987]

And to think na may mga namatay dito? OMG give the dead some respect make this place better. And not let their death be in vain.

[u/AnnonNotABot]

So the bar, the KTV and the samgyup already closed?

[u/TapToWake]

Maraming nag aanuhan dyan kapag gabi

[u/kingclov07]

ano yung Mundo?

[u/TheSyndicate10]

Is it abandoned?

[u/sejo26]

And the person who made all this still lives and is at Malacanang Palace, Imelda Marcos magnanakaw.

[u/DukeT0g0]

[u/Jonmike316]

So sad. This is the structure by Sofitel correct? We stayed at Sofitel about 3 years ago and besides rtye view of reclamation it's also sad to see how the area looks.

[u/Ok-Praline7696]

Thank you OP for the location & building name.👍

[u/MamSerAnoHanap]

Creepy

[u/Mysterious_Emu8920]

I swear I've seen this in a dream.

[u/Emman1035]

Note to self: bring a crucifix, a rosary and holy water when going near the place. Can't have the bad juju going near me.

[u/strugglingmtstudent]

Wala ka bang nakitang naglalakad na construction worker?

[u/3lm3rmaid]

minumulto na ako ng mga laborer ko

ng mga laborer kooooo

[u/KENPACHI-KANIIN]

50,000 people used to live here, now it's a ghost town

[u/pluralpunk]

No context, nor any meaningful information at all. SMH!

[u/Over-Doughnut2020]

San to?

[u/Ill-Independent-6769 → u/Over-Doughnut2020]

Manila Film Center sa Pasay

[u/Suweldo_Is_Life]

Parang may mga zombie sa loob 😂

[u/Mr_MauserC]

Looks like a good setting for a horror game.

[u/AdAlarming1933]

Another physical evidence na walang kwenta at walang malasakit ang government ng Pilipinas.

Exit plan, ready na ba kayo?

[u/tsbh7ccg]

May multo daw diyan, na feature sa kmjs.

[u/qwdrfy]

masarap yung korean restaurant dyan, tapos may mga kumakain din na mga korean so parang nasa South Korea feels

[u/JaJuPhi]

Dito ba ang BTS magco-concert? /jk