And the entire cast was so supportive and helpful.” It was just a matter of positioning, where to go, what to do, but the subtext, the objectives, everything was already there. We knew exactly what the objectives were. We were blocked, we staged it, we had run-throughs, so when we got to the actual filming, it was a breeze because we knew exactly what we were doing, everything memorized. “We had a year practically of rehearsing it. Loy is such an amazing director and such a visionary that we would have tedious rehearsals.”, said Lauchengco-Yulo. “The filming experience I actually miss because it was the most wonderful and amazing process. Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo recounts the experience with warm nostalgia. He went through a year of rehearsals with the cast to make sure they got everything from script, to blocking, to their characters’ objectives, before they even started filming. Those 4 years also included a grueling one-year rehearsal process, helmed by none other than renowned director Loy Arcenas. Making the film was far from easy, having to raise 25 million to make it (a tall order compared to the 2 million they needed to raise for ‘Katy! the Musical’, and 6 million to raise for ‘Ang Larawan the Musical’) and spending 4 years developing and editing the work.
“Our national artists are here in this book.
The book will be available in National Bookstore soon.
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While audiences wait for it to come to the big screen, they can purchase Ang Larawan: From Stage to Screen, a book which shows the development of Nick Joaquin’s original English play, A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino, to Rolando Tinio’s libretto of Ang Larawan the Musical, to the screenplay of Ang Larawan the Movie edited by Legaspi’s daughter Waya Gallardo. “How do we reintroduce them to love literature? To love Philippine literature? You have to reintroduce his greatest work and that’s what has kept us motivated.” That’s why it’s Portrait of an Artist as a Filipino.” Rodis wistfully explains. What kept them motivated all these years? “I think you know if you met Nick Joaquin you would want to reintroduce him to future generations because he was just so… he just got it. “If we don’t get into the Metro Manila Film Festival this year, then we’ll have to show it in February.” “I think the biggest challenge right now is for us to get into the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) because it is our duty as producers to show Ang Larawan to the biggest audience that we can find, and that’s really the biggest audience that we can find this year.”, said Legaspi. Chosen entries will be announced on November 17. Legaspi and Rodis will try their luck again on the second round of selections, now based on the finished films. The film gained a lot of public support when it was announced last June that it was rejected for the Metro Manila Film Festival’s (MMFF) during the festival’s first round that based selections off screenplays. “The first time that I heard the music of Ryan Cayabyab with the libretto of Rolando, I told Girlie this is our masterpiece,” said Legaspi.
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Other cast members include some of the best actors in the theater scene, including Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo, Nonie Buencamino, Sandino Martin, Cris Villonco, Aicelle Santos, and TV and film stars Paulo Avelino and Rayver Cruz. Many years later, while Legaspi was already on what she calls “retirement mode”, Rodis convinced her to make the stage musical into a musical film.įor the Ang Larawan film, West End and Filipino theater actress Joanna Ampil plays the role of Candida opposite Alejandro who plays Paula.
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