Manila Gay Guy

Sa himbing ng tulog ko ang panaginip ko’y ikaw
At sa aking paggising ikaw pa rin ang lahat
Ilang taon akong kumapit ng pagkahigpit
Parang malinaw ang lahat kahit nakapikit
At umasa ako na lagi kang kasama
Basta’t ang nais ko’y laging kapiling ka

Ngunit tamis ng pag-ibig ay
Pinatatabang ng panahon
Hindi lahat ng kwento’y masayang nagwawakas
At bago ko namalayan, hindi mo na ko kailangan
At ako’y muli ngayong nag-iisa.

from the song “Ako Lang Ang Nagmahal” by Vince de Jesus. As performed by Manilyn Reynes:
Ako Lang Siguro Ang Nagmahal – Manilyn Reynes

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Coming to video stores near you.

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Anobeh!

From here.

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The makers of the straight-to-video film “Summer Boys” sent these to me, photos by Dave Fabros, of the film’s men who will surely whet your appetites… coming soon!

In the 2nd photo (L-R): Marco Posadas, Jay-Ar Sales, Jamil Basa, Jeff Luna, and Mike Acuna.

Release date for the video will be mid- to end of September.

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How are you and your dad? Or perhaps, you and your mom? Watch.

Credits: Constantin Pilavios

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BoY is the newest gay-themed indie film of director Auraeus Solito.

“BoY” is a coming-of-age story about a boy who falls in love with a Macho Dancer. A young budding poet (Adam Asin), who is unnamed, observes lip-synching drag-queens and dancing rent-boys in a gay bar one evening and finds himself attracted to Aries (Aries Pena), who comes from a poorer part of town. Selling his action heroes and comic books so as to be able to afford Aries for one night, he buys Aries at the bar and brings him home for the new year. Sparks fly while celebratory fireworks go off outside the house and the boys forge a fragile connection that neither of them is certain will last. This is an idealistic, coming-of-age tale of a sensitive boy who arrives at his first lesson about love and who learns to grow confidently into his own sexuality. [source]

BoY is going to be shown on July 24/Fri, 6:15PM at the Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theatre).

Watch the trailer:

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I love the film “Meet Joe Black.” That is why, as we close the workweek, I echo my most favorite movie line, spoken by Bill Parrish (Anthony Hopkins) to his daughter. These are the same words I want to impart to all of you:

I want you to get swept away. I want you to levitate.
I want you to sing with rapture and dance like a dervish.
Be deliriously happy. Or at least leave yourself open to be.
I know it’s a cornball thing but love is passion,
obsession, someone you can’t live without.
If you don’t start with that, what are you going to end up with?
I say fall head over heels. Find someone you can
love like crazy and who’ll love you the same way back.
And how do you find him? Forget your head and listen
to your heart… Run the risk, if you get hurt, you’ll come back.
Because, the truth is there is no sense living your
life without this. To make the journey and not
fall deeply in love — well, you haven’t lived a life at all.
You have to try. Because if you haven’t tried,
you haven’t lived… Stay open. Who knows?
Lightning could strike.

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Janvier Daily resurfaces in the indie movie scene through Monti Parungao’s Bayaw. He is joined by veteran indie actor Paolo Rivero and newcomer Andrew Miguel. Enjoy the following promo pics, and the trailer…

Watch the trailer:

Bayaw premieres as an exhibition film in the 2009 Cinemalaya Film Festival on 21 July 2009 (9PM) at the Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theater).

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People use rituals to help them in their transitions. Endings, in particular, are celebrated in many ways. For some people, when they end relationships, they clean out things given to them by their separated other half. Some would return, some give away, and others burn. For me, it is this. This is my ritual – recording a favorite Neruda poem, translated in Filipino, to formally end my chapter with Marco. This marks the end, but also a new beginning.

Tonight I Can Write The Saddest Lines
Maisusulat ko ang pinakamalulungkot na tula ngayong gabi
ni Pablo Neruda (Salin ni Jose Lacaba)

Maisusulat ko ang pinakamalulungkot na tula ngayong gabi.

Maisusulat, halimbawa: “Ang gabi’y mabituin,
at nanginginig, asul, ang mga tala sa dako pa roon.”

Umiikot sa langit ang hangin ng gabi, umaawit.

Maisusulat ko ang pinakamalulungkot na tula ngayong gabi.
Siya’y inibig ko, at kung minsan ako’y inibig din niya.

Sa mga gabing tulad nito, niyakap ko siyang mahigpit
at hinagkan sa lilim ng walang-hanggang langit.

Ako’y inibig niya, kung minsan siya’y inibig ko rin.
Paanong hindi iibigin ang mga mata niyang malamlam?

Maisusulat ko ang pinakamalulungkot na tula ngayong gabi.
Isipin lang: Hindi ko siya kapiling. Nawala siya sa akin.

Dinggin ang gabing malawak, mas malawak pagkat wala siya.
At ang tula’y pumapatak sa diwa, parang hamog sa parang.

Ano ngayon kung di siya mapangalagaan ng aking pag-ibig?
Ang gabi’y mabituin, at siya’y hindi ko kapiling.

Iyon lamang. Sa malayo, may umaawit. Sa malayo.
Diwa ko’y hindi mapalagay sa kanyang pagkawala.

Anyong lalapit ang paningin kong naghahanap sa kanya.
Puso’y naghahanap sa kanya, at siya’y hindi kapiling.

Ito ang dating gabing nagpaputi sa mga dating punongkahoy.
Tayo, na nagmula sa panahong iyon, ay di na tulad ng dati.

Hindi ko na siya iniibig, oo, pero inibig ko siyang lubos.
Tinig ko’y humalik sa hangin para dumampi sa kanyang pandinig.

Sa iba. Siya’y sa iba na. Tulad ng mga dati kong halik.
Tinig, maningning na katawan. Mga matang walang-hanggan.

Hindi ko na siya iniibig, oo, pero baka iniibig ko siya.
Napakaikli ng pag-ibig, at napakabata ng paglimot.

Pagkat sa mga gabing tulad nito’y yakap ko siyang mahigpit,
diwa ko’y di mapalagay sa kanyang pagkawala.

Ito marahil ang huling hapding ipadarama niya sa akin,
at ito na marahil ang huling tulang iaalay ko sa kanya.

Listen: (2 min 37 sec)

Download this recording (right click and save) – 2.4 MB

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The Bakla Review (TBR), the undisputed expert in Philippine gay film criticism, says of the movie “Dose” –

There’s no nudity, and a “penetration” consummates only towards the end, but Dose is a decidedly sexual journey. It’s the story of a boy’s coming of age, yet the genius of the movie is that it acknowledges the boy’s sexuality as something to be anticipated and inevitable, a thing of the future, but also a tactile presence, already happening… I found it touching, funny, sad, and exhilarating. This is a gay coming of age that’s deeper, braver, edgier than Ang Pagdadalaga Ni Maximo Oliveros (The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros) or Ang Lihim Ni Antonio (Antonio’s Secret).

TBR says more here (a full review), and then in the end gives the film an “A” rating. I missed the movie when it was shown last year, but here’s good news from Senedy Que, the director of “Dose”:

hi. hope all is well … my directorial debut, “Dose,” will have a one-week engagement at Robinson’s Galleria Indiesine July 1 to 7. It stars Yul Servo, Emilio Garcia, and introducing Fritz Arvhie Chavez as the 12-year-old boy at the center of this disturbing tale about love, lust, and loss of innocence … In Dose, love knows no age or gender. senedy que

July 1 to 7, then. See you there.

In the photo below: Senedy Que (middle), Dose’s director flanked by Yul Servo (left) and Emilio Garcia (right).

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