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How artists cope with death

By PABLO A. TARIMAN
PEOPLE in the seven arts have a unique way of coping with death and near death situations. Theater buffs remember actor Jose Mari Avellana who passed away the other year and how he coped with a life-threatening scenario in the middle of a performance.

How artists cope with death

Marilou Diaz-Abaya’s landmark films revisited

By PABLO A. TARIMAN
IT was a good thing that Channel 7 showed four landmark films of Marilou Diaz-Abaya on the weekend she was laid to rest. It is a coincidence that GMA Films produced three of them – “Sa Pusod Ng Dagat,” “”Muro-Ami” and “Jose Rizal.”

Marilou Diaz-Abaya’s landmark films revisited