Author Topic: Mike de Leon (Read 65598 times)

keating · « **Reply #360 on:** Nov 25, 2007 at 05:13 PM »

Pete Lacaba on SISTER STELLA L:

"Sa orihinal na istorya ang pangalan ng bida ay Corazon de Jesus o Sister Cora, at isang titulong natatandaan kong iminungkahi ko ay Pasyong Mahal ni Sister Cora. Hindi ito pumasa kay Manay Ichu (Marichu Vera-Perez, producer). Earlier she had rejected SANGANDAAN, the title approved by the Censors. Masyado daw maarte.

Pati pangalan ni Vilma Santos ay iminungkahi na rin niyang baguhin. Kabilang sa mga pinagpilian naming pangalan ang Aurora, Agnes, Rosario, Esperanza, Flora, Socorro, Guia, Caridad at Estrella.

Mula sa Estrella ay lumundag kami sa Stella. Hindi ko alam kung sikat na si Stella Strada sa panahong ito bandang Agosto 1982, pero mas malamang na pumasok sa isip namin ang ilang madre ng Stella Maris na aming nainterbyu.

Nagkasundo kami sa pangalang Sister Stella. Pwede na rin itong pamagat, para maging title role. Pero may kulang pa rin, sabi ni Manay. Kailangan ng titulong pag-uusapan. Iyong may konting misteryo.

Parang Adelle H.? tanong ni Peping (Almojuella co-writer). Parang Umberto D., sabi ng isa pa. O Lady L. L! sabi ni Manay. Stella L.!"

RMN · « **Reply #361 on:** Jan 03, 2008 at 10:45 AM »

I have/want to see...

"Sina Hilda, Boyet, atbp." (Hilda, Boyet, and Others). Cinema Artists, Philippines. 16mm film, 1977.

"Itim... Isang Eksplorasyon sa Pelikula." (An Exploration in Filmmaking). Cinema Artists, Philippines. 16mm film, 1976.

"Maynila... Isang Pelikulang Pilipino" (Maynila... A Filipino Film). Cinema Artists, Philippines. 16mm film, 1975.

keating · « **Reply #362 on:** Feb 29, 2008 at 06:59 PM »

The man finally loves HINDI NAHAHATI ANG LANGIT.

Mike placed again his name on the credits!

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #363 on:** Mar 01, 2008 at 05:17 PM »

But when and how? Is there some official story? Will it be re released in his name?

What I know is that he never disliked the movie. He disagreed with Charo Santos on something--distribution I think. Reportedly prefers the film over Sister Stella L (so do I, for the record).

keating · « **Reply #364 on:** Mar 02, 2008 at 09:32 AM »

I thought he disliked the film since it was finished.

He fought with Charo regarding the playdate. Ate Jo Atienza was the one who did the subs. Check her top ten lists on the other thread, Noel.

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #365 on:** May 10, 2008 at 03:15 PM »

So are the Mike de Leon films on kabayan central subtitled in English or not? And will they play on Region 1?

marj · « **Reply #366 on:** May 11, 2008 at 12:18 PM »

Quote from: Noel_Vera on May 10, 2008 at 03:15 PM

So are the Mike de Leon films on kabayan central subtitled in English or not? And will they play on Region 1?

The LVN catalog offered at Kabayan Central are just DVD copies of the original film and not subtitled. I ordered Manuel Silos' BIYAYA NG LUPA before and it won't play on my DVD player. I was only able to play it on my PC.

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #367 on:** May 11, 2008 at 02:08 PM »

Seems to me we need to order region free players. Jonathan Rosenbaum told me to get one...

RMN · « **Reply #368 on:** May 12, 2008 at 11:55 AM »

Most if not all DVD players out in the market are region-free as far as I know.

marj · « **Reply #369 on:** May 17, 2008 at 09:35 AM »

Quote from: Noel_Vera on May 11, 2008 at 02:08 PM

Seems to me we need to order region free players. Jonathan Rosenbaum told me to get one...

It won't even play using Windows Media Player.

hung up 25 · « **Reply #370 on:** May 22, 2008 at 03:46 PM »

mike de leon films ipapalabas sa cinema one from may 26- may 30 at 3pm!

rusty · « **Reply #371 on:** May 26, 2008 at 03:01 AM »

Mike De Leon clip from Wim Wenders' Room 666.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl57BbVBoyU

RMN · « **Reply #372 on:** May 27, 2008 at 01:36 PM »

Is it really that short, that clip?

rusty · « **Reply #373 on:** May 27, 2008 at 04:16 PM »

Quote from: RMN on May 27, 2008 at 01:36 PM

Is it really that short, that clip?

Yes, thats the entirety of his appearance in the movie.

From Time Out Film Guide
In Room 666 there's a video camera and a tape recorder. Wenders prevailed upon a bunch of fellow directors attending Cannes '82 to venture into the room alone, switch on the machines and deliberate in front of them on the future, if any, of the cinema and television. (A TV, turned on but silent, is also part of the set-up.) What gets said is, on the whole, less interesting than seeing how the luminaries behave in a room by themselves. Godard and Spielberg illustrate two extremes (but of course!), the former fiddling with various props and communicating cosmic disgruntlement, the latter friendly, precise, comparatively optimistic. Herzog exerts control by taking off his shoes and switching off the TV, Antonioni is the most restless, Filipino director De Leon is admirably brisk. And so on, to moderately engaging effect.

RMN · « **Reply #374 on:** May 28, 2008 at 12:24 PM »

Rage Against the Marcos Machine

Though both are obviously different works--one's a documentary, the other a work of fiction--I couldn't avoid comparing Signos to Sister Stella L. when I saw the former last night. Both works--though again, obviously using different approaches--tackled social issues that, years later, still are relevant and ring true up to today. Both works--the former directly, the other indirectly--spoke against the Marcos regime. And both works were made in the early eighties, a turning point in our nation's history.

But what struck me the most is that in Signos, one easily feels the anger and the rage of the filmmaker and all of the interviewees and characters involved; while in Sister Stella L., the filmmaker is hardly there (you don't feel his presence) nor does one feel any sympathy for the protagonists and their cause. It is as if he was merely cruising along and going with the tide of the times.

Many years later since it was made, I could still feel Signos' power and its intensity; with Sister Stella L., it felt old and dated, its meaning lost, which made it look like just another piece of film making history.

telonistas · « **Reply #375 on:** Jun 03, 2008 at 11:02 AM »

i was able to watch portions of KAKABAKABA KA BA? last week on cinema one. in the hilarious yakuza scene of george javier and buboy garovillo, there's this video display which hangs in the middle of the room. what is really amazing, aside from the very decent mock-up of the monitor and the clean optical composite of video footage, it simulates the current 16:9 HD plasma/LCD monitors!

RMN · « **Reply #376 on:** Jun 03, 2008 at 11:28 AM »

Can you spot Kuya Cesar Hernando's cameo in Kakaba?

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #377 on:** Jun 03, 2008 at 02:06 PM »

Huh. And I've met him. Where is he, anyway?

Not the taho vendor?

Wasn't the orchestra conducter Ryan Cayabyab?

RMN · « **Reply #378 on:** Jun 03, 2008 at 03:16 PM »

the conductor is none other than Jim Paredes, who wrote the music.

Nope, he's not the taho vendor.

keating · « **Reply #379 on:** Jun 03, 2008 at 05:45 PM »

I want to see again that hilarious and wacky BIGYAN MO PO KAMI NG TINAPAY dance sequence of Nanette Inventor in KAKABA KA BA.

RMN, was Kuya Cesar part of Armida's entourage in the finale?

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #380 on:** Jun 04, 2008 at 09:33 AM »

My bad.

RMN · « **Reply #381 on:** Jun 04, 2008 at 02:45 PM »

Clue: Kuya Cesar appeared during the Rock Opera. Check the closing credits.

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #382 on:** Jun 05, 2008 at 12:36 PM »

What rock opera? George Javier with the ice cream cart? Or are we talking the showdown in the unerground complex in Baguio?

He's not the cop, is he? Huh!

RMN · « **Reply #383 on:** Jun 06, 2008 at 03:21 PM »

Yes, we're talking about the showdown in the underground complex in Baguio, with the song and dance routine. He does some kind of brief kung fu dance number

celinokyle · « **Reply #384 on:** Jun 06, 2008 at 04:07 PM »

I've seen Batch 81 and Kakabakaba kaba and there's something similar between this De Leon films. More like a signature of the director. I don't what it is. I can't even explain it. Like an aura or something. Hmm, maybe someone can explain it to me.

RMN · « **Reply #385 on:** Jun 06, 2008 at 04:55 PM »

I've always held the belief that most of his films (Kung Mangarap and Kisapmata come to mind) are autobiographical, though to what extent we may never know.

keating · « **Reply #386 on:** Jun 06, 2008 at 05:44 PM »

Is it true that Ricky Lee penned HIMALA for Mike de Leon?

Ricky was uncredited for ITIM.

keating · « **Reply #387 on:** Jun 09, 2008 at 06:02 PM »

The wedding scene from KAKABA KABA KA BA? Photo taken from kabayancentral.com.

RMN · « **Reply #388 on:** Jun 26, 2008 at 05:11 PM »

I still haven't seen--and I've been dying to watch it--Bilanggo sa Dilim. Sigh. Kailan kaya?

telonistas · « **Reply #389 on:** Jun 27, 2008 at 11:56 AM »

sana meron i would love to see it again pero i doubt if a copy exists. we mastered bilanggo on 1-inch video tape, probably one of the most fragile of recent video formats. tape is in a reel, needs this huge upright player/recorder to spool on. tape tends to stick together in humid conditions. unless mike was able to remaster on betacam tape better yet on digital format at hindi nasunog nung recent fire sa bahay niya, bilanggo remains a lost link to our analog past.