michiekopielago
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One of Dolphy's more critically acclaimed performances. He does have four roles in this comedy. Most stand-out-ish being the evil gay devil making life miserable for the old man wanting another shot at youth, also played by him. A young Babalu is also there for laughs, but not nearly enough as I had hoped.
The thing with a lot of these old features from the Philippines, the movies are long and they want to serve a little bit of everything. And more times than not it makes the experience feel disjointed, as you get your various sequences in sections. Like a drama portion, something sexy, slapstick, music, action, and so on, along with absolute random ideas they improvise along the way. It takes the story in all directions, making things feel absurd and boring at the same time because the composition isn't refined enough to make a connection. You just got to understand that's the way a lot of these films are like, and with that often comes a lot of charm in the rough.
Omeng Satanasia (1977) has a lot of that raunchy 70s feel with mockery down in hell and all kinds of hunt for sexy meat up above. Weird and inappropriate, which was what made the period so vibrant. Not that they manage to keep that vibrancy through-out, but enough to at least make it a bizarre one.
The thing with a lot of these old features from the Philippines, the movies are long and they want to serve a little bit of everything. And more times than not it makes the experience feel disjointed, as you get your various sequences in sections. Like a drama portion, something sexy, slapstick, music, action, and so on, along with absolute random ideas they improvise along the way. It takes the story in all directions, making things feel absurd and boring at the same time because the composition isn't refined enough to make a connection. You just got to understand that's the way a lot of these films are like, and with that often comes a lot of charm in the rough.
Omeng Satanasia (1977) has a lot of that raunchy 70s feel with mockery down in hell and all kinds of hunt for sexy meat up above. Weird and inappropriate, which was what made the period so vibrant. Not that they manage to keep that vibrancy through-out, but enough to at least make it a bizarre one.
Tirador is a good film in all aspects. The movie depicts the life of petty criminals and common folks in a colony in Manila who has immense faith in the local politicians. We see varied images of the colony from middle aged men, the youth and the teenage whose lives are intertwined with each other. What we see is not the jaded characters with exaggerated plot around them but realistic characters with ordinary problems surrounding them.
The film opens late into the night and a raid is ongoing in search of illegal products in the colony and sometimes we can only see through the light from the flashlight. The director has cleverly used this entire opening sequence to show the various kinds of people in the society and their lives. And what ensues in the film is about these people tackling the tensions and troubles in the colony.
Another thing I have to mention about this movie is the cinematography. Not even in a single shot is steady and that is not a bad thing. It suits the movie in all respective. It is as if we are glancing through the lives of these people in the colony. I think, that is brilliant way of communicating with the viewer. I have seen several movies shot in similar way but it suits this movie the most.
The film opens late into the night and a raid is ongoing in search of illegal products in the colony and sometimes we can only see through the light from the flashlight. The director has cleverly used this entire opening sequence to show the various kinds of people in the society and their lives. And what ensues in the film is about these people tackling the tensions and troubles in the colony.
Another thing I have to mention about this movie is the cinematography. Not even in a single shot is steady and that is not a bad thing. It suits the movie in all respective. It is as if we are glancing through the lives of these people in the colony. I think, that is brilliant way of communicating with the viewer. I have seen several movies shot in similar way but it suits this movie the most.
