Author Topic: The Peque Gallaga Thread (Read 124520 times)

indie boi · « **Reply #60 on:** May 03, 2003 at 02:22 PM »

Quote from: keating on May 03, 2003 at 02:19 PM

Bro Indie boi, I was in grade 4 at that time...but luckily we had the uncut beta tape which I transfered to vhs.

The pumping scene between Anna Marie Gutierrez & Daniel Fernando are much longer...than the vhs/vcd release.

I dont know on the vcd release if it contains the exchange of saliva between the two also.

And the final scene...how could I say it... there's the controversial frontal nudity of Orestes where his organ is near his gun before he make love to Anna Marie.

Ah ok. Thanks for the reminders, keating. Yep, I've seen the uncut version. The VCD release has the saliva exchange but the organ/gun scene was not included and surprisingly the scene where Ojeda sees the muddy footprints on the floor.

keating · « **Reply #61 on:** May 03, 2003 at 02:35 PM »

You could also see the muddy "white" thing on Anna Marie after she was shot by Ojeda.

We had the still photo of that scene where she was lying helpless.... nabaha na yata.

keating · « **Reply #62 on:** May 13, 2003 at 04:37 PM »

Guys...any update on the legendary ANNA MARIE GUTIERREZ?

She was only noticed in Scorpio Nights and Unfaithful Wife. I wonder why did she stop making movies in 1986?

indie boi · « **Reply #63 on:** May 13, 2003 at 04:39 PM »

She now lives in the US. According to my mom, she was featured in the now defunct Apple Pie, ATBP.

keating · « **Reply #64 on:** May 13, 2003 at 04:44 PM »

Thanks for the info...indie boi.

She had a cameo role also as the hired killer who wanted to kill Charo Santos but the bullet went to Chanda Romero in "Di mo ako kayang tapakan".

tonedeaf · « **Reply #65 on:** May 13, 2003 at 09:56 PM »

Quote from: keating on Apr 27, 2003 at 01:13 PM

and no. 2 on my lists of favorites...ISANG ARAW WALANG DIYOS...back to epic.

I always loved this movie, watched it 3-4 times a looonng time ago. Ensemble cast. I thought it was way ahead of its time when it was made, parang the Filipino moviegoers weren't ready to watch something like it. I can't listen to Yellow Submarine without remembering the movie. Haven't watched it since, though. I always wondered what everyone else thought of it, kasi parang konti lang kami sa moviehouse when i saw it. Don't remember it being a hit.

keating · « **Reply #66 on:** May 14, 2003 at 09:53 PM »

Quote from: tonedeaf on May 13, 2003 at 09:56 PM

I always loved this movie, watched it 3-4 times a looonng time ago. Ensemble cast. I thought it was way ahead of its time when it was made, parang the Filipino moviegoers weren't ready to watch something like it. I can't listen to Yellow Submarine without remembering the movie. Haven't watched it since, though. I always wondered what everyone else thought of it, kasi parang konti lang kami sa moviehouse when i saw it. Don't remember it being a hit.

It's just a pity that ISANG ARAW WALANG DIYOS was market by Regal Films as ST flick. You could see on the poster Alice Dixson as the current bombshell on that time embracing & kissing Richard Gomez.

I was in 4th year high school when we watched this movie.

You're right tonedeaf...it was a flop! Kokonti din yung mga tao inside Sm Cinema in North Edsa.

This marks the return of Mr. Peque Gallaga in epic filmmaking and I always say that the name of Robert Arevalo's father as Manny Ojeda but it was Tito Arevalo as the leader of the cult.

The movie also was an ensemble cast.

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #67 on:** May 15, 2003 at 08:33 AM »

I hear Ana Marie Guttierrez is heavily overweight now, hence unable to act on films.

She was also terrific in Takaw Tukso.

keating · « **Reply #68 on:** May 15, 2003 at 09:16 PM »

Is this still available on video or vcd, Noel?

(takaw-tukso)

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #69 on:** May 16, 2003 at 07:51 AM »

I don't think so. I saw a deteriorated print once, at Pelikula at Lipunan I think. It's writer Armando Lao's masterpiece.

keating · « **Reply #70 on:** May 17, 2003 at 10:18 AM »

Thanks for the info...Noel.

I'll check video 48 if they carry this title. I was able to rent there Celso Ad Castillo's ASEDILLO.
FPJ is good actor for the movies not for our future president.

keating · « **Reply #71 on:** Jun 21, 2003 at 11:28 AM »

I just finished watching VIRGIN FOREST with Sarsi Emmanuel. This historical epic with some bold scenes thrown in is still....GALLAGANG-GALLAGA.

I think his movies changed when he partnered with LORENZO REYES. But I havent also seen BINHI his first collaboration with BUTCH PEREZ.

No offense meant to direk Lore, but MR. PEQUE GALLAGA is at his best when he is making movies in solo credit.

RitchieNolasco · « **Reply #72 on:** Jun 21, 2003 at 10:15 PM »

Quote from: indie boi on Apr 27, 2003 at 12:41 PM

I remember this interview Gallaga did for a TV Show. He was recounting the shoot for Scorpio Nights. Gallaga had a stroke while filming the movie. But he was adamant to finish the shoot. So what he did was to direct the whole movie while lying down on a fold-a-bed. He said he fondly remembers giving Anna Marie Guttierez and Daniel Fernando instructions for their pumping scene while he was lying prone on the bed, gyrating like a beached whale to keep time with his own instructions.

Scorpio Nights is my favorite of all Gallaga flicks. I learned SO MUCH from it.

indie boi · « **Reply #73 on:** Jun 21, 2003 at 10:30 PM »

Quote from: RitchieNolasco on Jun 21, 2003 at 10:15 PM

Scorpio Nights is my favorite of all Gallaga flicks. I learned SO MUCH from it.

Hopefully, you've learned that spitting into another person's mouth is not erotic on the part of the receiver.

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #74 on:** Jun 22, 2003 at 08:09 AM »

Quote from: indie boi on Jun 21, 2003 at 10:30 PM

Hopefully, you've learned that spitting into another person's mouth is not erotic on the part of the receiver.

Oh, it depends. Someone who WOULD find that erotic I would find very erotic...

It's like her swallowing your...you know? Not many will do that. The one who does, she's special...

indie boi · « **Reply #75 on:** Jun 22, 2003 at 08:33 AM »

Quote from: Noel_Vera on Jun 22, 2003 at 08:09 AM

Oh, it depends. Someone who WOULD find that erotic I would find very erotic...

It's like her swallowing your...you know? Not many will do that. The one who does, she's special...

LOL

Dude, I sooo agree!

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #76 on:** Jun 22, 2003 at 08:41 AM »

Not talking the object, but the issue, would like to clarify...

keating · « **Reply #77 on:** Jun 22, 2003 at 10:41 AM »

If I only have enough time....my next video to watch is Mr. Gallaga's follow-up to the success of
Anna Marie's....SCORPIO NIGHTS, UNFAITHFUL WIFE his first collaboration with
Lore Reyes and originally titled "KAIBIGAN" with Joel Torre & Michael de Mesa.

wedge · « **Reply #78 on:** Jun 22, 2003 at 08:54 PM »

I've seen Sa Piling ng Aswang last Thursday sa Cinema One. Didn't know it was directed by Peque Gallaga. For me, the film is a terrible disappointment in both terms: the FX they used and the plot itself. Didn't like the story.

keating · « **Reply #79 on:** Jun 23, 2003 at 08:58 PM »

His best horror flick is still....the MANANANGGAL episode in the original SHAKE, RATTLE & ROLL with Herbert Bautista, Mary Walter, Pen Medina and Irma Alegre.

Speaking of Irma Alegre, what happened now to this bombshell?

Also the late Mary Walter and Pen Medina are veterans of many Gallaga flicks.

fiddlers_green · « **Reply #80 on:** Jun 23, 2003 at 09:29 PM »

I just saw 'Once Upon A Time' in Studio 23 and I didn't know it was a Peque Gallaga film until the credits.

I find the movie quite slow and it only elicited a few laughts out of me.

But I think the sets and costumes were gorgeous and some of the story elements, very good and original.

A remake or sequel (if there is none) must be seriously considered.

keating · « **Reply #81 on:** Jun 23, 2003 at 09:45 PM »

Quote from: fiddlers_green on Jun 23, 2003 at 09:29 PM

I just saw 'Once Upon A Time' in Studio 23 and I didn't know it was a Peque Gallaga film until the credits.

I find the movie quite slow and it only elicited a few laughts out of me.

But I think the sets and costumes were gorgeous and some of the story elements, very good and original.

A remake or sequel (if there is none) must be seriously considered.

I was able to watch this on its first theatrical run in January of 1987.

The budget for this fantasy flick was estimate at P8 million plus really big on that time and you can actually see where it went, the sets, production design, effects and everything.

dibidi · « **Reply #82 on:** Jul 02, 2003 at 01:46 AM »

during my freshman year a few years back our block had peque gallaga's son wanggo to teach us an art subject.

we watched the his movies Gangland and Diliryo. Although Gangland is considered a Matti film my comment of its english subtitling is it sucks. If it was the same subtitle they sent in Canada for the Toronto Film Festival i guess that's why they didn't understand the movie at all.

Diliryo has some great scenes but always bitin. Peque told the press on how he made camera angles so no nudity will be seen.

did he also co-direct Batang-X? or shall we say X-Kids.

All in all Peque's best movies are Scorpio Nights and Oro, Plata, Mata i watched them both on Cinema One but im waiting for special remastered DVDs releases.

I read a review quoting that "Erik Matti is the Zalman King of the Philippines

keating · « **Reply #83 on:** Jul 02, 2003 at 11:19 PM »

Quote from: dibidi on Jul 02, 2003 at 01:46 AM

during my freshman year a few years back our block had peque gallaga's son wanggo to teach us an art subject.

we watched the his movies Gangland and Diliryo. Although Gangland is considered a Matti film my comment of its english subtitling is it sucks. If it was the same subtitle they sent in Canada for the Toronto Film Festival i guess that's why they didn't understand the movie at all.

Diliryo has some great scenes but always bitin. Peque told the press on how he made camera angles so no nudity will be seen.

did he also co-direct Batang-X? or shall we say X-Kids.

All in all Peque's best movies are Scorpio Nights and Oro, Plata, Mata i watched them both on Cinema One but im waiting for special remastered DVDs releases.

I read a review quoting that "Erik Matti is the Zalman King of the Philippines

Yup, he directed Batang X with Lore Reyes, I've said it again and again...Mr. Gallaga is at his best when making movies in solo credit.

Best examples are ORO, PLATA, MATA, SCORPIO NIGHTS, VIRGIN FOREST
but I also like ISANG ARAW WALANG DIYOS with Lore Reyes.

There are 3 minutes retrospective on ORO, PLATA, MATA on Cinema One and I hope this will be included if Oro will be released on dvd which until now is our biggest dream for the moment!

keating · « **Reply #84 on:** Jul 05, 2003 at 05:48 PM »

I just finished my marathon viewing today of
Peque Gallaga flicks from Unfaithful Wife to Isang Araw Walang Diyos to Virgin Forest (2nd time on vhs) to TIYANAK.

When can we see a new Gallaga movie on the big screen?

keating · « **Reply #85 on:** Mar 27, 2004 at 12:13 PM »

Heads up...peeps.

Oro Plata Mata is currently being shown at channel 23.

But the party scene and the exodus of the Lorenzo & Ojeda clan are already deleted.

Cut to Mata section at once.

RMN · « **Reply #86 on:** Mar 27, 2004 at 02:14 PM »

Quote from: keating on Jul 05, 2003 at 05:48 PM

I just finished my marathon viewing today of
Peque Gallaga flicks from Unfaithful Wife to Isang Araw Walang Diyos to Virgin Forest (2nd time on vhs) to TIYANAK.

When can we see a new Gallaga movie on the big screen?

He's set to do a movie for Regal Films on the so-called Marian miracles in Lipa.

RMN · « **Reply #87 on:** Mar 27, 2004 at 03:28 PM »

Quote from: keating on Mar 27, 2004 at 12:13 PM

Heads up...peeps.

Oro Plata Mata is currently being shown on channel 23.

But the party scene and the exodus of the Lorenzo & Ojeda clan are already deleted.

Cut to Mata section at once.

Right! The exodus scene was deleted! Or maybe I just missed it. Another thing is the print. It's in dire need of cleaning and restoration. And too think it isnt a very old film. Is this the print that ABS-CBN bought?

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #88 on:** Mar 28, 2004 at 06:41 AM »

Quote from: fiddlers_green on Jun 23, 2003 at 09:29 PM

I find the movie quite slow and it only elicited a few laughts out of me.

Gallaga's always had a problem with pacing and storytelling coherence.

That said, those flaws didn't matter in Scorpio Nights--his one great film.

keating · « **Reply #89 on:** Mar 28, 2004 at 11:39 AM »

Quote from: RMN on Mar 27, 2004 at 03:28 PM

Right! The exodus scene was deleted! Or maybe I just missed it. Another thing is the print. It's in dire need of cleaning and restoration. And too think it isnt a very old film. Is this the print that ABS-CBN bought?

RMN... you didn't missed the exodus scene. It was cut already to the forest sanctuary which is the prelude to the MATA section and my least favorite.

It was actually the print that ABS-CBN bought which was painstakingly cleaned already by Road Runner and burned out during its 20th anniversary screening last January of last year thru Jessica Zafra's FLIP Movie Club.

The colors were great and you're right it badly needs restoration that ABS-CBN could only afford...

Thanks dude for the info about the new Gallaga flick.