We just finished a 23 hour long day 1 shoot of our new film "Laruang Lalake", directed by Joselito Altarejos under Lexuality Entertainment (Yes! There is now such an entity!). Together with our hard working actors Arjay Carreon, Richard Quan, Mon Confiado and Marco Morales (and several other daring new ones), some lucky Lexuality readers, we all witnessed a new film unfold before our eyes.
Lexuality reader Snakey Dreyfus writes about his memorable experience on theset of Laruang Lalake:
"As a former closeted fan of indie films, I have always been infinitely curious about what happens in front of the camera. As much as these films kept on winning international film festival, this was not the reason why I watched them. I have had countless dreams of subconsciously made-up scenarios; awake and otherwise, of young “up and coming” actors parading in front of me in various stages of undress. Those were the days (and nights) of visions of Antonio (he still is my forever crush), Mateo and even Tito Jo! I knew that it was every PLU’s longing to be a witness of this most mysterious and intriguing of rituals – the making of an indie gay film.
And lo and behold, I had a chance to see the first day shoot of Jay Altarejos’ “LARUANG LALAKI”. First time producer and writer...Lex Bonife gave an ALL ACCESS pass to a number of loyal followers of LEXUALITY, his blog."
Snakey continues, "I had a lot of preconceived notions of what to expect, I daydreamed of what I wanted to see. And boy did I shatter those expectations! What I had was even better!"
"I realized a movie set is a complex system of specialties. From the staff members, to the camera men (one of them is definitely hot by the way), to the bit players, to the production, to the actors etc. etc. I became conscious that I was in a roomful of very special artists. It was then that I lost the “malice” that I was thinking about, considering im in an indie set with a very interesting and thought provoking title. I thought I was an artist myself until I saw the dedication and the almost static energy of creativity around me. My respects and admiration flowed to each and everyone."
"The shoot was a memorable experience. To wrap it up without putting in spoilers for the benefit of the thousands of audiences that this movie will generate, I will sum it up that it would be one of the most talked about film in months to come (not that I know anything much about the story other than the bits and pieces that I was able to piece together)"
"All I can say right now is; Marco Morales is a nice guy with a very magnetic presence, Arjay Carreon is shy with an intense personality and tremendous angst (and very cute), Mark Xander Fabillar deserves to be called (vegan)prince being able to look like an angel after toiling it off the whole day... Mon Confiado, Richard Quan and the rest of the cast were superb to watch; you can almost see them shift from real life to character. And I should not forget those 3 appealing dancers."
"In summary, all I want you to really know is watch out for the bath scene, the feathers and the product of a whole bunch of artists. LARUANG LALAKI is something I can’t almost wait to see."
Thank you Snakey for writing this post in your facebook account. And thank you for the rest who shared this wonderful experience. My apologies for those I cannot accomodate since our venue is quite small. But I will definitely give away FREE invites to the premiere of this film.
We are doing the day 2 shoot next week in some dark alley along Rizal avenue in Manila.
Thank you guys for all your support.
