Author Topic: Filipino films (Read 500840 times)

indie boi · « **Reply #270 on:** Apr 18, 2003 at 09:10 AM »

Quote from: keating on Apr 17, 2003 at 10:18 PM

Quote from: commentary on Apr 17, 2003 at 10:12 PM
what time is each film?

Himala is 4 pm, Insiang 8:30 if I'm not mistaken.

Cool, I'm definitely watching it then. Thanks!

RMN · « **Reply #271 on:** Apr 22, 2003 at 10:40 PM »

Quote from: Noel_Vera on Apr 12, 2003 at 11:56 PM

It's interesting to note that Brocka's films with Viva aren't very interesting...

Back to Brocka and Viva Films, I was in Astrovision looking at Viva VCD's when I saw this movie by Brocka (I can't remember the title but it could be Gaano kadalas ang Minsan or Maging akin ka lamang or something else.) Anyway, while I was reading the back label, the copy said to the effect "This film marked the directorial debut of Lino Brock." I wonder who writes the copy of Viva's VCD's?

kakabanas · « **Reply #272 on:** Apr 22, 2003 at 11:05 PM »

Quote from: RMN on Apr 22, 2003 at 10:40 PM

Back to Brocka and Viva Films, I was in Astrovision looking at Viva VCD's when I saw this movie by Brocka (I can't remember the title but it could be Gaano kadalas ang Minsan or Maging akin ka lamang or something else.) Anyway, while I was reading the back label, the copy said to the effect "This film marked the directorial debut of Lino Brock." I wonder who writes the copy of Viva's VCD's?

That's probably Maging Akin Ka Lamang .. with Lorna Tolentino. The label probably meant to say directorial debut of Brocka under VIVA ... oh well .. just a hunch.

indie boi · « **Reply #273 on:** Apr 23, 2003 at 12:12 AM »

I bet the writer who wrote the blurb was either grossly misinformed, high on something, or both.

kakabanas · « **Reply #274 on:** Apr 23, 2003 at 03:47 AM »

Quote from: indie boi on Apr 23, 2003 at 12:12 AM

I bet the writer who wrote the blurb was either grossly misinformed, high on something, or both.

Maybe. Or the one who designed the whole cover thing just tried to fit in the words that would make more impact on the dvd cover for marketing purposes ... especially if the target audience are cinematic morons ... err innocents.

indie boi · « **Reply #275 on:** Apr 23, 2003 at 08:25 AM »

Quote from: kakabanas on Apr 23, 2003 at 03:47 AM

Quote from: indie boi on Apr 23, 2003 at 12:12 AM
I bet the writer who wrote the blurb was either grossly misinformed, high on something, or both.

Maybe. Or the one who designed the whole cover thing just tried to fit in the words that would make more impact on the dvd cover for marketing purposes ... especially if the target audience are cinematic morons ... err innocents.

I almost spat my coffee on my monitor, K!

You bad!

kakabanas · « **Reply #276 on:** Apr 23, 2003 at 09:20 AM »

Quote from: indie boi on Apr 23, 2003 at 08:25 AM

Quote from: kakabanas on Apr 23, 2003 at 03:47 AM
Quote from: indie boi on Apr 23, 2003 at 12:12 AM
I bet the writer who wrote the blurb was either grossly misinformed, high on something, or both.

Maybe. Or the one who designed the whole cover thing just tried to fit in the words that would make more impact on the dvd cover for marketing purposes ... especially if the target audience are cinematic morons ... err innocents.

I almost spat my coffee on my monitor, K! You bad!

Yeah ? Well, spank me indie boy ! Hahaha.

indie boi · « **Reply #277 on:** Apr 23, 2003 at 09:26 AM »

Quote from: kakabanas on Apr 23, 2003 at 09:20 AM

Quote from: indie boi on Apr 23, 2003 at 08:25 AM
Quote from: kakabanas on Apr 23, 2003 at 03:47 AM
Quote from: indie boi on Apr 23, 2003 at 12:12 AM
I bet the writer who wrote the blurb was either grossly misinformed, high on something, or both.

Maybe. Or the one who designed the whole cover thing just tried to fit in the words that would make more impact on the dvd cover for marketing purposes ... especially if the target audience are cinematic morons ... err innocents.

I almost spat my coffee on my monitor, K! You bad!

Yeah ? Well, spank me indie boy ! Hahaha.

pinoymovies · « **Reply #278 on:** Apr 23, 2003 at 10:01 PM »

Quote from: kakabanas on Apr 23, 2003 at 03:47 AM

Quote from: indie boi on Apr 23, 2003 at 12:12 AM
I bet the writer who wrote the blurb was either grossly misinformed, high on something, or both.

Maybe. Or the one who designed the whole cover thing just tried to fit in the words that would make more impact on the dvd cover for marketing purposes ... especially if the target audience are cinematic morons ... err innocents.

Maybe or maybe not because a cinematic moron like me knows Lino Brocka's directorial debut was Lea Production's Wanted Perfect Mother starring Boots Anson Roa, Dante Rivero and Snooky.

kakabanas · « **Reply #279 on:** Apr 23, 2003 at 11:29 PM »

Quote from: pinoymovies on Apr 23, 2003 at 10:01 PM

Maybe or maybe not because a cinematic moron like me knows Lino Brocka's directorial debut was Lea Production's Wanted Perfect Mother starring Boots Anson Roa, Dante Rivero and Snooky.

You know that and you call yourself a moron ? Shame on you ! You give morons a bad name !

Noel_Vera · « **Reply #280 on:** Apr 24, 2003 at 10:22 AM »

That Turkish movie poster looks cool! I should tell the SOFIA people...

Condemned is the best Filipino serial killer film I know, incidentally...great noir flick.

kakabanas · « **Reply #281 on:** Apr 26, 2003 at 02:13 AM »

Quote from: Noel_Vera on Apr 24, 2003 at 10:22 AM

That Turkish movie poster looks cool! I should tell the SOFIA people...

Condemned is the best Filipino serial killer film I know, incidentally...great noir flick.

What is SOFIA ? Who are they ?

Was there a serial killer in Condemned ? The only thing I remember from it was Nora and Dan were siblings .. Dan was involved in some kind of crime ... the bad guys (was it Armida ?) were after them then ... and there was a climatic scene near the end with Dan in Nora's arms ...

pinoymovies · « **Reply #282 on:** Apr 28, 2003 at 01:27 PM »

The one scene that is often mentioned when talking about Condemned is the one where Nora is burning dollar bills while telling Gloria Romero, who's playing the mobster boss that own that money, "Fake?"

tonedeaf · « **Reply #283 on:** May 01, 2003 at 08:39 PM »

Just watched Till There Was You. Kudos to Bb. Joyce Bernal!

Reuven Malter · « **Reply #284 on:** May 02, 2003 at 08:29 PM »

Just saw this Lav Diaz film! Memorable performance from Raymund Bagatsing. Dindi Gallardo surprised me.

It's rare for Pinoy action films to grip me and this was one of em! Do catch it on Cinema One.

acyl_halide · « **Reply #285 on:** May 04, 2003 at 01:21 AM »

Quote from: tonedeaf on May 01, 2003 at 08:39 PM

Just watched Till There Was You. Kudos to Bb. Joyce Bernal!

I just saw Till There Was You and must say it is a very entertaining film. I think it works more as a comedy (and I mean it as a good comedy) rather than your usual rom-com although there's a bit of a formula there. If you're expecting romance...forget it. Piolo Pascual just doesn't have the charisma to match his looks like Robin Padilla for example. Anyway, I must say that Judy Ann shines in this one. I hope that Joyce Bernal will one day direct a comedy on Filipino manners...

tonedeaf · « **Reply #286 on:** May 04, 2003 at 07:07 PM »

Hmm...might have to disagree with you on Piolo's (lack of) charisma. He pretty much had the crowd drooling when I watched last Thursday. Guard at the entrance of moviehouse had a field day asking everyone on the way in "Kay Papa Piolo po?" Hahaha.

Btw, I liked Juday's family in the movie - finally, Pen Medina as a good guy! Reminded me a lot of how Joey Reyes presented Aiko's family in May Minamahal, down to the bruskong brothers.

gurang · « **Reply #287 on:** May 05, 2003 at 03:38 PM »

Whatever happened to Danny Zialcita? I found his string of Gloria Diaz comedies to be extremely funny, probably among the funniest Pinoy movies ever made. Am not too familiar with his works (and Google reveals very little), but I'd sure check out any Danny Zialcita retrospective.

indie boi · « **Reply #288 on:** May 05, 2003 at 04:13 PM »

I miss the guy too gurang. It was a pleasant treat when I caught May Lamok sa Loob ng Kulambo yesterday. The lightning quick repartee was still as funny. Zialcita was well-known for his Janice de Belen movies then but I think he is the master of the sex-comedy. Too bad he had to ruin his career with drugs.

Sabi ni Noel Vera plagiarist daw si Zialcita. I hope he'd explain it though.

Paging Mr. Vera.

X44 · « **Reply #289 on:** May 05, 2003 at 07:53 PM »

There's two movies I'm dying to see again or at least know the title of.

First is a Chiquito movie that starts off routine Chiquito gagfest then turns dark midway when he gets accused of rape. During the long courtroom scene, all evidence points to him as the culprit and Chiquito practically confesses to the crime , until an eleventh hour confession from a close friend turns the movie into a war movie that shows us why he didn't do it and why he was willing to be jailed for it. Apparently, a grenade blast took off his "rape tool". The thing ends with Chiquito in a seminary. The damn thing just felt so surreal and bizarre,and rather fresh, I thought.

And then there's this monster movie about a stone formation that comes alive one night and takes a young woman vacationer captive. The stone man walks with the woman slung over his/its shoulder. He/it walks and walks and walks and night becomes day and night again and there's this priceless scene of a group of policemen sneaking up on the monster to give the poor girl a pandesal to eat. Hey, why not? It's a loooon g walk.

In the final reel, a superhero who's a cross between Spiderman and Batman is called in to save the way. Another bizarre item, if there was one.

Anybody seen or heard of these?

indie boi · « **Reply #290 on:** May 05, 2003 at 08:44 PM »

Jeez, those obscure Pinoy films you mentioned made me think of these two movies I would always catch in the afternoons of my childhood.

One was a movie that had three separate stories that all starred Ariel Ureta. I think one story had him playing the role of a Filipino Popeye.

The other film is far more surreal. It was also a movie with three separate stories and starred this actress. I can't remember the first story anymore but the second story had three aliens appearing in the kitchen of the actress' house. Two of the aliens were women and one was a male with a big bald head and acts all bratty. The last story was the creepiest as it told of a handheld mirror that brings some sort of female monster and the only way to destroy the monster was to break the mirror. The climax had the mirror being shattered but at the final frame when we all think everything will be alright, there is a closeup of the mirror mending itself.

These are two movies that have more or less haunted my childhood because I don't know the titles for one but more importantly, the stories were surreal, and in the case of the second movie, was just too weird and malevolent for a child to watch.

pinoymovies · « **Reply #291 on:** May 05, 2003 at 10:13 PM »

Quote from: indie boi on May 05, 2003 at 08:44 PM

Jeez, those obscure Pinoy films you mentioned made me think of these two movies I would always catch in the afternoons of my childhood.

One was a movie that had three separate stories that all starred Ariel Ureta. I think one story had him playing the role of a Filipino Popeye.

Si Popeye at Iba Pa ang title of the movie made in 1972 by National Artist Ishmael Bernal. Bernal also directed Ariel Ureta in Zoom, Zoom Superman.

X44 · « **Reply #292 on:** May 06, 2003 at 02:33 AM »

Bernal directed Popeye Atbp.? Thanks for that tidbit, pinoymovies.

And Zoom Zoom Superman, too? Loved that one. How about the ones I mentioned, pinoy, seen them?

indie, I remember that Popeye movie , too. The third story's Django, I think. The second one Dracula was set in a hospital and actually creeped me out. I don't think it's ever been done again(least not locally) , a vampire story set entirely in a hospital. Hmmm. . . .

The mirror thing sounds pretty interesting.

Anybody remember this anthology movie where a girl's hit and run victim comes back to haunt her? (The last story is more famous, an abotrted baby thrown into the swamp comes out of it this muddy creature) Reminds me of Creepshow 2. Wonder if King accidentlaly saw that movie , too.

indie boi · « **Reply #293 on:** May 06, 2003 at 09:59 AM »

Thanks for that info pinoymovies. If anyone can tell me the title and the actress who starred in that other movie I mentioned I'd be so grateful.

Pareng X, that popeye movie was one of the staples of my childhood TV viewing, lagi kasing pinapalabas yun in the afternoons at Channel 13. Interesting yung mga movies that you mentioned and the second movie you described sounds a bit familiar. My biggest mistake when I was a kid was that I never paid attention to the titles.

Here's another movie that I want to find out the title. It stars Babalu who acquired faith healing powers. He knows his treatment is successful if an old hermit appears near the head of the patient. But due to his popularity and the wealth, Babalu changed into a proud man. This led to this scene where he was trying to heal a man and the hermit would always appear near the patient's feet, a sign of the hermit abandoning him.

Oh, and here's another one. This movie was shot in the late 50's (i think). It's a gothic fantasy that, I think, starred Juan Rodrigo. The setting was this European style countryside where an evil Lord of sorts would indicate that he is still powerful through a black rose that a damsel carries with her inside a castle. The scene I remember the most was that the villain turns into this giant as he battles Rodrigo.

Anyone remember this?

Jeez, this just shows that the philippines needs to catalogue our local films.

gurang · « **Reply #294 on:** May 06, 2003 at 10:15 AM »

Quote from: indie boi on May 06, 2003 at 09:59 AM

Jeez, this just shows that the philippines needs to catalogue our local films.

I've noticed that a few Pinoy films have now been registered with IMDB, which does accept entry submissions. I have made a few entry contributions as well. Perhaps there will no longer be a need to wait for a national registry for local films, but if users will just contribute what they know to IMDB, then, at least, a workable database can be maintained.

indie boi · « **Reply #295 on:** May 06, 2003 at 10:32 AM »

Quote from: gurang on May 06, 2003 at 10:15 AM

I've noticed that a few Pinoy films have now been registered with IMDB, which does accept entry submissions. I have made a few entry contributions as well. Perhaps there will no longer be a need to wait for a national registry for local films, but if users will just contribute what they know to IMDB, then, at least, a workable database can be maintained.

That's true. Contributions from people to IMDB is a good start. But I bemoan the old films that most of us never watched, or, as this series of posts indicate, we had seen when we were children and, unfortunately, had forgotten important details. At this point, I myself doubt if a complete registry of Filipino films can still be achieved. Film preservation was a very alien concept to producers up until the mid-80s.

TSGarp · « **Reply #296 on:** May 06, 2003 at 11:08 AM »

Quote from: indie boi on May 06, 2003 at 09:59 AM

Here's another movie that I want to find out the title. It stars Babalu who acquired faith healing powers. He knows his treatment is successful if an old hermit appears near the head of the patient. But due to his popularity and the wealth, Babalu changed into a proud man. This led to this scene where he was trying to heal a man and the hermit would always appear near the patient's feet, a sign of the hermit abandoning him.

I believe the title of this movie was Doctor,Doctor, I am sick
.

indie boi · « **Reply #297 on:** May 06, 2003 at 11:11 AM »

Thanks, Garp!

X44 · « **Reply #298 on:** May 06, 2003 at 11:16 AM »

Quote from: indie boi on May 06, 2003 at 09:59 AM

Here's another movie that I want to find out the title. It stars Babalu who acquired faith healing powers. He knows his treatment is successful if an old hermit appears near the head of the patient. But due to his popularity and the wealth, Babalu changed into a proud man. This led to this scene where he was trying to heal a man and the hermit would always appear near the patient's feet, a sign of the hermit abandoning him.

I know this. Babalu's character's name is Macario and it's based ,chapter and verse practically, on this old Mexican movie called Macario from the 50s. I think it's title is Doctor Docotor I Am Sick but I could be wrong.

What I remember vividly is this gag with Panchito and a bar of chocolate he refuses to pay for. I don't think the joke will work written down here, though.

There's also this Rogelio de La Rosa priod horror movie I remember called Taong Paniki where he's this pianist who turns into a giant bat at night.

indie boi · « **Reply #299 on:** May 06, 2003 at 11:20 AM »

Dami talagang obscure Filipino movies that are worth revisiting. Sayang, we don't have any way of watching them again.

I'll be asking my friend who works in 13 if they still have copies of those really old movies and urge him to air them when they do relaunch PPP.