Experience ‘Serbis’ in HD

  
by Julius Roden
Posted on INQUIRER.net Cybervision
September 22, 2009
 
 
Screened in several international film festivals in Europe and America, award-winning movie
director Brillante Mendoza brings “Serbis” on home video.

As the evolution of filmmaking leaps forward, better disregard critics with bad reviews, failed attempt to bring back trophies from Cannes, huge production set. Unleash creativity and witness a new technique to refresh the movie world that is, instead.

On cyberspace, promotional pictures of indie film actor Coco Martin spread like a disease including citizens on the internet with comments, of course. Be it as it may, constructive, nasty, off-topic, none of the above, it attracted many Filipinos to discuss thoughts and opinions that magnetized more and more netizens, just the way the producers wanted it to be.

Perhaps, you are one of those who think that this movie is another Filipino indie film loaded with a lot of nudity and rough sex coming up with an excuse that it is for the sake of art. May I include the very controversial movie poster that obviously wanted to expose sexual favors catered in old movie theaters in various cities in the Philippines?

As for me, I watched “Serbis” on home video. It was in high definition so I totally enjoyed every scene. Simple as that. I don’t want to talk about why most netizens posted insights that indie films are just about gay people, lewd scenes, sex and violence because I know that I can make my own perspective, focus on my own thoughts and reach manifestation without affecting other people’s own creation.

Brilliant is Brillante Mendoza with all due respect.

Resembling some shots of “Serbis” like artistic Chinese films is something that made me stay on my seat when I was watching it.

Though the sound of local vehicles like pedicabs in the background was a little bit annoying at the beginning, I realized it was part of the ambiance so viewers could absorb the detailed information in every scenario.

A very nice picture without holding back.

As a filmmaker, I want to produce and direct a film like this one. Not the story but rather the beauty of it all. The color of pictures, lights, sound, emotions, smell and the vibrational human beings driven with its drama deep within oneself, solidifying per se in this common illusion of time space reality.