Solito's video for the Eraserheads' hugely popular "Ang Huling El Bimbo." Solito later directed the hugely popular Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros. One could see Solito developing his interest in depicting the painful passage to adulthood in a specifically Filipino context. He is to some extent the Philippines' Wes Anderson. The biggest difference is that unlike Anderson's characters, who find adulthood through the recognition of responsibility, Solito's characters grow up by discovering their sexuality. Here, Solito matches the song by at first expressing sexuality through juvenile innuendos, and finally by expressing the painful crescendo through the weirdly horrific images--as seen through the eys of a child--of responsibility being forced through the enactment of one's sexual urges.
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I'm a big fan of Auraeus Solito's works namely "Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros" and "Busong". I notice that his works are always lyrical and poignant, so personal and heartfelt/breaking that they feel like a loveletter to the movie's subject (especially Busong and Pisay).
It's amazing that "Ang Huling El Bimbo" is his first work as a director! Even then he already knew the story has to have a heart. Bravo to Auraeus Solito!
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