'Bontoc' 1977 (FPJ)
"Bontoc", an FPJ action flick, was partly filmed at the Lutheran Seminary in Baguio in 1976.There were several movies shot around the place when we were kids but the most memorable of them all was this. I remember vividly FPJ and Paquito Diaz on a shootout behind some pine trees. The director would shout "take 3" because the crew had to blow up fake blood into Paquito's body at the right time. After the whole shoot, we spent our time collecting spent blank shells instead of autographs. A year after, my family somehow managed to watch it at Harrison theater in Manila and it was more awesome. ..
Igorot-themed movies made in Manila even up to the present are snickered upon by many fellow Cordillerans or Igorots due to inappropriate depiction and the usual sensationalism or commercialism involved...With mainstream media, indie movies and the internet, Igorot-themed movies are now making their mark with more corrective measures...Hoping to see someday an Igorot movie outfit making it to Cannes, Berlin, Tokyo or Toronto.... or even Hollywood. :)
For FPJ "Da King", the man who could have been President...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTtU2II81Zg
http://fpj-daking.blogspot.com/2008/09/bontoc-1977-at-cinema-fpj-sept13.html
Igorot-themed movies made in Manila even up to the present are snickered upon by many fellow Cordillerans or Igorots due to inappropriate depiction and the usual sensationalism or commercialism involved...With mainstream media, indie movies and the internet, Igorot-themed movies are now making their mark with more corrective measures...Hoping to see someday an Igorot movie outfit making it to Cannes, Berlin, Tokyo or Toronto.... or even Hollywood. :)
For FPJ "Da King", the man who could have been President...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTtU2II81Zg
http://fpj-daking.blogspot.com/2008/09/bontoc-1977-at-cinema-fpj-sept13.html