Thursday, November 23, 2006
another previous post...
well, wala lang na naman... i just want to post this... another post that came originally from my first blog...
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OF KIDLAT TAHIMIK AND OF BATAD 
earlier this day, i was able to get a glimpse of the 2nd Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival Awards night. It was a whole night of extravagance minus the "Oscar-ish Glam" that the filipino audience expects to find from an awards thing. It was cool in its own way.. well, it is different and can be appreciated by those who would want to taste something, uhmmm, different!!
kidlat tahimik or should i say, the often enthused kidlat tahimik of akie yano, started the show with a "revealing" disrobing of his pants showcasing his bahag. he was carrying around a bamboo camera and said he would give it as a special award to a film he liked the most... it was fun... he also told an anecdote of his way of teaching in the UP film institute.
"i often ask my students to not come to class for 3 weeks. i tell them, for 3 weeks, bring your cameras and film anything that you want."
uh.. the glory that was being a film student!!!! AKIEEEEEEEE!!!
first awards were distributed to the short film category finalists. there was an enormous number of finalists for this category i should say...
-putot (best director)
-orasyon (best short film)
-gee gee and waterina
caught my attention.. PUTOT is photographed beautifully.. i forgot the best screenplay awardee but i know it is also one of those few that i find worth cinemalaya-ish. bleh..
among the full length films, i liked Saan Nagtatago si Happiness?, Batad sa Paang Palay, MUdraks, Ang Huling Araw ng Linggo and TUlad ng Dati (a little bit)..
Saan Nagtatago si Happiness, because of its title.. ehehe and the fact that it is a musical. Nanette inventor is such a character.. i adore her voice.. one time i watched her belting "respect" in a morning show and she definitely got my respect!! (like she badly needed mine...)
BATAD SA PAANG PALAY is really my bet... it won the 1 million peso coveted Special Jury Prize award from RoadRunner (ang alam ko sarado na yun ah!!) Alcris Galura won the best actor award... though i've just seen a clip of the film, he really DESERVES the award... by the way, he is just my age.. (how dare him!!!) i have seen him one time in a GMA Lenten presentation of "Ang Lagusan" and i really find him sensitive and definitely effective as an actor (pusher siya dun eh..) i want to watch the film because there's this "bakit ba gustung gusto mong magkaroon ng sapatos" and "akin to eh, akin to" stuff going on... bwahahaha.. ALCRIS GALURA!!! thumbs super up.. kaso lang, when he received the award i heard another Lamberto Santos in the making... plus factor is the Noni Buencamino addition to the cast..
MUDRAKS... because RIO LOCSIN is RIO LOCSIN!!! need i say more???
TULAD NG DATI?? Jet Pangan is a good thing... eheheh.. i like the dawn eh.. and it won the screenplay and best film award so i think it deserves approbation... plus, i like the premise.. jett pangan has amnesia, it is 2006 and not 1988 basta..so many things that i really don't know about but i like this line...
JETT PANGAN: (to Mylene Dizon) Mahal Kita
AGOT ISIDRO: Jett, Im your wife
JETT PANGAN: pero siya ang mahal ko, SIYA ANG NAAALALA KO...
wehehehe.. greatness amplified!!! hehe..
the whole awards thing made me feel so filmmaker.. (hala o!!)
so many things came up.. bembol roco's comedic antics <(i don't know what really happened because im on the phone with jennifer..).. i admire bembol roco... kahit nag-Sa Piling Mo siya.. haaaay... >, the PEPOT ARTISTA AND MAXIMO OLIVEROS stars' "stuttery" reading of the nominees and the winner and all that..
but to them it looks like they're wearing this shirts saying don't blame us, we're no awards show hosts" and it gave this "hell with it, we are revolutionaries of philippine cinema, leave it to the oscars"-feel to it.. and with that, i wanted to be friends with them... ahahahaha... seriously..
every award is tantamount to a recognition of everybody's utmost effort and cerativity.. every applause is sincere (though my canned applause pa rin!!)and every exaltation from the members of the audience appeared to be an honest " yeah you're job is really flawless, go grab the award" statement..
i juuuussttt... haaay... i want to my film to be as applauded as theirs.. if only... never mind..
cinemalaya is really something i look forward to.. and the awards night is so unpretentious.. so fun.. so malaya... so Cinemalaya... wehehehe...
ay... kanina nga pala...
nakasabay namin ni joana sa fx yung symmetrical-faced creature na nakikigamit ng classroom namin every computer time... i just don't know why but he seem to have an "im a different specie, fear me" aura plastered in him, he makes me terribly scared... yun tipong, nambubugbog ng mga domestic helpers sa bansa nila... ehehe.. pero we talked to him, thanks to joana's fear and initiative, we became friends na.. and he's nice pala... and we talked until we reached pedro gil... he's quite proficient in english naman considering his really short six months stay pa lang here in the philippines.. and take note, he'll take commerce or business course ata in the US after he learns english in UST... waaahhh, manggagamit!!
nakita din pala namin yung other former korean classmate namin.. si young jun.. si alex!! shocking is his exterior.. he's a lot darker, not the "botswana" dark naman, but his skin is not as pale as dati but he is totally well built.. trim and slim sabi ni joana... at sabi ko na nga ba eh, soccer lang ang katapat nun e.. he said that every friday he goes to UST to play soccer.. how... haayy na lang..
yun lang.. ang haba naman...
siya nga pala...
SUKOB NA BUKAS... WAHAHAHAAH...
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