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This Gathering
by Don JaucianDi Ingon Nato (Not Like Us, 2011)
D: Brandon Relucio and Ivan Zaldarriaga
C: Franco Reyes, Mercedes Cabral, Rez Cortez, Donna GimenoThe trees whisper in Di Ingon Nato (Not Like Us). Much like the howling of the wind, the film spends its time travelling, gradually lifting the idyll out of a sleepy Visayan town soon to be infested by zombies. The undead in the province is a strong enough concept to propel a film, no matter how shakily made it is. Its cast of helpless characters, a farmer and his family, the barangay captain and her daughter (who is also the town’s doctor), a priest and the barangay captain’s brave assistant, all falter into damnation. Instead of rooting for them to survive this mysterious zombie attack, we feel more inclined to watch them die one by one. It takes what feels like two hours for each of their paths to crisscross. The web gets more tangled, leading up to a convoluted finale with a rather chilling gesture for a closure.
The build-up to the actual zombie attack is glacial. We hear news of a young girl being attacked, a stranger from another town. Then we witness characters get bitten until they succumb to the curse of being undead. The origin of the illness is unknown. The albularyo proposes it is the manifestation of the wrath of the mountain spirits, while the town’s doctor Day (Donna Gimeno) looks for a rational explaination behind it all. The contrast between the two characters is the most intriguing, how a small town mixes its superstitious beliefs with the gradual introduction of science’s logic, something that is still apparent in most of the country’s barangays to this day. When the situation gets too unreal, we turn to our primal beliefs, hoping for a miraculous intervention.
But a miraculous intervention is also what one would hope for to salvage what is left of Di Ingon Nato. The film badly needs to be edited and its overbearing sound design doesn’t help much to sustain the momentum of the film. While the slow clumping of the zombies in the third act of the film leaves a nasty vision that sears into your brain, the film loses its track, choosing to opt for an almost gratuitous degree of gore to shock audiences away. The post-Romero type zombie attack works most of the time, but the clunky effects and sound design make it seem too forced.
Despite its indulgence in artsy Mallick-like shots, Di Ingon Nato can be somewhat a disappointment. It bears a distinctly Filipino worldview in the scheme of the zombie myth, but it instead trips, delivering a half-baked concept that needs more time hewing a stronger script and more likable batch of characters (it wasted an otherwise competent batch of actors). Directors Brandon Relucio and Ivan Zaldarriaga have a frightening monster in their hands. It just needs more polishing and sculpting.
A “complete version” of Di Ingon Nato is said to be screened on November 12, 2011. Check the CinemaOne Originals 2011 Facebook page for the festival schedule and otrher updates.
Happy Birthday Francis M.
One of the notable Filipino musician has his birthday today. The man I’m talking about is Mr. “FRANCIS MAGALONA” - the KING of RAP, also known as FrancisM, Master Rapper, and The Man From Manila. He may not celebrating it right down here but I know he’s happy up there seeing that (WE) Filipinos never forget his very special day. Who would forget? The man who inspires US through his music, the VOICE, the WORDS & the HEART he put into it, it shows how much he CARES & LOVES our Country!!! You will always have a place in our heart sir KIKO!
Below are my top 5 fave songs from him:
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Every color and every hue
Is represented by me and you
Take a slide in the slope
Take a look in the kaleidoscope
Spinnin’ round, make it twirl
In this kaleidoscope world
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Mga kababayan ko
Dapat lang malaman nyo
Bilib ako sa kulay ko
Ako ay pilipino
Kung may itim o may puti
Mayron naman kayumangi
Isipin mo na kaya mong
Abutin ang yung minimithi
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Bless the man if his heart and his land are one
3 stars & a sun!
3 stars & a sun! I’m ready to
defend the 3 stars & a sun.
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Ang awit na ito’y inaalay ko
Sa mga biktima ng ating lipunan
Mga nilamon ng sistema
Ating pakinggan
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Its been cold summer nights since we drifted apart
cold summer nights since you walked out that door
cold summer nights here on my own
coz i miss you baby, i need you here
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TATTOOS are like stories…
A tattoo is an affirmation: that this body is yours to have and to enjoy while you’re here. Nobody else can control what you do with it.
—- DON ED HARDY, Douglas Kent Hall’s Prison Tattoos
Tattoos are like stories - they’re symbolic of the important moments in your life. Sitting down, talking about where you got each tattoo and what it symbolizes, is really beautiful.
—-Pamela Anderson
I live my life to the fullest…with GOD…with guidance & love from my parents. They taught me how to be a good citizen, to love & respect others.
So THUS, ME having a tattoo doesn’t mean I’m rebellious, it’s part of my self expression & love for ART. My Parents & Friends didn’t judge me for that because they know the REAL me. (OPEN - MINDED people as well) So you guys/gals out there who think “WE” who are tattooed” are the so-called “BAD or whatever they think of us” (i know that “perception” was happened a longggggg time ago already but there will always be judgmental/small minded people around)…DON’T MIND THEM, it’s your LIFE & as long as you don’t hurt others for that and just as long as you also live your life right to the fullest!!!
P.S. I can’t blame those who thinks “BAD” for tattooed people because that was also my perception before when I was a kid, I’ve seen bad guys in the television & they had these tattoos so that’s what I think that tattoos are for bad people but when I grow up & started to appreciate things in life like arts, I then understand that it depends on your point of view or on how you look at it.
ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE ME :) We only live once so let’s make the best out of it, Appreciate all the blessings around u and SPREAD LOVE LOVE & LOVE~
Ayos!!! Sept 9 dito sa CEBU :)
Sept 1 Artwork, 4F, Cinema Lobby, Trinoma, 5:30 p.m.
Sept 2 19 East
Sept 8 Lolo Dad’s (private)
Sept 9 Artwork Ground floor, Activity Center, Ayala Center Cebu, 5:30pm
Sept 9 Handuraw, Cebu
Sept 10 Terno Night, Capone’s
Sept 16 Artwork, Ground floor, Activity Center, Abreeza Mall, DAVAO, 5:30pm
Sept 17 Terno Inferno, Saguijo
Sept 23 Sessionistas, Greenhills Shopping Centre
Some behind the scenes footage from Pupil’s recording of 20/20 on the fateful day that I dropped by to take photos and Francis ended up playing guitars and it just so happened that it was the song they were recording.
This is actually mostly WENDELL. Haha. I’m not a videographer, but there were just some funny moments that I couldn’t capture with pictures.
Wendell: “Uh, nawala tunog, umalis…”
LOL
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