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| carlo: an uncompromising film director |
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| beck: the hollywood music artist who sticked to being "indie" |
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| carlo in naked form |
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| carlo with his "sarah" |
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| film poster and mains stars of the film "sabado" |
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| nico locco: foreign actor who is the main lead actor of "sabado" |
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| nico brings a different texture in the film "sabado" |
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| director carlo with his staff and stars |
I have always loved and admired artists, directors, ordinary celebrities, singers & musicians, actors and actresses- and the likes, who doesn't "commercialize" themselves and doesn't abuse the statuses of their very beings by compromising much and taking-in everything that money and material wealth could bring upon them.
We remembered now how one Music Artist/Singer by the name of Beck (or Beck Hansen), who rose to Fame in early 1990's with his experimental kind of Music, succeeded in having his own IDENTITY. He became very sensational at that time and many Mainstream record producers offered him different kinds of recording contracts, amounting to very huge sums that could make him very stable for many years. But Beck refused all the offers and stick it out into becoming an INDIE RECORD PRODUCER. His choice and his decision of remaining independent astounded many Hollywood record producers. But the last laugh still went to Beck. Because his record sales as a recording producer seemed to be more profitable. He became one of the richest record producers in Hollywood, until now.
Like Beck, not compromising. Like Beck, sticking it out with his own beliefs and principles- that, we've been looking for a very long time now to see it in one Filipino artist. And somehow, we're looking at it now to one indie film director by the name of CARLO ALVAREZ.
We've been observing director Carlo for quite a number of years now. And his attitude as a film maker is one thing we've always wanted. Someone who's uncompromising with his works, someone who doesn't want to be dictated by mainstream actors or the 'mainstream king of thing'. He doesn't want his vision as a film maker to be distracted. And that, yes, THAT. That's what we've been wanting to see in a Film Artist for a very long time now.
And as we traced director Carlo's background, we realized he's also a Media Man. He had experiences as a Publisher and as a writer in his younger days. Pretty awesome. That's why he's always been so nice to media people like this blogger (me-rms.*).
Now comes his film SABADO. Based on the trailer of his film, we saw in it a raw kind of vision, images and feelings. It's so trendy and fashionable in some sense, too- almost like a Vogue thing in rhythm, execution and style. Though it's a dark and a highly-suspenseful film, somewhere, you would feel a HEART. And that's what we like the most in every dark film, in every suspenseful film.
Casting a foreign actor with great angst and character is another plus-factor. It would make you feel like you are watching a foreign film and with Filipino actors coming-in as the support. Enough with all those misery films, showing how poor the Philippines is with squatters-area people standing by in ugly faces. We felt, it's enough. Show something more stylish, something more different!
In the days to come, we would be observing more director Carlo Alvarez. He's our bet. And we do like his ATTITUDE.
Carlo and the film SABADO, will be transcending higher the feeling of a wonderful Philippine Cinema. Need we say more?
(P.S.: "SABADO" IS AN OFFICIAL ENTRY FOR GAWAD SINING FILM FESTIVAL AND WILL HAVE A RED-CARPET PREMIERE NIGHT ON DEC. 18, 3 P.M. AT UPFI CINE ADARNA, U.P. DILIMAN. STRICTLY FOR AUDIENCES 16 YEARS OLD AND ABOVE. SEE YOU ALL THERE!---rms.*)
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