00000cab a22000003a 4500 UP-1685675941123975606 Buklod 20231008011921.0 a r |||| u| ta 200205s xx d | ||r ||||| || UPVTC eng Hawkins, Michael G. author Our men in Manila the secret agent film craze of the 1960s in the Philippine postcolonial imagination Michael G. Hawkins. Quezon City Ateneo de Manila University 2010. pp. 348-381 b&w photos. Vol. 58, no. 3 (September 2010) "Suave and sophisticated in the service of the nation, the secret agents who dominated Filipino film culture in the late 1960s were men in command of their times. Although derided by critics as not truly Filipino, merely crass copies of foreign fare, this article asserts that these cinematic secret agents were necessary heroes deeply and triumphantly engaged with the trials and possibilities of the postcolonial age. These Filipino James Bonds offered bracing pathways for imagining a hip and virile Filipino masculinity, a modern nation secure against the threats of the Cold War era, and a culture holding the lingering colonial influence of the United States under its sway. Motion picture industry Philippines. Philippine studies : historical and ethnographic viewpoints 58, 3 (Sep2010). FI UPTAC UPTAC Article