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Bourne Legacy director Tony Gilroy on why he chose Manila as a shooting location: "It's just so colorful and ugly and gritty, raw and stinky and crowded."

by Jojo Gabinete posted on August 15, 2012  STATS: 100746 Views | 149 Comments

Sa interview ng Tonight host na si Charlie Rose kay Tony Gilroy (kaliwa), direktor ng The Bourne Legacy, tinanong kung bakit Manila ang napili nitong lokasyon para sa ilang mahahalagang eksena ng pelikula, kabilang na ang climactic chase scene tampok ang mga bidang sina Jeremy Renner at Rachel Weisz (right).

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Natuwa ang maraming Pinoy dahil kinunan sa Pilipinas ang mga importanteng eksena sa The Bourne Legacy, ang Hollywood film na pinagbibidahan nina Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, at Edward Norton.

Kabilang sa kinunan dito sa Pilipinas ang mahabang chase scene sa huling bahagi ng pelikula.

Nagsimula ito sa masisikip na eskinita sa Sta. Ana, Manila; nagtuloy sa mataong lugar sa Rotonda, Pasay; pumunta sa Jones Bridge sa may Binondo, Manila; dumiretso sa palengke ng Marikina; at nagtapos sa fish port ng Navotas.

Kasalukuyang palabas sa mga sinehan dito sa Pilipinas ang pelikulang ito.

Sa interview ni Charlie Rose sa director at scriptwriter ng The Bourne Legacy na si Tony Gilroy, tinanong nito ang dahilan kung bakit ang Pilipinas ang napili ng direktor at ng producer na si Patrick Crowley.

Si Charlie ang host ng Tonight, ang talk show ng Bloomberg TV.

Noong Lunes, August 13, ang cast at direktor ng The Bourne Legacy ang kanyang mga bisita.

Bago matapos ang show, tinanong ni Charlie si Tony ng: "Why Manila?"

Sagot ni Tony, “We didn' t want to go to Europe. Bourne's gone to Europe.

“We thought about Latin America, Southeast Asia… there are several films that we’re planning on going to Latin America. 

“Pat Crowley, the producer and I who've travelled all over around the world and all these movies, we went... had a beauty pageant.

“We went to Jakarta [Indonesia], we went to Ho Chi Min City [Vietnam], we went to Manila, over a course of a couple of weeks.

"And we landed in Manila and it felt so Bourne-ish.

"It's just so colorful and ugly and gritty, raw and stinky and crowded...

“They had a great film industry there for years built off the Vietnam films.

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  • 29  klassyk143

    08/15/2012 | 01:50 PM
    I disagree with people here. Even if everything he said might have been true, it still doesn't give him an excuse to use really insulting words. Just because it's the truth does not cover up the fact that its hurtful and belittling. It's just plain disrespectful. They were allowed to film here and were prioritized even if we knew the movie will reflect a negative light towards the Philippines. At least have some decency to not bash the place where they received special treatment and warm welcomes. Filipinos shouldn't even be proud of this film, if anything it just portrays Manila in a very bad way.
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    czeska221
    08/16/2012 | 06:24 AM
    We did it to ourselves. We let them disrespect us. It's our own fault.

  • 28  sharmanjoshi

    08/15/2012 | 01:50 PM
    Gilroy: ...and ugly and griddy, raw and stinky and crowded. ----- Pinoys: don't say it! totoo pero secret na lang natin ok. say the Philippines is beautiful dapat----- Gilroy: ...whatever I said, the world will see it on film, it's why we did the shots there ----- Pinoys: watches the movie ayiii! nasa foreign movie ang Pinas! proud to be pinoy! uy jeepney! ayun pa buhol buhol na cable ng meralco, bakubakong daan, de yerong mga bahay, basura yey! ----- Gilroy: I will shoot again in Manila ----- Pinoys: wow! yes! sikat uli ang Pinas... sure, we will close the road for you, dun kayo dapat sa payatas if you want really stinky. We are very rich in mosquitoes and cockroaches and rats. Wala na kaming magawa e, puro pangungurakot ang ginagawa ng gobyerno. Our actors are also politicians and our politicians are actors. Tito Sen is best actor.
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    czeska221
    08/16/2012 | 06:20 AM
    LOL. like the sarcasm. Time to wake up Filipinos! Piles of garbage, over population, pollution, matagal na etong problema, hanggang ngayon hindi pa na solusyonan kasi ang tatamad ang iba sa atin, and on top of that mga lideres na instead maging model for change, ang ginawa mangurakot. You can't teach old dog with new tricks...hopefully we can.

  • 27  shobizaddict

    08/15/2012 | 01:49 PM
    You want the guy to lie, that MANILA is clean, people are so disciplined, you won't see any garbage all around, the air is clean, etc etc. They chose Manila because it's the real deal, pasok sa requirement nila.
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  • 26  aaronick

    08/15/2012 | 01:49 PM
    Dun sa mga nasaktan. Matanong ko naman muna kayo. Ang tambak na basura, maruming estero, maduming ilog, binabahang kalsada. Anong tawag niyo diyan? Hindi ba ugly? Kung UGLY yang mga yan, anong nirereklamo niyo? Gaya ng sabi ng iba, THE TRUTH HURTS. Bakit tayo masasaktan eh totoo naman. Bakit kaya may mga tao na kapag namintas ng iba, hindi inaalala ang damdamin nung pinintas. Pero kapag sila naman ang napintasan, akala mo eh si Carabuena kung maka-angal. Masakit di ba? Pero kesa magsentimiyento tayo sa mga bagay na totoo naman, bakit hindi na lang magtulung-tulong para ayusin yung kapintasan para naman sa susunod eh papuri na ang matanggap? Ang hirap magpaliwanag sa mga ipokrito, talaga nga naman...
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    kcprettyangel
    08/15/2012 | 02:31 PM
    Totoo ka.
    czeska221
    08/16/2012 | 06:13 AM
    Ang galing ng pagkasabi mo.

  • 25  humandynamics

    08/15/2012 | 01:48 PM
    REALITY CHECK, PEOPLE! REALITY CHECK!!! Nagagalit kayo kapag may kabayan kayong pumupuna sa bantot at dumi ng pinas, sinasabihan niyo ng kesyo mayabang, lumaki ulo, ek ek... O ANO NGAYON? Kinailangan pa niyong marinig ang katotohan sa dayuhan? Sana naman magka pride ang lahat ng pilipino at ma realize na ang bansa ay reflection ng mga taong nabubuhay dito, at pati na rin ng kapwa pilipino sa buong mundo. CLEAN UP AFTER YOURSELF, you dont need to clean up the whole damn country, JUST YOURSELF AND YOUR SURROUNDING. malaking tulong na yon. susme, from generations to generations pare pareho ang kwento puro mga walang disiplina sa sarili.. magaling lang kasi kayo sa pamimintas kaya ayan kayo naman ang pinintasan, which is undeniably true naman kaya huwag ng magbalat sibuyas.
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  • 24  marchioness

    08/15/2012 | 01:42 PM
    Before we get all riled up and offended, what this guy said is true actually. We wanted them here, were willing to offer our top character actors to pick up fruits from the streets, no speaking lines. Hey, we felt proud that they chose our place, never mind that they had to pay us cheap to shoot here. We wanted the publicity, the opportunity to see them work, the excitement and nobody minded that they routed traffic for weeks, that motorists cussed and pedestrians went almost berserk with frustration. Nothing mattered except that we will part of the Bourne history. John Arcilla described it as surreal even.
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    Txmel1
    08/15/2012 | 01:49 PM
    well said :

  • 23  msn9

    08/15/2012 | 01:36 PM
    Totoo naman mga sinabi nya tungkol sa Manila, kaya nga pinili nila kase ganuon nakita nila in the first place.
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  • 22  sharmanjoshi

    08/15/2012 | 01:29 PM
    totoo naman ang sinabi niya... buti nga hindi na nabanggit ang sobrang air pollution at sobrang dami ng street children sa lansangan. Kahit hindi nila sabihin ito na talaga ang imahe ng Pilipinas, even if they don't verbally express it - ganito ang tingin ng karamihan pero lumalaban naman tayo sa tourism kaya nga it's more fun in the Philippines eh, not more clean, or not more beautiful or not more fragrant....
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  • 21  pisara22

    08/15/2012 | 01:29 PM
    E totoo naman. Palibhasa kasi maraming Pinoy, ayaw magising sa katotohanan. Paano magbabago kung hindi tatanggapin ang mali?
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  • 20  bhengot

    08/15/2012 | 01:27 PM
    Ugly, duh?! I can take the rest but not the word ugly, come on! And excuse me, yes they paid but that's not a reason for him to say na parang utang na loob pa natin. Hello, they benefited a lot from it dahil mas mura ang binayaran nila and everything was made available to them with a flick of a finger, they just cant do that in other countries.
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    kcprettyangel
    08/15/2012 | 02:41 PM
    He was asked the question, he answered it truthfully. Exactly as he answered it, that's what they looked for, to make the movie more enteresting and at the same time to have benefited from it kasi nga mura magshoot sa Pilipinas.

  • 19  Tyler11

    08/15/2012 | 01:25 PM
    True! That sums it all! The people made Manila this way. Manila is not stinky without the people making it stink with trash and what-not. Manila is not crowded without the overpopulation of the city!
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  • 18  sixtogracia

    08/15/2012 | 01:13 PM
    His comment has a concrete basis. Let's face it. He did not say anything wrong, all are facts, Truth! Please read carefully and understand. He said "bourne-ish" meaning Manila really suit what they needed for the film. Nothing to be offend of. FYI, he commended Philippines for film making.
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  • 17  ike

    08/15/2012 | 01:11 PM
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  • 16  lucky7

    08/15/2012 | 01:10 PM
    he said manila, not the philippines. we shouldn't take it as an insult, but maybe a wake-up call. the people who are in charged of manila and people who live in manila should be ashamed of themselves.
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  • 15  jamponggo

    08/15/2012 | 01:08 PM
    totoo nga naman ang nasabi nya about Manila pro grabe walang pakundangan sa interview, parang utang na loob ng Pilipinas na nagshoot cla sa Pinas dahil we need money from them, nkakainsulto naman talaga eh, kahit siguro hindi Manila ang nasabihan nya ng ganun eh nkakaasar pa den kse maganda at maayos n nga ang pakikitungo sa kanila, and sya na nagsabi lahat naging madali pra sa kanila pero still offensive pa den un mga sinabi nya, d man lang nag thank you. ogag
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    lucky7
    08/15/2012 | 01:13 PM
    they paid to be there, it's not like it was free... mas nakinabang ang manila not the other way around.
    sixtogracia
    08/15/2012 | 01:15 PM
    Correct lucky7. We can't say that he insulted us/manila people. Look, he will not say that if he has no basis.

  • 14  kritikongpinoy

    08/15/2012 | 01:06 PM
    -We went to Manila and it felt so Bourne-ish. It's just so colorful and ugly and griddy, raw and stinky and crowded.- Araykupu!!!! Truth really hurts!!!! But, as the old saying goes, - Honesty is the best policy.-
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  • 13  bantaybata

    08/15/2012 | 01:04 PM
    ang masaktan sa sinabi niya eh hypocrite. aminin, talagang mabaho ang lugar na kinunan nila ng mga eksena. h'wag naman masyadong sensitive. if gusto n'yo talagang magbago ang imahe ng philippines sa ibang lugar, simulan n'yo sa pagtapon ng basura sa tamang tapunan para di bumaho, ok? siguro if sa singapore ito kinunan, tapos sasabihin na mabaho, ugly, etc. mas may K magalit ang mga singaporeans. knowing this place, dumura ka lang eh huhulihin ka. so, my point is, pagandahin n'yo ang bansa natin sa pamamagitan ng pagiging disiplanado sa pagtatapon ng basura para di bumaho para walang pupunta diyan at mamimintas lang, ok?
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    flightforge29
    08/15/2012 | 01:56 PM
    Di hamak naman na ang baho baho at ang dumi dumi ng ibang bansa tulad ng India kaysa sa ating bansa na nagkalat ang mga duming tao sa lansangan, mga kabakahan at mga dumi ng kabakahan.
    bantaybata
    08/15/2012 | 02:47 PM
    oo, tama ka! pero saan sila nag-shooting hindi ba sa pinas? hehehehehe...imposibleng di nila knows ang india eh part yan ng south east asia. duh? hehehehehehe. kapag sasagot isipin muna ng ilang beses, ok? siguro isa ka sa mga nagtatapon ng basura sa kung saan-saan.

  • 12  kritikongpinoy

    08/15/2012 | 01:03 PM
    -And they had this really sort of dormant film industry and they wanted us. You know, they really wanted us.- Ouch!!!!! Truth hurts.
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  • 11  madam01

    08/15/2012 | 01:03 PM
    wake up people. he said manila is bourne-ish. ibig sabihin suited sa pelikula ang manila setting. e kung kasing ganda tayo ng singapore e di sana hindi na dyan na-shoot ang bourne legacy. at yan naman ang totoo, dirty, giddy, stinky. e tingnan nyo na nga lang ang naipong basura after ng habagat...tapos maiinsulto pa tayo kung tawagin tayong ganyan??? e di linisin natin ang kapaligiran. magkaroon ng disiplina ang tao para hindi na tayo tinatawag na ganon...gets nyo ba people????
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    sixtogracia
    08/15/2012 | 01:17 PM
    You're right! Kesa mainsulto, subukan natin wag magtapon ng yosi kung saan saan at ng balat ng candy. Simple lang, sa susunod ang comment na nila niyan sobrang gaganda na.
    flightforge29
    08/15/2012 | 01:57 PM
    tanggalin na rin ang lahat ng mga slums at mga squatters... Magsipag uwi na kayo sa mga probinsya nyo. Ito ang isang reason na nagpapasira sa imahe ng bansa!
    czeska221
    08/16/2012 | 06:03 AM
    flightforge29, hindi naman tama na e blame mo sa mga taga probinsya ang mga slums and squatter areas ng Pilipinas. In fairness sa aming mga taga province, trabaho ang pakay namin at hindi magsiksik o kaya mag tayo ng squatter association. kalowka!

  • 10  Clara Pastor

    08/15/2012 | 12:59 PM
    we must not hurt,,it's a matter of facts...
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