Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Rigodon




Tomorrow this movie, Rigodon, will be showing in theaters with two cuts R-16 for SM and a Director's cut of R-18 in all other cinemas.

This is a movie that we did on and off for 8 months.

I know the first question that pops in everyone's mind: In these times, is an adult movie still relevant?

It surely is.  Rigodon, once titled Punto De Bista, was a script we already had for 4 years now.  From a director who has done several adult movies, Scorpio Nights 2, Ekis, Dos Ekis and Prosti, it would be easy to dismiss this new film of mine as somewhat predictable. So how then can I claim Rigodon to be relevant?

As someone who loves the industry I'm in and who adores all sorts of movies, we all wish that we could get to see other kinds of movies in our theaters other than Twilight: Breaking Dawn.  You wish that there would be movies that would cater to any mood, topic and flavor without judgment on its moralistic stance.

I have been fighting to get this movie made not because I only want to see nudity in our movies but also because I want a variety of movies to thrive in our industry and nurture a movie audience that will be open to anything and everything cinema can offer.

The past years we saw a surge of local rom-coms and low budget horror movies with the occasional indie offering that has become predictably formulaic.  Other than that, we turn to Hollywood and foreign movies to get a different serving in our movie-watching appetite.

Rigodon is relevant as a movie that dares to challenge what can be shown in Philippine cinema nowadays.  it is relevant to give the audience a different kind of experience other than what we're used to.

It may not be a film for everyone, but it certainly deserves a space in our movie houses.