Author Topic: Focus on Joey Gosiengfiao/Elwood Perez (Read 55386 times)

jdv1229 · « **Reply #150 on:** Apr 22, 2007 at 09:56 PM »

the masion was owned by the Vera-Perez' on Gilmore Street. it was prominently used in most Sampaguita movies. Lorna's debut scene was at the Vera Perez Gardens which in in the same place.

keating · « **Reply #151 on:** Apr 22, 2007 at 10:04 PM »

It looks familiar nga. What was the significance of the song by Rey Valera? It was out of place for the plot of the movie.

Kristine Garcia looks so bitch as the young LT.

jdv1229 · « **Reply #152 on:** Apr 22, 2007 at 10:07 PM »

by the end of the movie the Rey Valera song seemed to make a little more sense don't you think? it just shows where Kristine Garcia's career would go years after Stepsisters...

keating · « **Reply #153 on:** Apr 22, 2007 at 10:10 PM »

Its the ultimate PINOY REVENGE MOVIE. From beginning to end, the fight scenes of the two bombshells are so explosive.

jdv1229 · « **Reply #154 on:** Apr 22, 2007 at 10:11 PM »

i wouldn't say ultimate although Stepsisters is definitely up there...

keating · « **Reply #155 on:** Apr 23, 2007 at 06:24 PM »

Jojo can you recall Elwood's ISANG GABI TATLONG BABAE? Regal remade this one right? The one that I saw has Tetchie Agbayani getting nude in the falls.

jdv1229 · « **Reply #156 on:** Apr 23, 2007 at 06:26 PM »

i can't really recall the plot to the original... it's been a long time since i last saw it...

keating · « **Reply #157 on:** Apr 23, 2007 at 06:29 PM »

The episode with Tetchie Agbayani is so old already, maybe they shot it in the 80's but I saw the omnibus in the 90's. Regal probably recycled the old film reel and tucked it in with the two other episodes.

jdv1229 · « **Reply #158 on:** Apr 23, 2007 at 06:35 PM »

the remake by Regal were movies that they didn't finish. the one with Tetchie was shot immediately after her Playboy pictorial. if you'll notice each of the three episodes didn;t really have a story you can follow since they just excised them from footage they had.

keating · « **Reply #159 on:** Apr 23, 2007 at 06:41 PM »

I thought they followed the original film. Was the Tetchie episode shelved during the 80's? The remake was not really Elwood's solo credit, Mauro Gia Samonte has the Ruffa episode in which she complained because the camera lingers so much on her front.

jdv1229 · « **Reply #160 on:** Apr 23, 2007 at 07:05 PM »

i don't think they did... the original had all three episodes connected with each other.

keating · « **Reply #161 on:** Apr 30, 2007 at 08:55 PM »

PAKAWALAN MO AKO (Elwood Perez, 1981)

The tandem of Vilma Santos and Christopher de Leon had a string of respectable outputs back in the 80's both are incidentally Bernal flicks RELASYON and BROKEN MARRIAGE. I can only think of PINAY AMERICAN STYLE and IBULONG MO SA DIYOS as the only respectable output under Elwood's guidance. In PAKAWALAN MO AKO the usual dose of hysterical acting put on celluloid was tested again. Vilma forced to take a job as an escort for hire to raise funds for her sick mother played by Mila Ocampo. Completing the love triangle is singer debonair Anthony Castelo who raise to fame in the early 80's. Of course the plot became complicated when Anthony son of rich businessman Subas Herrero falls in love for Vilma. The rich father pinned to death Vilma in the court room scenes, exact replica of some of the best intense moments that you see in those serious Brocka movies. Ed Villapol and Deborah Sun provide the comic relief. Christopher de Leon could have master the act of greatest performance but failed to do so. You can't help but still sympathize with Vilma in the long run.

keating · « **Reply #162 on:** May 12, 2007 at 10:51 PM »

THE DIARY OF CRISTINA GASTON (Joey Gosiengfiao, 1981)

"There was once a whore who loved her mother so much!" Tony Carrion blurted out to Alma Moreno. The camp master turns serious. His quintessential muse, chronicles her dreams, ambitions and revenge scheme in a diary given to her by her mother played by Alicia Alonzo. The oppressed lass after ridiculed by Celia Rodriguez in a wake rise from rags to riches peddling her body and becoming one of the high-class call girl. Alma is excellent whether exposing her body and expressing her emotions. Alicia Alonzo always play the suffering mother. Jun Latonio's musical score heightened some of the dramatic highlights of the movie except for some annoying piece. Dez Bautista's production design is lovely to look at especially when you peak inside the mansion of Tony Carrion. Once again the world of prostitutes have been glamorized that can only happen in the movies of Joey Gosiengfiao.

jdv1229 · « **Reply #163 on:** May 13, 2007 at 07:19 PM »

it's an over the top rags to riches story... although I loved the funeral scene where a grieving Celia Rodriguez throws Alma and Alicia Alonzo out of their mansion.

keating · « **Reply #164 on:** May 13, 2007 at 07:25 PM »

THE DIARY OF CG is the first Gosiengfiao flick that I saw back in SineMax on channel 7, 9pm where cable doesn't exist during those times. Where is that mansion located, Jojo? It looks familiar in some Pinoy horror flicks.

jdv1229 · « **Reply #165 on:** May 13, 2007 at 07:28 PM »

it's somewhere in Quezon... it's been used in most of Elwood's films as well most notably in Till We Meet Again

keating · « **Reply #166 on:** May 13, 2007 at 07:36 PM »

Alicia Alonzo is always type cast as the suffering mother. Too bad Alma was never recognized by any award-giving body. She was the first choice for Abaya's BRUTAL, right?

jdv1229 · « **Reply #167 on:** May 13, 2007 at 07:43 PM »

Alma was nominated a couple of times but never really recognized... she was Marilou's original choice for Brutal and Laurice for Salome...

keating · « **Reply #168 on:** May 13, 2007 at 07:48 PM »

I can't wait to see Alma in another Gosiengfiao masterpiece, NYMPHA. Just the sight of her will make your crotch bulge. Wala pang dialogue yan!

jdv1229 · « **Reply #169 on:** May 13, 2007 at 07:55 PM »

no comment...

keating · « **Reply #170 on:** May 13, 2007 at 07:59 PM »

I always tremble whenever I watch that film. Hahaha!

jdv1229 · « **Reply #171 on:** May 13, 2007 at 08:01 PM »

pansin ko nga...

keating · « **Reply #172 on:** May 13, 2007 at 08:13 PM »

Its so full of blistering heat! Joey G. is always at his best when doing collaborations with Toto Belano.

jdv1229 · « **Reply #173 on:** May 13, 2007 at 08:43 PM »

he did his best works with Toto Belano... he was the quintessential collaborator and Elwood's too!

keating · « **Reply #174 on:** May 25, 2007 at 07:12 PM »

Joey Gosiengfiao's cult classic UNDERAGE. Released in 1980 when the original Regal Babies started to make waves. Snooky and Maricel Soriano were repackaged as teen actress. The joy, beauty, magic of youth and loss of innocence captured vividly by Gosiengfiao in this film. Trend-setting that has fantasy, musical and even a court room scene tucked at the end of the movie. Ah, those were the days. I still can't believe that this film merited R-18 rating during its time.

jdv1229 · « **Reply #175 on:** May 25, 2007 at 07:25 PM »

did you notice that Maricel was the only one wearing a one piece bathing suit? it was stated in her contract that she cannot show a lot of skin since she was only 14 at the time and was primetime TV's first daughter Shirley in John & Marsha...

keating · « **Reply #176 on:** May 25, 2007 at 07:28 PM »

I didn't notice it, Jo. She was actually flawless when I saw her in Greenhills during the early 80's. She's more conservative than Snooky in the film? And I can't remember if she wore Mother Lily's magic kamison in any of her Regal flick.

jdv1229 · « **Reply #177 on:** May 25, 2007 at 07:41 PM »

not that Maricel was conservative... she had an image to protect back then... remember her stint in Kaluskos Musmos? Maricel was sort of the poster girl for teenagers during those times. it wasn't until years later that her movie career reached full maturity in films like Kaya Kong Abutin Ang Langit & Hinugot Sa Langit... i don't remember her wearing the magic kamison although Snooky did in Bata Pa Si Sabel.

keating · « **Reply #178 on:** May 25, 2007 at 07:46 PM »

Yeah I watch KALUSKOS MUSMOS during my childhood days. They always show UNDERAGE in Cinema One but my sked can't jibe on it! I always see the court room scene near the finale na. Do you remember the seduction scene of Maricel in this film?

As far as I can remember, every scene in this film are eye-popping visuals! Its like you can frame every sequence. Even the villains look wonderful on screen. Gosiengfiao's eyes and camera are truly one-of-a-kind.

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #179 on:** May 27, 2007 at 04:55 PM »

Wasn't there a full-page poster of Underage with the three in bathing suits? Fueled my adolescent fantasies, I can tell you...