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Cinemalaya 2008: Jay Wins!
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Cinemalaya 2008 is over, and Jay has just been declared Best Picture, its lead actor Baron Geisler, Best Actor.
[In the photo above, Baron Geisler with Jay co-actor, Coco Martin. Photo from Baron's Multiply site.]
From Gibbs Cadiz:
“Jay… (is) for me the unexpected triumph of the festival. Thank God for a movie like this–something long overdue given the insidious pervasiveness of our vapid TV culture. Spare, deadpan, brutally hilarious, Jay comments on–nay, eviscerates–the sheer artificiality and untruth of so-called reality television. And it does this without raising a voice–or, rather, without its damn good lead actor, Baron Geisler, doing so.
“Playing a sweetly manipulative TV reporter who’d do anything, including re-creating scenes of genuine tragedy, to get his story, Geisler paces through his chores with nary a flutter of his gay character’s well-scrubbed hands. He keeps everything soft-spoken, low-key, and yet by the end he conveys, with enormous power, the monstrous deceit of his actions. That precise, economical performance becomes the unblinking insider’s eye that lets us take a peek at the fraudulent myth-making he creates for our tawdry consumption.”
I am sure Jay will get a more commercial screening run (UP Sched below)… watch out for it. I highly recommend it!
And I think Baron Geisler is really deserving to win the Best Actor trophy… go to Baron’s Multiply site and drop him a congratulatory note!
Sched of Cinemalaya films at UP Cine Adarna:
Monday, July 28
5 pm BABY ANGELO by Joel Ruiz / Abi Aquino
7 pm CONCERTO by Paul Alexander Y. Morales
Tuesday, July 29
5 pm JAY by Francis Xavier E. Pacion
7 pm HULING PASADA by Paul P. Sta. Ana
Wednesday, July 30
5 pm BRUTUS by Tara Illenberger
7 pm NAMETS by Emilio “Jay” Abello VI
Thursday, July 31
5 pm 100 by Christopher D. Martinez
7 pm MY FAKE AMERICAN ACCENT by Onnah C. Valera/Ned Trespeces
Monday, Aug 4
5 pm BOSES by Ellen Ongkeko-Marfil / Froi Medina
7 pm RANCHERO by Michael Cardoz
Tuesday, Aug 5
5 pm SHORTS A
7 pm SHORTS B
Wednesday, Aug 6
5 pm BRUTUS by Tara Illenberger
7 pm JAY by Francis Xavier E. Pacion
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sino yung kasama ni Baron sa picture???
Aaron at Jul 20, 08 at 10:13 pm
Aaron,
si coco martin yun
chismoso at Jul 20, 08 at 10:23 pm
will try to watch its screening hope it really is good
Shikamaru at Jul 21, 08 at 3:57 am
Jay nga nanalo? I missed the awards night e
Kai at Jul 21, 08 at 10:49 am
Magaling talagang actor si Baron, pero hindi ko siya gusto. Ewan ko ba.
Destiny at Jul 21, 08 at 11:41 am
pagbutihin mo sana boy, wag lang ang akting kundi pati ang life mo, good luck to you!!
lordmanilastone at Jul 21, 08 at 3:18 pm
Hey Migs, ever know if these films would be shown here in Cebu?
alex at Jul 22, 08 at 9:02 am
watch namets.
deliciously filling to watch.
jimmy_neutron at Jul 24, 08 at 1:02 pm
[...] Geisler is the lead character in the award-winning Cinemalaya indie movie “Jay” — where he won Best Actor. Coco Martin was in the same movie, as a supporting actor. [...]
Coco Martin and Baron Geisler | manila gay guy at Aug 21, 08 at 9:10 pm
effective acting portrayal of baron..simply annoying..coco martin’s presences is really something else specially the scene in the chapel where baron and coco is have their photo session..i really love coco’s reaction while baron is teasing him..simply natural..simple but an acting piece..
searchjann at Sep 3, 09 at 8:45 pm