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| Cinematography by Carlo Mendoza |
It is a great opportunity to us to see award winning indie film that was made by local Filipino film makers. Thankfully GMA News TV decided to celebrate this Film gems that even most Filipinos themselves are not aware that we have this kind of movies. Indie films doesn't always get a chance to have a wide release sadly, Although the movie get its mainstream release it wasn't get any attention by the reason of other bigger films are there. Even if the film got ton of recognition that might be often blinded average Filipino audience that 'Filipino Movies' came only from Mainstream Philippine Cinema though there's so much thing to talk about that.
Barber's Tales are highly dedicated and a tribute to the deceased great Filipino Film Director Marilou Diaz Abaya, Lana's take on the film got some inspirations to some of Abaya's works, specially movies with a different take on woman like Karnal (1983) and Moral (1982) which takes a different view to a woman's role in a movie that we don't usually see.
Baeber's Tale was set during Ferdinand Marcos Regime back on 1970's and it revolves around the tale of a blunt woman named Marilou (Eugene Domingo) with his husband Jose (Daniel Fernando) just suddenly during the sleep. Marilou was left alone became a widow. Jose was a great Barber who even become the personal barber of Mayor Alfredo Bartolome (Noni Buencaminio) but it was left after his death, now Marilou are on the way to become a barber herself in a very inevitable circumstances, later she became a promising hair-cutter on their place replacing her deceased husband, yet in all through her business as a barber it was enough for her to be caught in middle of the revolution that revolves around during the Marcos Regime and it all start to the work she has been taking on, being a personal barber of Mayor Alfredo who was become allied to Marcos while having a nephew who's involved to New Peoples Army which advocates a rebellion against Marcos Regime. Meeting also the battered wife of Mayor Alfredo, Cecilla (Iza Calzado) who became friend of her who shares a lot of things about herself and lately decided to commit suicide, now all of this revolves to her and it became a psychological challenge fest to Marliou's personality and the people around her.
Eugene Domingo's performance in the film got toned down than the usual roles she takes, in this movie she got more in deeply emotional and candid, We usually see her as a humorous comedic person even in one of the best performance of her in Marlon Rivera's Ang Babae sa Septic Tank have this set of tools of hers, yet her performance on this film itself became a big factor to make it more interesting. Now see Eugene Domingo as not only a face of comedic visualization but also a very versatile actress of this days.
Talking about her performance i cannot allowed my self not to mention other actors and actress that took characters on this movie. Everyone i think nailed their own roles even an man with soldier uniform trying to search a house did the best of himself. The balance between the color and the emotions of every character are equally generates best tone for the film.
I wasn't there to see Barber's Tales on its first released in a local film festival or on its mainstream release but it didn't stop me to seek out on this Lana's new masterpiece in a legal way, finally after 1 year i get a chance to see it on a Television and it was for me a great opportunity as a film enthusiast. We don't get too much of this attention from this indie films but once it was shown to us in the most vulnerable way, it is a chance we should take because we might not have a chance again later.
Barber's Tale tone are the most important aspect i noticed on the movie personally, it was a great use of color pallets to showcase the nature of the time the movie was set. Even in a television an interruptions of advertisements and cuts, i was able to stay on the page where i was watching and felt the authenticity that the movie try to express. Unpredictable narrative and intense encounters builds up to the entirety of the film, although sometimes this things was reached out by some odds of the film that brings like the lack of build up on the characters we thought we can care about or root for.
Lana's take on the film was very exquisite, i was deeply fond on it the way he handles the characters relationship even if in some cases it is problem, i don't any history of Lana's work to really get into the deep ends of his film-making style but it will surely notice.
Overall i think Barber's Tales is worth film to see by any other means, its artistic master piece of Lana's careful talent of directing. Although it lacks of some build up at some point it still manages to stay on level that this movie should be. I love it when the movie is aware of its own level, because it really showcase the true ends of the movie.
I will give Barber's Tales a solid 8/10.
Indie Kalibre will continue this Saturday, May 16 following Dante Nico Garcia's Plonning starring Judy Ann Santos, you surely don't want to miss it. For more info check this Indie Kalibre
Talking about her performance i cannot allowed my self not to mention other actors and actress that took characters on this movie. Everyone i think nailed their own roles even an man with soldier uniform trying to search a house did the best of himself. The balance between the color and the emotions of every character are equally generates best tone for the film.
I wasn't there to see Barber's Tales on its first released in a local film festival or on its mainstream release but it didn't stop me to seek out on this Lana's new masterpiece in a legal way, finally after 1 year i get a chance to see it on a Television and it was for me a great opportunity as a film enthusiast. We don't get too much of this attention from this indie films but once it was shown to us in the most vulnerable way, it is a chance we should take because we might not have a chance again later.
Barber's Tale tone are the most important aspect i noticed on the movie personally, it was a great use of color pallets to showcase the nature of the time the movie was set. Even in a television an interruptions of advertisements and cuts, i was able to stay on the page where i was watching and felt the authenticity that the movie try to express. Unpredictable narrative and intense encounters builds up to the entirety of the film, although sometimes this things was reached out by some odds of the film that brings like the lack of build up on the characters we thought we can care about or root for.
Lana's take on the film was very exquisite, i was deeply fond on it the way he handles the characters relationship even if in some cases it is problem, i don't any history of Lana's work to really get into the deep ends of his film-making style but it will surely notice.
Overall i think Barber's Tales is worth film to see by any other means, its artistic master piece of Lana's careful talent of directing. Although it lacks of some build up at some point it still manages to stay on level that this movie should be. I love it when the movie is aware of its own level, because it really showcase the true ends of the movie.
I will give Barber's Tales a solid 8/10.
Indie Kalibre will continue this Saturday, May 16 following Dante Nico Garcia's Plonning starring Judy Ann Santos, you surely don't want to miss it. For more info check this Indie Kalibre
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