Last year, after the screening of a film which I wrote, I was confronted by a number of critics and entertainment writers, accusing me of being “anti-gay” for having shown gays as “predators”, casting the bakla in a bad light. Several months before, I delivered a lecture at a poetry workshop in UP on gay poetry and the poetics of gender. I was also accused of being “anti-gay” for talking about the need to veer away from titi-centric gay poetry: poetry centered on the phallus, reeking of semen and sweat.
Muli is an attempt to clarify my position. I’m not against the depiction of gay sex, no matter how graphic, in poetry, fiction, or film. But neither do I believe that gays should always be deified in literature or in cinema: that there is only one way of depicting the bakla. Or, that gay films should always center on sex and sexual acrobatics, or that gay writers should only talk about their being gay, shoving the bakla to other people’s faces.
There was a spate of gay films in recent years, and as expected, said films tried to outdo each other by showing men’s body at the slightest provocation. I’ve been offered to write a number of gay-themed films, perhaps, because there is a market for such films. But as always, the producers always want a skin flick, in the guise of doing a drama, or worse, art film. Having wrtten skin flicks in the early years of my career as a writer, I could detect if the producer is a concerned artist who only wants to recoup his investment via a gay skin flick, or a con-artist who wants to dupe actors and film crews to rake in money by passing on the project as art.
I understand that, coming from a “marginal” position; gay writers should be cautious in crafting the image of the bakla being written on the page and projected on screen. But I believe that there should be a multi-faceted projection of that image. Because the bakla is not just a bakla, but a lawyer, a cadre, an engineer; and yes, a screaming faggot, and a predator at times.
Thus, Muli, tries to give a changing picture of the bakla for the past four decades, even within and outside the Communist Party, which is considered a bastion of the most progressive thoughts in conservative Philippine society. And since I’m a hopeless romantic, I would want to convey a positive, long-lasting gay relationship, which I think is now possible, despite the tragedy of our lives as gays.
Isa sa pinakamagandang gay indie film na napanood ko. Panoorin niyo mga shupatid!
cogie sana lahat ng actors tularan ka! lol maghubad na pelikula na parang wala lang!
Sana tuloy tuloy na paghuhubad n Cogie
sobra kong crush si Cogie ang sexy nya
Gwapong gwapo!
One of the best gay movies I have watched so far. Papanoorin ko sya ulit.
May frontal ba dito ng kahit hindi ng mga lead stars?
pesteeeeeeeeeeeee
nakapagjakol ako ng walang oras
pesteeeeeeee again
yan c cogie na chupa yan ng boss kung stylist
basta tanung mo nalang sa stylist ng folio magazine.
after antonio, ito lang ang matinong local gay film na napanuod ko. all the rest puro exploitative at basura!
25K pa rin ba asking price ni Cogie o nagtaas na dahil sumisikat na siya ulit?
undeniably the best tagalog film about gay love story!
a must see and a must have for film collection!
siguradong great reception itong tagalog film na ito sa international exhibition kasi solid ang istorya.
great job!
yey! sa wakas mapapanood ko na rin ang “Muli”
I will definitely watch again and again. I would love to have the DVD. Ang ganda ng movie. Very touching…
Agree ako sa comment ng mga filmakers. Puro ka-cheapang gay films ang ginagawa ng indie producers natin. Tipong kahit sila mababa ang tingin nila sa mga gays. Kaya tuloy ang mga tao sa Pinas mababa ang tingin sa gays. Pag gays dapat maingay, malandi, mahilig sa sex, puro lalaki ang iniisip. Which is untrue. Maraming gays ang matitino. May career driven, may romantic, may demure etc. I say support gay films that reflect the amazing stories and empower the gays.
oo nga matino nga ang pelikula, pero tingnan nyo naman ang mga pics na pampromote nila. maga hubad na katawan lead actors, wala ring pinagkaiba!
cogie too! sino ba naman ang tatanggi sa chupa kung babayaran ka ng 25,0000 pesos or even more!!!! nasarapan ka na yumaman ka pa! kaya naniniwala ako sa mga artistang “gay for pay” na yan! but the question is how do you go about “booking” these celebs sa mga katulad nating average person na may pambayad din naman!
That was a good insight from the film-maker. Gays, just like guys and girls alike can be anyone, who they want to be…
ang taas naman ng pinanggagalingang moralidad ng writer ng muli. ang linis. sabagay, palanca awardee nga naman. ay, judge nga pala sa nakaraang palanca, kung saan nanalo uli siya, ay si adolf alix na lagi nyang direktor. at sya nga pala, produced ito ng kaibigan niyang si noel ferrer na manager ni cogie.
tama, wag nga namang laging sex ang isipin ng mga bakla. lalo na at kamukha nyo si jerry gracio. mabuhay!
Sanay naman yan si Cogie sa M2M sex eh for reel and real 🙂
I was disappointed with this film when it was screened in UP. When the characters got old, it wasn’t convincing enough because the make-up was bad. Really horrible make-up. Nasira tuloy yung concentration ko kasi rather than see through their characters, I couldn’t get past the bad make-up kasi it’s on their face. In short, hindi wrinkles kundi makapal na pulbos ang makikita. Sayang.
Lahat ng indie films puro kabaklaan, lahat ng actors either upcoming actors who have no choice but to accept this roles to be noticed OR known actors who have no money but need to maintain their lifestyle, like cogie, yes pahada din yan, haaay puro kabaklaan , bakit wala bang ibang topic na puwedeng gawin sa indie film
I love Cogie. Parang ambango nya lagi.
Dapat gawan ng gay film sina Cogie and Patrick Garcia din. Yung bang mga good boys ang dating tapos background e mga casino o poker. Poker Boys ang title….
I couldn’t agree more! This is a good gay movie!
ang sarap mo Sid Lucero! anakan mo ko!
cogie? sexy ang taba nya noh
undoubtedly the BEST GAY FILM to come out in recent years. Hats off to both Cogie and Sid. They’ve proven that they’re really ACTORS.
hoy mga echoserang frog bka kyo p bigyan ng 25k ni cogie noh.mayaman cna cogie at ndi nyo katulad na mga pooritang vakla. makahawak lang kyo ng 25k im sure nanginginig na mga pagkatao nyo kc poor kyo at ngayon lang kyo hahawak ng ganun halaga tapos sasabihin nyo bobook nyo c cogie ng 25k?hallerrrrrrrrrr hala ipakain nyo n lang sa family nyo yan.bka kyo p bigyan ni cogie ng pera at me kasamang dura para sa pagkatao nyo.mga ambisyosang ito kakainit ng ulo.hala magsipagtrabaho na mga vakla ng me malamon ang pamilya nyo at ndi ung inuubos nyo money nyo sa kkahada.
got cogie for 30K last month. kung tutuusin hindi talaga worth it, napaka out of shape at losyang na losyang na siya. iniisip ko na lang yung dating cogie domingo na pinagpapantasyahan ko habang hinaharvush ko sha. hay.
don’t forget about the homosexual witch!
hay naku pwede ba manahimik na lang yang mga bakla na walang kaalam alam sa booking scene! nagmumukha lang kayong tanga sa totoo lang! kung gusto nyong manahimik ang mga baklang ilusyunada at claiming, manahimik na rin kayong mga ignorante dyan dahil nakakairita rin kayo sa totoo lang! ang kapal pa ng mukhan nitong isang toh na magtawag ng ambisyosa at poorita. hoy bakla, hindi ka lang ignorante, tanga at boba ka pa! at the mere fact na wala kang alam kung sino sa mga artista ang totoong pabook at kung sino ang hindi, malamang ikaw ang parlorista at poorita! dahil ang mga pooritang tulad mo ay automatically shut out sa high class booking scene! tse!
@September 19, 2010 3:52 PM
Tama ka sis. Very well said. Kakainis din tong mga puritang mga baklang walang alam sa booking ng mga actors. Wawa naman sila kung makapagtanggol kala mo naman kilala nila.
so true. ang number 1 na nakakairita dito sa site ni RD ay yung mga ilusyunada. close second ay ang mga todo defend, as if naman may alam talaga sila. in a way, claiming din ang mga lecheng yan. iba man ang kulay, same breed pa rin. pareparehong mga echoserang palaka!
hoy sept 19.11:02 am…hoy ungas na vakla hindi porket mahirap kami e sa halagang 25k na mahawakan or kitain namin ay manginginig na kami,akoy dukhang ahente lang na nakatira sa tabing ilog pero kaya kong kumita ng 25k sa sariling hirap at pawis…
mga baklang cheap kayong lahat…
MAJOR MAJOR ito! Let’s show our force and go na and hindi kayo mapapahiya dito sa movie na ito.
MULI’t muli natin itong panonoorin!
Pelikula na lang ang pag-usapan natin.
‘Wag na yang mga booking issue.
Kaya minsan, napagkakamalan tayong puro katawan lang ang hinahanap. Dapat patunayan din antin sa mga gumagawa ng gay films na may substance and intelligence ang market.
WE ALSO CHOOSE WHAT WE WATCH.
Ipakita natin ito sa pagsuporta dito sa MULI.
Para dumamio ang makabuluhang pelikulang tumatalakay sa ating sektor ng lipunan.
Cheers to more films like MULI!
mga hayok sa laman dapat sa inyo pinapakain sa leon
mga hayok sa laman dapat sa inyo ipakain sa mga parlorista.
Bukas na ito! Let’s go sa mga sinehan.
Sugod mga kafatid! Sugod!
true naman pala talaga na pabook si cogie. kakabook ko lang sa kanya last nite. three words: NOT. WORTH. IT. kahit sa discounted price. sheesh.
sarap lumamon ng titi