really? would like to buy it too pero takot ako eh. ;D
that line too. it even inspired a different movie altogether.
They just aired Oro Plata Mata on Cinema One, and I finally saw it for the first time. I understand that the print with Cinema One is extremely disjointed. I also understand that the original cut of the film ran up to six hours. Understandably, these problems in continuity make the film suffer as a whole.
But what I saw seemed like the rough draft for one of the greatest, and maybe even the greatest Filipino movie ever made. I hope that all the legal problems clear up and that Mr. Gallaga will be able to raise enough money to restore the film.
it's sad that our film producers are not that globally-oriented. there's a lucrative market for Filipino films outside of the country via DVDs but they do not give them much importance.
it's sad that our film producers are not that globally-oriented. there's a lucrative market for Filipino films outside of the country via DVDs but they do not give them much importance.
Quite possibly the single biggest oversight/failing of producers is to be aware of the possible revenues in the global market. (Which I think could also help the "art" side of local films immensely). And to think they're supposed to be moneymen.
On Topic: Scorpio Nights , Gangland (or was this really directed by Erik Matti, who also directed 12:00 BTW even if the credit went to uber-hack Augusto salvador) and Virign Forest are my favorite Peques although I haven't seen the last in awhile and could be dated.
Are any of his pre-Lore pop movies any good? That martial arts flick with Richard Gomez,Kid Hwag Kang Susuko in particular. Or was that him at all?
Yes, I think it was. From what I've heard, there was no choice but for another actor to dub his voice because he had a very thick ilonggo accent then.
I heard that Oro Plata Mata is a six-hour movie, which is why it's `parang bitin' (not in terms of its conclusion which is perfectly okay), but I have this difficulty of analyzing Kuh Ledesma's character. I asked those who had also seen the movie, and the same question kept on popping up "Ano yung character ni Kuh Ledesma dun?"
Maybe you could give opinions on this one. Since it is unllikely that Peque Gallaga would reissue the complete version of the film in video...
Yes, I think it was. From what I've heard, there was no choice but for another actor to dub his voice because he had a very thick ilonggo accent then.
Bro indie boi, from what my cousins told me who knows the history of my favorite PINOY FLICK OF ALL TIME... :D
they even attend the screening of Oro back in the now ghostly Manila Film Center... :o
Albert Martinez was the original choice of Peque, but Albert refused to do the movie because it's on location in Negros...until now Albert Martinez regret not doing the movie!
Albert Martinez loss is Joel Torre's gain.
You're right, Joel has a very thick Ilonggo accent...even his voice in SRR 1, The Graduates, you can recognized it that it is not his voice.
I wonder in Unfaithful Wife? ???
You're lucky indie boi because you had the chance to watch during that event which I now consider "FILM HISTORY"!
We were not allowed to join my cousins during that time...I was in grade 2.
I think we are both MARTIAL LAW BABIES, Bro Indie boi!
Minus mo na lang pre, and you'll get my age! ;D
By the way, I've ordered thru my friend in the U.S. the original vhs of VIRGIN FOREST, UNFAITHFUL WIFE and ONCE UPON A TIME in regalfilms.com. :D
He suffered a stroke while doing SCORPIO NIGHTS? ???
Kaya pala his succeding films were less bold in nature compared to SCORPIO NIGHTS.
VIRGIN FOREST was a historical drama with of course some skin exposure from Sarsi Emmanuel,
UNFAITHFUL WIFE, drama, ONCE UPON A TIME with Lore Reyes, fantasy, KID HUWAG KANG SUSUKO, action
and no. 3 on my lists of favorites...ISANG ARAW WALANG DIYOS...back to epic.
He should careful now about his health, kaya pala mataba siya. ;D (sorry...direk)
His solo movies have great impact compared with his collaboration with Lore Reyes.
About Virgin Forest...remember that scene where Sarsi Emmanuel was tied to the tree and men started to make love to her so that the late Miguel Rodriguez and Abel Jurado managed to escape? ;D
What gives with Gangland? Did he really direct it? It was so not Peque. The framing, the pace, everything about it was different I could not recognize a single element that would identify it as Peque's work.
What gives with Gangland? Did he really direct it? It was so not Peque. The framing, the pace, everything about it was different I could not recognize a single element that would identify it as Peque's work.
I know someone who's a close friend of Erik Matti, who's the godfather of his son, too, I believe, and apparently, Gangland was directed by Matti, who was a Gallaga protege/AD. Apparently. Matti did get writer credit and appeared in a cameo. Erik also wrote and directed Scorpio 2 but as a deal with Gallaga and Reyes, the two got writer credit in exchange for a director credit for Matti. All of this , of course, is secondhand info. Who knows what really went down?
What gives with Gangland? Did he really direct it? It was so not Peque. The framing, the pace, everything about it was different I could not recognize a single element that would identify it as Peque's work.
I know someone who's a close friend of Erik Matti, who's the godfather of his son, too, I believe, and apparently, Gangland was directed by Matti, who was a Gallaga protege/AD. Apparently. Matti did get writer credit and appeared in a cameo. Erik also wrote and directed Scorpio 2 but as a deal with Gallaga and Reyes, the two got writer credit in exchange for a director credit for Matti. All of this , of course, is secondhand info. Who knows what really went down.
Boracay was such a big deal then for us since they shot it in our province.
As a kid, I always looked forward to his sci-fi/fantasy flicks. Up to now, I'm still spooked by Tiyanak. I can't see that film without dreading what could be under my bed.
Hm, thanks for that, keating! But then, if she's a ghost bakit siya nabaril ni Joel Torre? It's a stupid question though, but does that mean that Joel Torre's character is also a ghost? And bigla na lang nawala si Ronnie Lazaro after that ala-Wild Bunch scene na yun eh. Just asking... :)I heard that Oro Plata Mata is a six-hour movie, which is why it's `parang bitin' (not in terms of its conclusion which is perfectly okay), but I have this difficulty of analyzing Kuh Ledesma's character. I asked those who had also seen the movie, and the same question kept on popping up "Ano yung character ni Kuh Ledesma dun?"
Maybe you could give opinions on this one. Since it is unllikely that Peque Gallaga would reissue the complete version of the film in video...
Bro wedge, accdg. to Bro Utoy Kuh Ledesma's character was a ghost sex slave parang comfort woman siguro, who would appear every time a bad omen will happen on the "mata" section of the movie.
Since Peque re-cut the movie to only three hours, her scenes were included.
Akala ko rin nung una, hindi ko makuha yung character ni Kuh...but one of her greatest moments in the film was the explosion of her head literally!
About the complete video version...let's just continue to dream on....!
Scorpio Nights 2 is wonderful comedy. Nonstop laff riot.
He also directed the "historical" San Miguel beer commercials.
Hm, thanks for that, keating! But then, if she's a ghost bakit siya nabaril ni Joel Torre? It's a stupid question though, but does that mean that Joel Torre's character is also a ghost? And bigla na lang nawala si Ronnie Lazaro after that ala-Wild Bunch scene na yun eh. Just asking... :)I heard that Oro Plata Mata is a six-hour movie, which is why it's `parang bitin' (not in terms of its conclusion which is perfectly okay), but I have this difficulty of analyzing Kuh Ledesma's character. I asked those who had also seen the movie, and the same question kept on popping up "Ano yung character ni Kuh Ledesma dun?"
Maybe you could give opinions on this one. Since it is unllikely that Peque Gallaga would reissue the complete version of the film in video...
Bro wedge, accdg. to Bro Utoy Kuh Ledesma's character was a ghost sex slave parang comfort woman siguro, who would appear every time a bad omen will happen on the "mata" section of the movie.
Since Peque re-cut the movie to only three hours, her scenes were included.
Akala ko rin nung una, hindi ko makuha yung character ni Kuh...but one of her greatest moments in the film was the explosion of her head literally!
About the complete video version...let's just continue to dream on....!
I've seen it. I have a VCD copy I borrowed from an officemate. It's a carbon, except it's too glossy, too slick, it doesn't have the blight, the desperation and the claustrophobia of the original. The original's still far far better and I'm not just being Pinoy about it. :)
Was Scorpio Nights inspired by IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES? ???Yes. Peque was quite open about it. BTW, did he direct the movie Once Upon A Time ( Regal)?
Speaking of Scorpio Nights, I must admit I LEARNED alot from the nude and sex scenes there. No kidding.
Bro TOTI, the dvd of Scorpio Nights is available on Regalfilms.com.
Buy it you want to learn the techniques, art and style of lovemaking....superb execution!
But there is more than that...watch the bloody finale.
The opening credits is almost similar to the opening scene in Oro, plata, mata.
Long tracking shot! 8)
Hey RitchieN, talaga bang maraming matututuhan? ;D ;D ;D
Who's in it? What it's all about? ???
Is this an adult movie or a serious movie with mature nature? Sorry, I really don't know! ???
Can anyone give a list of the scenes included in the uncut version?
Bro Indie boi, I was in grade 4 at that time...but luckily we had the uncut beta tape which I transfered to vhs. ;D
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.
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.
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. ;D
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. ;)
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...
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. :)
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
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? ???
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. :( ???
I find the movie quite slow and it only elicited a few laughts out of me.
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?
Oro Plata Mata is an all time classic favorite of mine. A hard to find VCD and DVD. Gave this movie great. Cinematography was great and a film debut of Joel Torre makes a promising actor.
Scorpio Nights More reallistic compared to the sequel.
Hmmm... didnt national artist Salvador Bernal do the production design of Oro Plata.
What I liked best about the movie is how Peque managed to recapture the decadence of the lifestyle of the Negrense sugar planters/hacinederos before the collapse of the sugar industry.
Noticed how he made use of mostly Negrenses in the cast?
He's set to do a movie for Regal Films on the so-called Marian miracles in Lipa.
He's set to do a movie for Regal Films on the so-called Marian miracles in Lipa.
Is there a lot of Wild Bunch in the latter part of Oro, Plata, Mata?
One of my favorite Maalaala mo Kaya episodes was directed by Peque. It starred Gabby Conception, Lorna Tolentino and Rosemarie Gil. And it was really spine chilling!
What do you guys think of Lore Reyes' solo film "Dama de Noche"?
He's set to do a movie for Regal Films on the so-called Marian miracles in Lipa.
No update so far. But I'll post when I do ;)
BTW, didn't Peque do a string of forgettable love stories on pre-teen and puppy love???
Lucio at si Miguel!!! ;D
No update so far. But I'll post when I do ;)
BTW, didn't Peque do a string of forgettable love stories on pre-teen and puppy love???
Lore is not directing?! Now I'm interested.
If im not mistaken, there's a new film from this great director. Not the Marian miracles in lipa. I forgot the title.
Whilst shooting Manila by Night, Bernal was in a quandry on how to shoot the scene where Cherie Gil is supposed to be drugged out and later jumps into the Manila Bay. Gallaga, as the prod. designer, came up with the idea of placing candles on styro boards and let them float on the bay. He then resquested Sergio Lobo, the DOP, to shoot the scene blurred and fuzzy to give the impression that Cherie is halucinating and seeing bright lights. Well, you know what happend? Sergio didn't quite get the instructions and shot the scene as is! So, if you watch that particular scene, you'll see floating candles on the bay surrounding Cherie and company! Peque pleaded with Bernal for a reshoot but he refused: In moviemaking, he said, there is always room for one flaw or error.
Hi Ron! So this is what's in here pare! Very interesting stuff! Not really a fan of Manong Peque but i must admit his masterpieces are pretty darn good!
You should dig them pre! And you have similarities with Peque.....both of you are cono..... 8) ;D
hehehe! cono kuno! baka kamag- anak mo parekoy si manong P. ? : )
Hmmm... didnt national artist Salvador Bernal do the excellent production design of Oro Plata?
What I liked best about the movie is how Peque (being a
Negrense himself) managed to recapture the decadence in the lifestyle of the Negros sugar planters and hacinederos before the collapse of the sugar industry. Who woulda thought Joey Reyes did the script?
Noticed how he made use of mostly Negrenses in the cast?
His so called indie movie called Pinoy Blonde sounds good. For a pro Brocka and Bernal film. :)
Peque just wrapped-up shooting San Miguel's new, multi-million peso tvc. Expect this one to be another mini epic.
"Philippine cinema will die a year or two from now... let it die."
-Peque Gallaga
"Philippine cinema will die a year or two from now... let it die."
-Peque Gallaga
Maybe that's why he made PINOY BLONDE?
I don't think it's Hollywood's fault that our movies are so s**tty.
My view of censorship?
You'd hate me for censor chief--I'd enforce the ratings, make sure the kids don't watch R movies, put in equal standards for foreign and local, cut not a single frame of film, and maybe encourage UP and CCP to take advantate of their "uncensorable" privilege. Maybe even push for the commercial showing of For Adults Only rated films, which isn't happening at the moment.
I think SM's move will discourage movie studios like Seiko from doing sexy B movies. For that alone I think SM's move will be more beneficial to all of us and even more to good family movies and worthwhile films that are having a hard time finding bookings.
I think they should set-up cinemas that caters to adult audience and put it away from the malls so that the audience who goes there can be regulated more strictly.
i was finally able to watch Pinoy Blonde & i just loved the movie! there may be hints of Tarantino in it but it's what the film is all about. Peque Gallaga was able to deliver a movie that is intelligent & witty. i was just hoping that he would've cast different acors in the lead. i have nothing against Eppie & Boy 2 Quizon but they just weren't convincing enough as film students for one. the debate on who's the better director Brocka or Bernal was quite interesting although Gallaga had tendencies to lean more on Bernal, well he's more associated with him than Brocka, he has done quite a number of films with Bernal as Production Designer & as one of the writers/researchers for Manila By Night. that aside, i still thought the film was enjoyable enough. it would've been great if the movie just concentrated on debating about Philippine Cinema but they also had to include Hollywood Films hence the title Pinoy Blonde. Boy 2's character reminded me so much of the horror film geek Jamie Kennedy played in the Scream movies but without Kennedy's gusto & enthusiasm. as for Eppie, i've just seen so much of him lately, from Jon Red's Boso to Quizon Ave on TFC. this may not be as strong as his performance as the psycho in Yam Laranas' Radyo but it's much, much better than his appearance in the lackluster Boso. the most enjoyable part of Pinoy Blonde is the parade of cameo appearances. most of them had appeared in Gallaga's previous movies like Richard Gomez, Manilyn Reynes, Michael de Mesa, Mark Gil, Cherie Gil & Gina Alajar to name a few. i may not agree with most of the film critics who panned this film, but for a Filipino movie buff like me, hats off Mr. Gallaga for a job well done!
Those Rey Valera songs......man. We cant help but laugh hilariously! Cool but laughing stuff talaga! Its just a pity that Gallaga didn't fleshed out more the conversation of Eppie & Boy 2 regarding Bernal & Brocka. It went to Tarantino movies & other Hollywood flicks.
same here... i was hoping there would me more exchanges on the two characters debating which one is better. the dvd has lots of special features. audio commentary with Peque Gallaga, deleted scenes making of documentary & music videos. by far the best tagalog dvd ever!
Holy Lord! You have the dvd na, Jo? Wala pa dito sa Manila, always ahead kayo sa min, hehe.
Glad you liked it as much as I did, Jojo...
Wala pa, Jo. Dvds always late here, man. Even the likes of KARNAL, CITY AFTER DARK and the others. :(
thanks oggs... Vincent Nebrida told me that only true blue film buffs would appreciate Pinoy Blonde.
Yeah, agree 100%. One of my cousins who devoured Hollywood flicks walked out from the film.
We will debate on it once you come home, Jo regarding Brocka & Bernal. Noel will be the moderator.
LOL! How did you know it, Jo? But in defense of Brocka, most of his films are character driven. Gallaga favors Bernal, that's why I favor it also hehe. ;)
Gallaga was Brocka's actor in Gumising ka, Maruja & the one with June Keithley, Maya Valdez. The one movie of Brocka which has a long title......can't remember, Jo.
Yeah that's it. Jo. Savvy ka tlga hehe. Was that the longest title in Philippine Cinema? Sounds like a Celso Ad Castillo movie.
Gallaga's acting career didn't prosper but he was good as the best friend of Christopher de Leon in O'hara's TATLONG TAONG WALANG DIYOS.
Incidentally, one of his all-time favorites.
i thought Peque was also good in Abaya's Rizal.
Gallaga was excellent in that 1896 TV movie--one of a series Eddie Romero produced. He's a wonderful actor, I think.
I don't blame keats for forgetting Rizal. It's a forgettable movie.
1896. didn't you see it? Mario's was excellent, "Alitaptap sa Gabing Madilim," based on a Lualhati Bautista screenplay. Best of the lot, I thought, and the only one that didn't go overbudget.
Aga was not good in grasping directions, Noel?
i just finished revisiting Peque Gallaga's Once Upon A Time with Dolphy, Richard Gomez, Janice de Belen, Gloria Romero, Anjo Yllana & Chuckie Dreyfuss. i've forgotten how much i enjoyed this film. it was released in 1986, even back then the special effects were quite impressive. i guess it had a lot to do with Don Escudero's imaginative production design which was greatly enhanced by Totoy Jacinto's cinematography. the film's original title was Tikbalang. Mother Lily has a bad habit of changing each of her movie titles. case in point, Kaibigan ultimately became Unfaithful Wife. back to Once Upon A Time, it took me back to the good old days of the 80's. the Ali Mall in Cubao was one of the main locations at the start of the film. they also included scenes shot at Skatetown. i remember hanging out with my friends & spending lots of time at Ali Mall & frequenting their fast food plaza. enough reminiscing & back to the movie, Dolphy probably gave one of his most memorable portrayals in this film. i always looked forward to watching the King Of Comedy work with a brilliant new director & Once Upon A Time is no exception. Dolphy could still make audiences laugh even with the slightest physical gesture which was evident in key scenes in the movie, of course with Peque's guidance. he was never out of control, the kind of comedy which the late Ading Fernando helped him master. i miss Dolphy's early brand of comedy but he was back in fighting form in Once Upon A Time. the story by T.E Pagaspas & Uro de la Cruz was truly entertaining, throw a little Lord Of The Rings into the mix and voila! a truly enjoyable movie.
Hi Guys,
do you guys know where i can get hold of a dvd or a vdc of Oro, Plata, Mata? ???
VCD baka meron. alam ko no DVD yet released. ;)
Bed Sins is flawed but interesting. And more hardcore than Scorpio Nights--actuall fellatio, and cunnulingus.
Virgin Forest has some good scenes, but i thought it was a hodgepodge. Unfaithful Wife doesn't make sense--so what if she admits she was unfaithful? A man's butt is on the line!
Peque has a problem with scripts; he's best when the script's simple, and the concept is strong enough and supple enough to stand for many things (that's my problem with that gang movie--it didn't stand for much of anything).
Marina Feleo-Gonzalez becomes livid at the mere mention of Alamat... Marina wrote Julian Makabayan as a biography of her father, and she cannot forgive Celso for the transforming it into a picaresque fable.
Fable? Celso transformed it into a visual feast. And it certainly works for me.
I haven't read the book, but Celso was not faithful to the original version by the author? This is turning out to be a Celso Ad Castillo thread.
She did story and screenplay (she also wrote Minsa'y Isang Gamu-Gamo). I think Alamat... is on VCD.
Caught the first episode of Cebu, the mini-series created by the triumverate of Peque Gallaga, Lore Reyes and Don Escudero; their take on Dallas or Dynasty but set in the Queen City of the South with the de la Rosa clan as the central family. And after all these years, the intrigues, the family squabbles, the power plays, greed, and thirst for power still works and still has the same gripping, engrossing effect. Just two gripes: 1) the characters all seem to revolve in such a small world where everything is known by everyone eventualy; 2) it's on at 12noon every Tuesday, making it impossible for me to catch it. i want my DVD boxed-set! Please, someone tape the show for me. hehe. I hope they show Cebu: Revisited.
Manny Pacquiao can now retire in his boxing career since that San Miguel Beer commercial made him richer by multi-million pesos.
This is the second time that Peque directed SMB commercial. The first one aired during the late 80's.
From a reliable source........there's a teaser already made for Peque Gallaga's next dream project, the epic LIGAWAN SA PANAHON NG TAGSIBOL AT DIGMAAN.
Peque used his workshoppers recently in Bacolod for the trailer to be use in the movie which is still in pre-production process. Still no first day of shooting, yet!
Cool!
I wish Gallaga could duplicate the success of SCORPIO NIGHTS or even his other films in different genre. His sequel to ORO, no producers wanted to tackle, maybe his other dream project.......LIGAWAN SA PANAHON NG TAGSIBOL AT DIGMAAN.
BATANG X was cool. But I prefer ONCE UPON A TIME, MANANANGGAL in SRR, MAGIC TEMPLE in the kid and fantasy genre of Peque's films.
Check out Video 48, butsoy. I saw there BATANG X. Hope this helps.
The five hour version is gone. The most complete version and the one Peque is satisfied with is a three hour plus version.
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the Exodus Scene from Oro, Plata, Mata
there's always a chance we might find copies of long lost films. it's just gathering dust somewhere.
A Korean film borrowed from SCORPIO NIGHTS after the filmmaker saw it. In the uncut version the love scenes are much longer particularly the last encounter between Gutierrez & Fernando before the bloody finale.
And yes I asked Peque about that, it was not prosthetics. ;D
No CGI exists back then, check out also the surgery scene in ORO PLATA MATA and it looks real and well-done.
Ok, someone please clarify this for me. Has Tanghalang Pilipino staged already the musical version of Oro Plata Mata, directed by Peque himself??? Or will it be staged pa lang? The TP brochure that I have confuses me!!! ???
Priceless scene: Joel Torre ready to shoot Kuh Ledesma in the Mata section of ORO PLATA MATA. Most first time viewers were confused with Kuh's character. In the five hour cut, she was almost in every scene in the Mata section.
The official remake was SUMMER TIME. Haven't watch it because I'm still looking for a copy. X44 who saw the film says......it doesn't hold and lack the claustrophobia and desperation of the original.
SCORPIO NIGHTS may be the least political of all Gallaga films but the angst was hidden there when it was released during the reign of the dictatorship.
Peque let it all out thru the libido of the 3 main characters......Gutierrez, Ojeda & Fernando.
Ateneo Film Libarary has the complete Daily Express broadsheet and most have been preserved thru micro film. Even film publications like Cine Manila and the others they have also.
really? can you please check if they have most of the film reviews from Movie Times? especially movies from the 70's & '80's
Peque and company won the lawsuit they filed against Mother Lily for the intellectual rights of BATANG X. Mother wants to repay him by kind and doing another movie for Regal.
This is a big blow for Mother. But knowing her, she will make all the pakiusap to Peque.
Betacam-Sp is different from umatic, Jo?
STAR Records owns the distribution rights to all ECP produced films...
Av_phile dont rant but I understand your predicament. Even Peque had to go underground just to make a copy of his own film. Restoring this landmark film will be a painful task, the studio needs million bucks. As far as I know Road Runner had already cleaned the masterprint so the one being shown at Cinema One is the best quality available.
If I won in the lottery, I'll produce the legitimate dvd release of ORO. ;)
as far as i know Regal doesn't have a print of the complete version of Scorpio Nights... the one screened at the Toronto Film Festival is probably in their archives along with Mel Chionglo's Playgirl...
the original Trigon release was uncut...
i wonder what role he'll be playing... that's something to look forward to.
Three phases of the exodus scene of the Lorenzo and Ojeda clan in Gallaga's ORO PLATA MATA:
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FROM PHILIPPINE STAR - Peque Gallaga: The director as raconteur
By Bibsy M. Carballo
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Whenever the name of Peque Gallaga is mentioned, the various reactions one gets could either be of awe, intimidation, dismissal, or unmitigated worship.
I don't know--they're ALL pretentious, egocentric, self-centered (except maybe O'Hara, and Gosiengfiao). Goes with the territory, I think. They differ in the degree they manage to hide it, when they choose to hide it, and how much they dictate the megalomania has to really dominate their persona. From what I hear (I've never met him), Gallaga is worse than some, not as bad as others.
Can be pretty violent too, so I hear. ;D
I don't know--they're ALL pretentious, egocentric, self-centered (except maybe O'Hara, and Gosiengfiao). Goes with the territory, I think. They differ in the degree they manage to hide it, when they choose to hide it, and how much they dictate the megalomania has to really dominate their persona. From what I hear (I've never met him), Gallaga is worse than some, not as bad as others.
Can be pretty violent too, so I hear. ;D
Any one seen this? Any good?
I wonder if the original cut is actually better.Chances are it is
Was having a nice lunch with Christopher Reyes and Quincho in Mamou, Rockwell, when a baby from another table started crying. Seated behind us was the director, Peque Gallaga (PG), in a meeting with G Toengi and others. PG complained to the waiter about the noisy baby. PG: "This is ridiculous! We're having a meeting here and there's a baby crying. This would be banned in the States!" This got our blood boiling already but we let it slide. A few minutes later, another baby, this time, the one seated beside us, started crying as well. One of PG's minions called the waiter and demanded that the baby be asked to leave the restaurant. At this point, Shorty and I were fuming mad, we just had to speak up.
Me: "This is a public place. If you wanted a quiet meeting, you should have held it in an office!"
The restaurant manager approached PG's group and asked if they wanted to sit outside.
PG: "No, we won't transfer outside. THAT baby should leave!"
Me: "Who the hell do you think you are?!!"
Shorty: "It's a baby!!!"
PG: "He may be special to you but he's not special to us."
Me: "He's a stranger to us. He's not even our baby!"
Although the manager told PG that Mamou was a family restaurant, he and his minions continued to bitch about how they were bothered by the baby.
Me: "You, SIR, are a horrible, horrible person!!! I have lost all respect for you."
Shorty: "You have absolutely no class!"
As we walked out of the restaurant and the manager and staff apologized profusely to us, one of PG's minions called out to Shorty: "You are all class." And Shorty goes: "I totally agree with you." Then Shorty went to the mom of the crying baby and said "I love your baby!"