tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21130453.post115468469669538573..comments2023-11-03T01:51:03.793-07:00Comments on come leap into this compost heap: Bona Comes BackMichael U. Obenietahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947614079852750873noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21130453.post-1158131431983540862006-09-13T00:10:00.000-07:002006-09-13T00:10:00.000-07:00Ironically, Mario O'Hara has a wonderful script fo...Ironically, Mario O'Hara has a wonderful script for him. Titled "Garbo," it's about an aging gay transvestite who had a son; the son is on the run for killing a gangster, and the father (who the son doesn't know is his father) hides him in his apartment for safekeeping. Philip plays the gay transvestite.<BR/><BR/>They've never worked before. I wish O'Hara could get it produced--it might actually be pretty good.Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21130453.post-1157792603418326542006-09-09T02:03:00.000-07:002006-09-09T02:03:00.000-07:00In the end, considering how Philip now seems a car...In the end, considering how Philip now seems a caricature of his former thespic stature, karma does have a way against exploiters like Gardo. It was a dire portent of things to come, that simmering pot of water splashed at Philip at the film's end.MICHAEL U. OBENIETAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03720313986932051046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21130453.post-1157772535235438762006-09-08T20:28:00.000-07:002006-09-08T20:28:00.000-07:00No, I'm working on an article right now. It was a ...No, I'm working on an article right now. <BR/><BR/>It was a big scandal, how Brocka sided with Philip and fought all his friends in PETA against Philip. Everyone thought he was a talentless boy toy and Brocka thought he could do something with him (Brocka was right, but so were they). <BR/><BR/>Looking at Bona again, I can't help but think it's almost like an expose of what Philip's like, as if Brocka was Bona (even rhymes), and Philip was himself (duh). Was the role of Gardo Brocka's way of teasing, maybe testing, maybe even punishing Philip? I wonder.Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21130453.post-1157619848621831272006-09-07T02:04:00.000-07:002006-09-07T02:04:00.000-07:00Hi, Noel! Great of you to drop by and post a note....Hi, Noel! Great of you to drop by and post a note. Hey, do you have a review of Bona? Will check your blog asap.MICHAEL U. OBENIETAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03720313986932051046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21130453.post-1157601876558735322006-09-06T21:04:00.000-07:002006-09-06T21:04:00.000-07:00Is that how they were trying to put it? That Brock...Is that how they were trying to put it? That Brocka was trying to make it a Philip vehicle? Possible. At the time, he was promoting Philip to high heavens as his next star.<BR/><BR/>Philip can be fine, can do well when used well, but it was Brocka's skill at handling him, and Brocka's insistence on finding good material for him (the Pete Lacaba script of Jaguar comes to mind), Brocka's care in using his best angles and best takes that really made him as an actor. When he went into others' hands he just didn't register all that well. <BR/><BR/>Yes, Bona's a tremendous film, one of Aunor's best performances.Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.com