Why Adam and Eve ate the Apple

            It is funny that bootleg copies of DVDs being sold in Quiapo have more artistic value than movie titles sold in legitimate stores found in malls. If one would look into movies being sold in malls, one would normally see the usual mainstream titles that conglomerates produced. From cliché love stories, to comedies, to the usual action packed adventure series, the selection that such stores offer are limited to more “commercial-friendly” titles. One is lucky to find indie films that tackle stories without regard to its earning capacity.

             In Quiapo however, the selections encompass mundane titles like in legitimate stores to hard to find Cannes Festival films that movie store outlets normally ignore. I heard stories (more than once) from friends on how the most hard to find films are often sold in that area, notwithstanding that fact that it is far from the usual “artistic venues” to go to. Funny, on how something so wrong (not to mention illegal) can be better than the “right thing to do”. No wonder Adam and Eve ate the apple.