Beige. ♡
I'm Beige. Wishing she were forever 21. She loves to sing in the shower. The only make-up that you will see on her face is lipstick. Loves to paint her nails. Always caught up daydreaming by her professors. Loves to doodle her shoes, the walls of her room, and even her the chairs in school. And always a FOOL.
Armi Millare last Saturday at Terno Night/Hidden Nikki album launch at 19th East.
Pelikula Q&A: Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay
An interview with director Tonette Jadaone by Jansen MusicoThis is your first full-length film after doing a lot shorts, which do you prefer more?
Short films are my first love. I have short attention span, so short films really work for me. Sobrang komportable ako sa paggawa ng short films. I don’t need to consult people kung tama ba yung ginagawa ko, kung nakuha ba yung gusto kong sabihin. That’s why although I was excited to do my first full-length film, sobrang takot na takot din ako. Kasi ang laki ng hinaba ng 90-minute full-length film sa mga 3-min shorts ko. So may 90 minutes ako para magkamali. Pero may 90 minutes din ako para may magawang maganda.
Among all the extras in Philippine Cinema, why pick Lilia Cuntapay? What makes her such a good subject?
Kasi si Lilia Cuntapay yung extrang sikat na walang screen name. Nonong de Andres has “Bangkay” as screen name. We have Mahal, Mura, Dagul, pero si Lilia, wala. Ang screen name nya, kailangan mo siyang i-describe: “yung matandang babae na laging white lady o aswang sa mga horror.” Ang haba! That makes her different from all the other extras. Sikat siya, pero wala siyang pangalan.
How did you convince Lilia to do the project?
Binuo ko muna yung concept bago ko siya nilapitan. So kung hindi siya pumayag, wala akong pelikula. Eh pumayag. She loved the concept. Ang request lang nya, “Direk, basta wag nyo ipapagupit ang buhok ko ha.”
How was it working with her?
Isa siyang karakter. Medyo naninibago nung una si Nanay Lilia. Kasi naman, bilang extra dati, nasanay siya na 3 sequences lang siya per taping day. Eh dahil bida siya rito, syempre naroon siya sa bawat eksena. Eh bilang 75-years-old na si Nanay Lilia, pagpatak ng alas-sais ng gabi, parang hindi na kaya ng katawan nya. The spirit is willing, but the body is pagod na. Pero ide-deny nya. Hindi niya sasabihing pagod na siya.
“Nanay, pagod ka na? Pahinga muna tayo.”
“Ay hindi direk, kayang-kaya ko pa. Take na tayo.”
Pero yung mata nya, papikit na. Pero dahil lagi kaming magkasama, nahanap namin ang solusyon para bumalik ang energy nya kapag alas-diyes na ng gabi: gatas at Fudgee Barr.
Was Lilia able to see the final cut before it screened?
Just the first 15 minutes, when we accidentally played the DVD of the rough cut during the shoot and she was there. Nakatutok lang siya sa TV. Which is a good thing, kasi sabi niya sa amin, “Direk, hindi ako nanonood ng mga project ko eh.” Buti naman pinanood niya ‘to.
The trailer sets it up as a comedy. But it’s more than that, isn’t it?
Let’s just say, it’s a different kind of comedy.
This film has a lot of cameos…
Surprise na lang yung cameos. Pero definitely, hindi namin nakuha si Claire Danes. Busy raw siya. (Lilia’s worked with her in Brokedown Palace.)
Do you think there’s still life for Lilia outside of being the punch line in comedies or the scary old lady in horror flicks?
There’s life for Lilia outside the horror genre definitely. She’s played a lot of non-horror roles actually. But I don’t think she’ll be believable playing the bida. As Direk Peque Gallaga put it, the industry has put Lilia in a box. Her looks and history limit her roles. She definitely won’t be cast as a lawyer or a mayamang kabigan ng bida. It’s like a curse. Just like how why we didn’t see FPJ playing a coward, or Robin Padilla not winning a fight.
What has working with Lilia taught you?
Yung ibang extra, trabaho lang ang pag-eextra. Pagkatapos ng shooting, tapos na rin sila sa pag-extra. Yung iba, trip lang, gusto lang makita sa TV. Pero may ibang extra na may pangarap. Si Lilia Cuntapay, ganoon.
Sometimes I may be harsh with words whenever we’re talking but deep inside me, there are sooo many things that i wanna say to you but i don’t know. I’m just too shy to say it. So here it is.
Laugh Your Guts Out
by Jansen MusicoScream 3 (2000)
D: Wes Craven
S: Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, David Arquette, Patrick Dempsey, Parker Posey, Jenny McCarthy, Liev Schreiber, Scott Foley, Emily MortimerScream 3 could’ve been a completely different movie if the original screenplay draft was used. It could’ve been even better if Kevin Williamson stuck around to write it. But thanks to pesky online leaks and creative differences, the finale to the original trilogy ends up becoming one of the funniest slasher films to date. Perhaps that’s what makes it such a horrific guilty pleasure?
The film starts from where the franchise left off. Our Woodsboro heroes have moved on with their lives. Sidney (Neve Campbell) has secluded herself from humanity, Gale (Courtney Cox) has become a second-rate gossip show host, and Dewey (David Arquette) got hired as a consultant for Stab 3, the movie version of the Woodsboro murders that started in Scream. Talk about meta. Not only is Scream 3 a slasher film inspired by old-school slasher films, it’s a slasher film centered on the production of a slasher film about the murders inspired by old-school slasher films. If you find that confusing, take a break then read that sentence again. Even I had to.
Scream 3 is the tip of the hat not only to the slasher flicks it pays homage to, but also to the series it has become. The movie is very self-aware, in fact too self-aware that it’s impossible for the audience to feel disengaged in parts. This is probably the reason why a lot of blood-thirsty horror fans panned it as a fluke. The way the filmmakers break the third wall in this film isn’t fit to maintain the thrills and chills its predecessors promised.
Though it fails to be scary, the entire movie still ends up becoming a quirky satire with in-your-face absurdity. It manages to exude the franchise’s spirit through doses of self-referential scenes that beg for smirks all throughout. The laughs are all intentional; it’s not as if the filmmakers were clueless about the twisted sense of humor infused into the meta-laced gags scattered all over the script.
In one of the film’s earlier scenes, for example, the actress Sarah Darling (Jenny McCarthy) complains about her role: “What character? I’m Candy, the chick who gets killed second. I’m only in two scenes!” Guess which Stab 3 cast member dies second after her second scene in Scream 3?
As if that’s not enough, the movie also features brief cameos from stoner duo Jay and Silent Bob, and Princess Leia herself, Carrie Fisher, who dryly talks about the hardships of making it big in Hollywood.
But what about the gore? Fans still fixated on the image of a disemboweled Casey Becker (Drew Barrymore) hanging from a tree are left scratching their heads. Sure, there is a bloodbath at the end of the film, but the murders there are tame and slightly laughable. With characters named Angelina Tyler and Jennifer Jolie, respectively played by a ditzy Emily Mortimer and a hilarious Parker Posey, who wouldn’t end up giggling while they’re being hacked to bits?
Scream 3 is on a league of its own. It might not be the best slasher flick made, nor is it the scariest, but it does manage to give horror fans a reason to laugh at how absurd their addiction to violence really is.
“Boo! Be scared! I’m a ghost in a bloody sheet!”
Movie ghosts are douchebags
a Robcham comic for Pelikula’s Halloween SpecialWhat’s your favorite scary movie?
