Author Topic: Filipino films (Read 500002 times)

rse · « **Reply #2160 on:** Apr 18, 2009 at 10:10 AM »

Endo

Great indie film. Excellently acted, directed, and effectively written. I think that this will be a future Pinoy classic.

rse · « **Reply #2161 on:** Apr 19, 2009 at 12:52 AM »

Love Me Again

Well told, great location (showcase for lovely Bukidnon) although why do they have to go to Australia?
Aside from that, it's your typical Star Cinema formula feature.

keating · « **Reply #2162 on:** Apr 19, 2009 at 09:40 AM »

Quote from: Klaus Weasley on Apr 17, 2009 at 10:47 AM

Oro, Plata, Mata (Peque Gallaga) **** - This sprawling over-3-hour epic concerns two upper-class families and the trial, tribulations and horrors they faced during World War II. I can best describe the film as being Gone With The Wind meets Apocalypse Now as family dramas, youth coming-of-age and romance meets the horrors of war. It's a near-flawless piece of work.

ORO PLATA MATA is a stunner everytime I watch it. VIRGIN FOREST Klaus, is a nice companion piece to ORO. Take out the sex scenes, VIRGIN FOREST is even better.

halvert · « **Reply #2163 on:** Apr 19, 2009 at 08:50 PM »

Quote from: rse on Apr 18, 2009 at 10:10 AM

Endo

Great indie film. Excellently acted, directed, and effectively written. I think that this will be a future Pinoy classic.

i saw this in an almost empty theater in glorietta...i loved it! is it already available on dvd?

filgoods · « **Reply #2164 on:** Apr 23, 2009 at 12:54 PM »

Quote from: Noel_Vera on Feb 01, 2009 at 07:47 PM

That really needs Cherie Gil's incomparable delivery to complete it. Even with emphasis provided I can only sketch what she accomplished:

"You're nothing but a second-rate, trying hard copy cat!"

Is it me or is this Filipino movie quote overly used?

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #2165 on:** Apr 23, 2009 at 01:16 PM »

I can't get tired of that quote.

That said, it could use a little rest, to retain potency.

How about Ms. Saigon's most memorable line? "Sorry, ha, if I'm not perfeck!"

Well, it's been years. If someone knows the exact quote, I'd love to hear it again. I just remember that final 'eck-eck'...

oggsmoggs · « **Reply #2166 on:** Apr 29, 2009 at 06:09 PM »

Big Time (Mario Cornejo, 2005)

rse · « **Reply #2167 on:** May 01, 2009 at 01:02 AM »

Quote from: oggsmoggs on Apr 29, 2009 at 06:09 PM

Big Time (Mario Cornejo, 2005)

I agree Big Time is a lot of fun! One of the better indie films around.

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #2168 on:** May 01, 2009 at 10:00 AM »

Not my cup of tea, but for the genre,Big Time is one of the better examples around--better than Tarantino, in my opine.

keating · « **Reply #2169 on:** May 03, 2009 at 01:39 PM »

NUNAL SA TUBIG (Ishmael Bernal, 1979)

The late master filmmaker's most meditative piece on life and death set in a dying fishing village where the waters are polluted and the folks are not fine. It finally took me second viewing to appreciate it, league and line it up along with MANILA BY NIGHT, HIMALA & HINUGOT SA LANGIT. And yes, the film could start a violent dispute regarding art and aesthetics.

The passionate romantic liaisons between the two seductive barrio lasses Elizabeth Oropesa & Daria Ramirez and the man between them, the local stud George Estregan, the religious services, the midwives, the whirring sounds of motorboats' engines........Bernal still finds life. Done in collaboration with scriptwriter Jorge Arago, Bernal's real-life soulmate, this could be possibly his purest cinema, quiet, experimental, intelligent and cinematically speaking.

rse · « **Reply #2170 on:** May 07, 2009 at 11:05 PM »

Just saw Ishmael Bernal's Lumapit Lumayo ang Umaga. This is a great movie. A great melodrama, but without the usual hysterics, it's very quiet. Excellently acted, written and directed. One of Bernal's bests.

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #2171 on:** May 08, 2009 at 11:50 AM »

Which one is that again?

Quote from: rse on May 07, 2009 at 11:05 PM

Just saw Ishmael Bernal's Lumapit Lumayo ang Umaga. This is a great movie. A great melodrama, but without the usual hysterics, it's very quiet. Excellently acted, written and directed. One of Bernal's bests.

Which one is that again? I forget.

rse · « **Reply #2172 on:** May 09, 2009 at 03:44 AM »

Quote from: Noel_Vera on May 08, 2009 at 11:50 AM

Which one is that again?
Which one is that again? I forget.

It's the one with Elizabeth Oropesa, George Estregan and Dante Rivero. It about a young girl who fell in love with a stranger (with a past). They fell in love, got married but he just "disappeared" one day. She then re-marries to a persistent suitor...and of course her original husband returned. It doesn't sound very interesting but it is. Really...

I think that it's based on a Liwayway serials.

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #2173 on:** May 09, 2009 at 08:55 AM »

Don't think I've seen that one. Sounds interesting.

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #2174 on:** May 10, 2009 at 01:46 AM »

Lino Brocka films through the month of May

Sherad Anthony Sanchez's Imburnal wins Woosuk and NETPAC Awards in Jeonju

Philippine Customs blocking imported books

Sansho the Bailiff; Come Drink With Me; James Gray's Two Lovers

JG Ballard, Philip Jose Farmer, Jack Cardiff

Slumdog Millionaire

keating · « **Reply #2175 on:** May 10, 2009 at 08:11 AM »

How do you make a film so bad and turn it profitable, a little camp value and lots of nudity thrown in? Shot in 16mm, the answer lies in Celso Ad Castillo's BROWN EMMANUELLE. Released in 1983 at the height of ECP mania where lots of female stars are vying for the ECP title, it stars the forgotten Myrna Castillo, one of the soft drink beauties Pepsi Paloma who later committed suicide the following year and local stud Gil Guerrero. The musical score will remind you of those porn made in the 70's but still has the skillful editing of The Kid. And what can you expect from an exploitation film? The sex scenes are sizzling hot. Don't expect a plot or a good storyline like SCORPIO NIGHTS, TAKAW TUKSO, VIRGIN FOREST, PRIVATE SHOW , BED SINS, and ALAPAAP.

This got to be The Kid's low-average film not really mediocre but definitely not in the league of ISLA, SNAKE SISTERS & VIRGIN PEOPLE. Next on my watch lists........CLIMAX & KULANG SA DILIG.

oggsmoggs · « **Reply #2176 on:** May 14, 2009 at 12:55 AM »

T2 (Chito Rono, 2009)

rse · « **Reply #2177 on:** May 17, 2009 at 01:56 AM »

Sakada
It's an impressive achievement for a first-feature. It reminded me of Rocco and his Brothers and Days of Heaven. It needs a second edit though...Still it's a well-made socio-political melodrama.

keating · « **Reply #2178 on:** May 17, 2009 at 08:01 AM »

When I saw SAKADA again recently, it loss its power to me. I don't know but time is really the main measurement/arbiter in watching films.

The casting was so impressive, though. I'm currently tracking Cervantes' pito-pito film......MASIKIP, MASAKIT, MAHAPDI which was a trilogy based on a play.

marj · « **Reply #2179 on:** May 17, 2009 at 12:29 PM »

Quote from: keating on May 17, 2009 at 08:01 AM

When I saw SAKADA again recently, it loss its power to me. I don't know but time is really the main measurement/arbiter in watching films.

The casting was so impressive, though. I'm currently tracking Cervantes' pito-pito film......MASIKIP, MASAKIT, MAHAPDI which was a trilogy based on a play.

MASIKIP, MASAKIT, MAHAPDI is a trilogy based on three Alberto Florentino one-act plays.

rse · « **Reply #2180 on:** May 17, 2009 at 03:11 PM »

Quote from: keating on May 17, 2009 at 08:01 AM

When I saw SAKADA again recently, it loss its power to me. I don't know but time is really the main measurement/arbiter in watching films.

The casting was so impressive, though. I'm currently tracking Cervantes' pito-pito film......MASIKIP, MASAKIT, MAHAPDI which was a trilogy based on a play.

I've seen Masikip, Masakit, Mahapdi. I think that it's a well-made movie. There are interesting things in it..

keating · « **Reply #2181 on:** May 17, 2009 at 03:23 PM »

I missed that one during the filmfest at Sm Megamall, rse. I was able to caught Jeturian's SANA PAG-IBIG NA & Lav's KRIMINAL NG BARYO CONCEPCION.

Thanks for the info also, marj.

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #2182 on:** May 17, 2009 at 04:41 PM »

Not a big fan of Sakada, but you find traces of Eisenstein in it, I think, especially the riot scenes.

Not a big fan of Cervats' film, either. One real sarcastic wag titled his pan of it "Painful, painful, painful."

wedge · « **Reply #2183 on:** May 22, 2009 at 01:12 PM »

Quote from: keating on May 17, 2009 at 03:23 PM

I missed that one during the filmfest at Sm Megamall, rse. I was able to caught Jeturian's SANA PAG-IBIG NA & Lav's KRIMINAL NG BARYO CONCEPCION.

Thanks for the info also, marj.

Baryo Concepcion is unconventional Lav Diaz, methinks. Straightforward and minus all what is now-Lav Diaz.

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #2184 on:** May 22, 2009 at 01:37 PM »

It's Diaz struggling with conventional studio filmmaking. Interesting, actually, the tension produced. And I agree, it's unconventional Diaz.

So is Hesus, come to think of it, only there the result is more integral, happier.

rse · « **Reply #2185 on:** May 23, 2009 at 03:24 PM »

Kriminal is the only Lav film that I've seen. I remember Raymond Bagatsing's surprising standout performance. I also remember him suffering from a toothache a large portiion of the movie (is it a homage to Citizen Kane?, he he he). I've seen it a long time ago, I've forgotten most of it....

keating · « **Reply #2186 on:** May 24, 2009 at 06:32 AM »

Its good to know that Lav really acknowledged the late Joey Gosiengfiao who gave him the break in KRIMINAL.

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #2187 on:** May 24, 2009 at 01:59 PM »

I don't know where exactly the toothache came from, but there's a long tradition of guilt or other emotions manifesting themselves physically on a person--stories by the Brothers Grimm, among others, guilt in Poe among others.

But the real inspiration for Kriminal was Crime and Punishment. Lav is fascinated by Dostoevsky.

rse · « **Reply #2188 on:** May 31, 2009 at 03:00 AM »

Aida Macaraeg (Adultery)
Bought the DVD. The transfer is good for its age, there are a lot of vertical lines but it's very watchable and the audio is good. I suspect that it's missing some scenes.

It's actually an interesting movie, although the title is misleading. The adultery/trial bit is just a minor part of the film (and the least interesting). I was a bit confused at first, I thought that Philip and Vilma are not married. The only scene that hinted it was that when Philip was asking Vilma to marry her. No wedding ceremony.

Not one of Brocka's bests but it's well acted and well photographed.

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #2189 on:** Jun 01, 2009 at 09:38 AM »

It's decently done. Philip's eleventh hour gesture is questionable, but that's about it.