Even though the review and classification board has approved without cuts the commercial release of the controversial film, its director Brillante Mendoza (in photo) still has a beef with censorship as a whole: "Nobody should tell you, or control you on what you want to do..."
Kinatay's Brillante Mendoza gets kudos from veteran director Mario O'Hara: "I love the violence!"
Saturday, August 8, 2009
01:08 PM
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Sa ikalawang pagkakataon, naging matagumpay ang ginanap na special screening ng Kinatay ni direktor Brillante Mendoza sa Tanghalang Leandro V. Locsin ng National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), noong Agosto 3, 2009, sa bisperas ng libing ni dating Pangulong Corazon C. Aquino.
Habang pabugsu-bugso ang ulan, at walang patid ang paghungos ng mga taong nakapila sa iba't ibang dakong malapit sa Manila Cathedral (umabot nga ang pila hanggang sa harapan ng NCCA building, sa Intramuros, Maynila) ay ginaganap nang gabing 'yon ang parangal na handog ng NCCA at Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) para sa nagwaging Best Director ng 62nd Cannes International Film Festival na si Brillante Ma. Mendoza (o Dante Mendoza), para sa obra niyang Kinatay.
Tulad sa ginanap na Philippine premiere ng pelikula sa Cine Adarna ng University of the Philippines Film Institute, nasaksihan ng PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) ang buong kaganapan sa NCCA. Maganda ang naging pagtanggap ng naturang mga ahensiyang pang-kultura ng pamahalaan kay Direk Brillante Mendoza at sa kanyang mga pelikula.
Sa venue ay mayroong display ng iba't ibang international filmfest trophies, plaques, at certificates (kabilang ang sa Cannes, para sa naging competition entries niyang Serbis at Kinatay, at best director citations), pati ang Cannes official posters para sa taong 2008 at 2009 (kung kailan naging main competition entries ang dalawang pelikula ni Brillante Mendoza).
May poster ang Kinatay na may titulong Ingles na: A Journey Into Darkness.
WELL-ATTENDED PREMIERE. At tulad din sa naunang premiere night, masigla ang mga dumalo sa NCCA, na totoong ikinararangal ang tagumpay ng nagwaging direktor para sa pelikulang Pilipino.
Dito'y kabilang ang National Artist na si Eddie Romero, FDCP-PFESO Executive Director Digna H. Santiago, mga direktor pampelikula tulad nina Mario O'Hara, Gil Portes, Tikoy Aguiluz (festival director ng taunang Cine Manila International Film Festival), Frank Rivera, Cesar Hernando, actor Tommy Abuel, talent manager Edgar Instrella, mga taga-produksiyon, media, at iba pang sangay ng local entertainment industry.
Sa cast ng Kinatay ay tanging si Maria Isabel Lopez ang dumalo at naging bahagi ng open forum, matapos ang screening.
Naging punong-tagapagpakilala ang NCCA Executive Director at Presidential Adviser on Culture and the Arts na si Ms. Cecille Guidote-Alvarez. Masaya siya para sa natamong tagumpay ng pelikulang Pilipinong nagpawagi sa direktor sa prestihiyosong Cannes filmfest.
Samantala, sa kabila ng mabunying palatuntunan, ay inuulan ngayon ng batikos ang pagkahirang ng Malacañang kay Guidote-Alvarez at tatlong iba pa, bilang National Artists. Adviser on culture ni President Arroyo si Guidote-Alvarez, pero di raw "political gift" ang pagkapili sa kanyang tumanggap ng prestisiyosong titulo. Sinabi ni Guidote-Alvarez sa ibang pahayagan, "Although I'm the NCCA executive director, I'm not part of the selection process."
Mabuti at nalagpasan ni Direk Brillante Mendoza ang sana'y magiging mahigpitang laban niya (at mga kapanalig), kung hindi napahintulutan ng Movie and Television Review and Classification Board, o MTRCB, ang pagpapalabas ng Kinatay sa UP Cine Adarna noong Hulyo 30, bilang Philippine premiere.
Sa NCCA screening ay ang kopyang mula pa sa ibang bansa ang ipinalabas, dahil ayon kay Brillante, wala siyang available copy na higit na malinaw.
Maaaring may kaibhan ang projector na gamit sa UP screening kumpara sa ginamit sa NCCA, dahil mas visually satisfying ang sa huli, wala nga lamang subtitle ang kopya nito.
EXPLOSIVE CONTENT. Bilang obra, kapuri-puri ang Kinatay sa matapang nitong paglalantad ng karahasang sangkot ang ilang kabilang sa ating law enforcement unit, laban sa isang babaeng walang awang pinaslang, pinagpira-piraso't itinapon ang mga labi sa iba't ibang dako ng Metro Manila at karatig-pook.
Base sa tunay na pangyayari ang kuwento, mula sa panulat ni Armando "Bing" Lao. Bukod kay Maribel Lopez, gumanap bilang kanyang torturers, rapists at killers sina John Regala, Lauren Novero, Benjie Filomeno at Julio Diaz. Sina Jhong Hilario at Coco Martin ang mga baguhang police recruits na nakasaksi at naging accomplice sa krimen, bilang bahagi ng kanilang "initiation."
Sa umpisa ng pelikula, ipinakita ang civil rites marriage nina Coco at Mercedes Cabral (si Lou Veloso ang judge na nagkasal; si Alan Paule ang ninong). Sa dakong gabi, isinama ni Jhong si Coco sa pagkolekta ng tong sa mga street vendors, hanggang sa madugong "operation" na tatagal sa buong magdamag at magpapabago sa pagkatao ng bagong recruit na pulis.
Isa sa mga unang nag-rave sa pelikula ang talent manager na si Ed Instrella, na nagsabing: "Kinatay is very impressive - for so many reasons: the sound, the [visual] effects; the director not afraid to confront darkness... parang buhay ang dilim! The hopeful morning, the eerie dawn, and dreadful morning in the end! Significant cinematography [by Odyssey Flores] talaga, it's almost like a horror film! Very real and gripping! One witnesses the blow by blow defeat of conscience by poverty, greed, and fear!... Uncompromising and unyielding!"
"I LOVE THE VIOLENCE!" Sa ginanap na open forum, matapos ang screening, isa naman si Mario O'Hara sa naging matapat sa paghangang iniukol sa napanood na pelikulang Kinatay.
"I love the violence! I'm a very violent director also," sabi niya kay Direk Brillante. "Your violence is quite different. You can almost feel the explosion inside your main actors.
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