Khavn De La Cruz detournes the work of acclaimed Philippine filmmaker Lav Diaz in this experimental short subject. Working from a bootleg videocassette of Diaz's epic Batang West Side, Khavn slices five minutes from the five-hour movie and comments upon the brief excerpts from Diaz's picture with superimposed titles that offer a contrary perspective on what we see on screen. Produced in part for a conference on video piracy in Asia, Oldeastside was screened in competition at the 2007 Rotterdam International Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide