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When you say bold or sexy film, it means

this is adult material.

These are "pene" movies.

There are also "ST" and also Titillating films.

Usually, these so called sexy films involve a lot of sex scenes.

There are love scenes and boobs exposure.

I wasn't wearing a bra.

With wet look,

boobs are visible.

The audience are looking forward to pumping scenes.

It's usually daring and steamy.

In other words, usually our sexy films are fantasies.

What is sexy?

"Bomba in the '70s,

bold in the '80s,

and now '90s ST, or TF Films as they call it."

"In the past, actors can only do wet looks."

"Frontal nudity is now often seen."

"Let's undress these films"

"and see if there is any change in the industry."

"This movie Ligaya-"

"this will open people's eyes,

so that now they can choose the movies they will watch."

"Just because someone's undressing, it needs to be watched."

When you say bold or sexy films, this means these are materials for adults

which usually involves sex.

I'm Joey Reyes.

I'm a writer,

I'm a director, and I'm a producer

for various platforms.

"Does he love you?"

“I hope so.”

“Maybe.”

Three elements: First, sex.

There are sex scenes that are romantic

and there are scenes that are just plain sex.

Second, there are kinds and degrees of body exposure

especially for women.

For instance, breast exposure is considered as sexy.

Nudity is considered as sexy.

Third, the context where sex is being done.

"We're like ants."

“Ants?”

“That’s sweet.”

They're usually fantasies.

They are varying degrees of fantasies

which tends to cater to the imagination

and to the desire and the taste of the viewers.

As I was growing up, ST films reached the Philippines already.

Right? What we call the titillating films.

Then, the bold films arrived.

Then finally, I was the one making them.

Beautiful!

The ones that they were calling 'bomba,' 'pene,' 'titillating' and 'ST' —

now, it's all rolled into one: Vivamax.

I’m Roman Perez, Jr.

The director of the films:

‘The Housemaid’,

‘Taya’,

‘Iskandalo’,

‘Putahe’,

‘Ang Babaeng Nawawala sa Sarili’,

‘Pamasahe’,

and my Cinemalaya entry: ‘Kaluskos’.

This is what they call the "Vivamax wave".

This is where this trend re-emerged. It's a comeback.

Bold films re-emerged. It is back.

“Bold starlets are back in business.”

“Who are those daring souls?”

“What do they go through to become popular?”

“And who will eventually make it?”

I'm AJ Raval.

"It's like you don't know him."

"You, I don't understand you."

"Stop the car."

I star in the film "Taya" by Roman Perez.

‘Hugas’, also by Roman Perez.

And my launching: ‘Ang Pangarap Ko Maging Pornstar’.

When I was starting,

I was so pure.

They were still teaching me how to act and look sexy.

I didn't have any idea about showbiz, my innocence was still there.

At first, you will really feel the awkwardness.

When we watch it at the same time,

I still cover my eyes.

I skip that part.

I told them to stop watching it.

I was embarrassed.

But now, I don't mind anymore.

Doing sexy roles now is no longer a big deal to me.

"Make it faster."

"My father said that you already own me.”

“Is that how you treat me?"

I'm Angeli Khang.

I star in ‘Eva’,

‘Silip sa Apoy’,

and ‘Mahjong Nights’.

Being a sexy artist helped me to become confident. Things like that.

Others say that all we do is take our clothes off.

But they don't know that doing sexy films is more difficult.

Because when you're having sex with someone,

it shouldn't be seen by everyone.

When you're being intimate with someone, it's only the two of you.

But for us, we just act it out without any emotion.

That is why it is also difficult to act— to do sexy scenes.

"It's because you missed me."

"Of course not!”

“We just needed a handyman.”

“I wanted to help and give you a job. That's all."

When I signed with Viva, I already knew what I was getting myself into.

So I was ready for it. Not just with those intimate scenes.

But with workout, diet.

I am Angela Morena, and I play Sonia Paraiso

for the film "Panibugho."

My name is Stephanie Raz, and my character in this film is Ester Paraiso.

To be honest, I am super conservative.

However, once you are there, you'll know how difficult it is

to expose your whole body.

In this scene, go out...

The director asks us,

given that this is the role and this is what is expected of it.

"So, what are your limitations?"

That is the first question.

The second question is, is it okay for them to do this to you?

Hold your boobs? Touch your butt?

Is it okay that you have butt exposure?

So, there is always consent.

You should smell good, arrive on set just fresh from the shower.

Of course, it is embarrassing to your on-screen partner.

They might say “you stink”

or “you didn't even bother brushing your teeth.”

Alright, come here!

On the set,

when we are shooting the sexy scenes,

there is always a robe prepared and some mouthwash.

There are less people.

Only the cameraman and the director are allowed.

And of course, those who will make you feel comfortable on set.

We are always asked by our director if we are alright.

They say this is what we need to do, then after that, we are done.

Or he reminds us that we can always back-out.

He always makes sure that before doing the scene,

we are confident with our bodies.

Let's power through this quick.

We do things quickly and with quality so it is just one take.

“Speed!”

“Rolling!”

“Action!”

“You’re starting to annoy me!”

"How am I not going to complain?"

“I'm so bored here!"

“Action!”

"Movie director Celso Ad Castillo

is regarded by industry insiders as one of the best in local cinema."

"Particularly, in the bold genre."

"With independent companies producing bold films, it only costs them"

"not so much money to make."

"And so, it’s easier for them small— convenient to gamble on your talents."

"Meaning getting new stars, new actresses, and likewise for new directors."

What are sexy movies?

Fucking to death.

You use fluorescent lights, right?

Then, your actors look like frogs in the biology lab.

Then, there are sexy films.

You know what? Nothing is more challenging than shooting a sexy scene.

Because it is the most unsexy thing to do.

It is so unsexy,

I feel that it is challenging

because what you make the actors do on set, in bed, or whatever, is choreography.

You are counting positions. One.

When you count, they move and the camera has a different movement.

Two, the actors move and the camera moves as well.

When you are writing it, you also think of that choreography.

How you are going to do it

and eventually you have to adjust it when you get to that point. It’s difficult.

You can go both ways. Okay, you will make sexy films.

It's time for sex.

Or you can do something that is meaningful.

For me, it becomes an exercise of my film language.

"You're a virgin?"

You work for it.

It is not that easy.

There is script analysis,

There is an acting coach for other projects.

People work hard for it.

It is considered as art.

It is a product of art.

I don't need to show genitals to show that it is art.

Whatever the story needs, that's the only thing I'll do.

They ask, "How does one write a sexy film?"

First, you don't do it just to appease your sexual appetite.

When you write, you write something that makes people feel horny.

It has to be organic to the material.

If it is not organic to the material,

if it is sex for sex’s sake, then we are doing porn.

It's weird if you one's ringing the bell. "Hello? Hi! How are you?"

Then in the succeeding scene, they are already having sex.

That's not a narrative.

I was already told that erotica is only in the minds of people.

If they see everything, they won't care. They won't feel aroused anymore.

They already watched that in porn sites.

Why would they bother to watch this?

It's not like that here. Erotica plays with our heads.

Erotica plays with our heads, not in the visuals we see.

The audience now is different. Gen Z, Gen X,

and the millennials are more liberal.

Every decade, society evolves. The acceptance of the public also moves.

There was a wave, especially during the '70s.

Different decades, different treatment to the content.

"These movies are slowly changing in terms of storylines."

"The plot is now well-thought of,"

"actors don't just undress if it's not necessary for the scene."

When it’s movies, it’s movies.

You watch it. You enjoy it.

It’s a mature story. Of course, there’s nudity,

Sure, but it tells of a story.

If it has no story then it's not a movie.

"Why? What do you know about Boots?"

"Director Matti has a different approach to making movies,"

"although the theme is bold, the story is good."

Bomba films started in the late 1960s until 1972.

We had art films coming from Europe and even in the U.S.

Basically, exploring the topics of sex,

promiscuity, and those kinds of taboo topics, ‘no?

They were called Bomba films because there are surprises.

Because it was during the 1970 when the first Bomba movie was launched.

The one by Ruben Aballos,

“Uhaw” of Merly Fernandez, Tito Galla and Lito Legaspi.

Wet look film was introduced in 1974.

There's a white camison that girls wear that is situated in a rural setting,

like doing laundry in the river,

or taking a bath in the outhouse type of house in the province.

It means Filipina beauties—

Daria Ramirez is there, Gloria Diaz, the Ms. Universe,

and the likes of Vivian Velez.

By 1976, the youngster became more daring.

Rio Locsin, Gina Alajar, the late Claudia Zobel, Lorna Tolentino.

But the difference, they do sexy roles but they are actresses.

"Because facial expression is important,"

"when you need to moan,"

"you accompany that with body language."

Alma Moreno.

I mean Alma Moreno was one of the most

sensual and beautiful actresses of her time,

when Regal was really at its height.

Those who wear the magic camison, right?

That's why the magic camison became a trend, okay?

“I was wearing white, of course, my boob scene that day was real.”

“Right? The nipples are visible.”

When I got soaked, when I was taking a bath,

I was wearing camison. I wasn't wearing a bra.

That's it. That’s the boldest already.

My next bold scene, when I was soaked.

Your boobs are exposed— like, that’s it.

"I am very sexy.

I have an innocent-looking face. That's how it is— Right?"

People went crazy over it! I remembered the soft drinks beauties.

Sarsi Emmanuel, Pepsi Paloma...

Eventually, you had The Regal Babies who did sexy also.

During the 1986,

that's the emergence

of the so-called ST films

or sex trip films.

The actresses here are a little classy,

college girls.

Like Gretchen Barretto, Alma Concepcion...

"Not just heat,"

"but blazing heat.”

“TT” films, or

titillating films allowed men and women

to show private parts.

"Lead star Rosanna Roces is again in the midst of this controversy."

"Her past films have been cut and even retitled"

"in order to conform with the Board of Censors."

"The difference is, Ligaya is Rosanna’s first dramatic role"

"and one of the few films she is truly proud of."

"Since this is my first quality film, I’m excited."

Rosanna Roces lorded it over the TT films.

"There was a time when during my launch,"

"no one was watching Tagalog film."

"Because right after the scam, people didn't want to watch in the cinemas.”

"They were mad."

"There's no Nanette Medved, no Anjanette Abayari."

“No Ruffa, no sexy stars, no Gretchen, no Kristina.”

"Then I entered the scene, naked. Then everyone's attention was on me."

"They went into chaos."

“Damn you. You’re still alive.”

"You are shameless! You already had too much.

I haven't scored yet, you even preceded me."

Now when some learned about going naked for the sake of going naked;

if the value of your talent is in the size of your boobs, okay?

When the trend vanished,

they also vanished, right?

Maybe I was only given the chance,

like a serious film,

there's drama.

I had a contract with Regal films before.

Perhaps I was given—

they noticed the— that I know how to act!

Regarding comedy, I was given a chance to do comedy.

It was during the time of Dolphy.

Those with talent will last.

Those who do not have will be disposable,

like cups of noodles— of instant noodles.

They will be a good—

they’ll only be as good as three to four films.

But if they are talented,

they will last.

“Armed with beauty, guts, and occasionally, acting talent.”

“These aspiring actresses are willing to go through a gauntlet of sex, intrigue,”

“and forgettable movie roles to earn their 15 seconds of fame.”

“Who are those daring souls?”

“What do they go through to become popular?”

“And who will eventually make it?”

"Direk Lore Reyes and Peque said its for a bold movie."

"I did it, I thought about it carefully, I read the script carefully,"

"then I saw that the story was good."

"On these giant billboards,

new movies are flagged that will undoubtedly be a hit at the box office"

"and new artists that are sure to please the public."

I am Maui Taylor.

I am Jay Manalo.

My full name is Katrina Santos.

Hi, my name is Sean De Guzman.

I am AJ Raval.

Hi everyone, I’m Angeli Khang.

My real name is Vanessa Moreno Lacsamana.

"Don't go up and down like that,”

“just shake the breast.”

"That's fine."

My movie boomed when I starred in

“Ligaw na Bulaklak.”

“Eva Fonda 16.”

“Walang Karanasan.”

“Nympha.”

“Bomba Star.”

I started Magic Kamison.

I admit I popularized tangga. That was me.

"You're all corny."

"All she has to do is stick out her breasts, and stick out her ass."

"That's it. While the horse is running."

I was nicknamed, “The Innocent Face”.

I was the actress with an innocent face.

It's like what they are currently looking for is an innocent face like mine.

Whatever role you play, you still look innocent

"What are we really? What are you to me?"

"Are you my boyfriend? Do we have a mutual understanding?”

“What?”

"Yes, the one in the middle."

I was known as the college girl, baby face that suddenly turned sexy.

My first tagline was "The Original Fantasy of Town".

"He went missing."

And then Hot Babes was formed

so it became "The Original Hot Babe of Town".

When it was launched, I made it.

Then it became "Sex Goddess".

"I told you because it hurts at the beginning."

"But after a while it's like you're in heaven."

They gave me Materyales Fuertes.

Materyales Fuertes, meaning, everything was original.

Nothing was made, nothing was fake.

"Why did you send me here?"

"Are you toying with me?"

My close friends when they introduce me, they will say—

"Hey, introduce me as Jay Manalo, not Totoy Mola."

“Who's Totoy Mola?”

Actually, my dream is to really become a player.

To become a basketball player.

But I got into an accident, my knee got injured.

I'll just be here.

Then, I'll just be here.

"My father told me that you own me."

I started as a cosplayer when I came back from the U.S.

My manager discovered me in Facebook.

I did not expect that my first movie would be daring.

I was surprised, my gosh, daring already.

My mom is a pastor. Then, I just turned 19 that time.

I was only 15 years old.

I did a lot of youth-oriented shows but I played a role of a villain.

That time I felt that there was no progress with my career.

It's like I was always only one of the back ups.

“We offer you to be a little bit sexy,”

“you'll jump into mature roles”

because that time, that's how they call sexy.

“Mature roles.”

Not "go, get naked".

Right there and then, I said yes. I said, "yeah, why not?"

"It's okay.”

“Come in."

I just started during the pandemic.

At first, I didn't 100 percent do it because I want to.

I want to— I want to act.

I want to be popular.

I only did it for the money.

"If you don't like me, then I'll just go.”

“Many people drool over me."

My dream when I was a kid was to go to PMA.

I wanted to be a soldier.

I wanted to serve.

Actually, I didn't expect that I'll be a sexy actress.

At first, I just wanted to act,

to be seen in the camera.

But with Viva, maybe they saw my potential as a sexy star.

"You know,”

“I don't like what you're thinking."

"This will benefit everyone."

"Just promise me, you'll go with the flow."

I started with AngTV, I was nine years old.

And when I was 15 years old, that's it.

Viva contacted me if I want to do villain roles.

When I was 19, they immediately called me. "Are you ready?"

That was 2001. I was launched as sexy.

"So we should take advantage of it."

"You know you can get laid now, it's your chance."

"He looks big, right?"

Mentally, I was really prepared for it.

I think this is it.

It's like I can finally reach my dreams to be a famous actress.

If this is the way, why not?

They tried me in every genre.

Maybe they saw that I wasn't picky that's why they put me there.

There's sexy comedy, there's sexy action. So it's not just sexy.

"You're so stupid."

“You can’t even do a simple job?”

“Hmm?”

What's challenging for me when I took on sexy roles,

I was insecure.

I have big insecurities with my body.

It's easier to do a love scene with a male actor.

Because for us, there's no malice.

Because if with girls, there's several restrictions.

"In the delicate part of the film,"

"artists need more restraint"

"so that they don't get carried away in the active scene."

"Because that's not allowed. It's not allowed in my scene."

"What if that's a natural feeling for you?

How will you control that?"

"Maybe I will think of happy thoughts”

“so that I don't end up anywhere."

I was never on top during my love scenes.

I'm on a cross position.

But when you look at it in the camera, you are on top.

There are times when you can't avoid getting carried away by your feelings.

I had never, never ever been aroused.

For me. I'm not sure for others.

Even when I was young, that never happened.

It's hard to do a love scene with people watching.

Then you'll get turned on?

That will never happen.

You know I'm very lucky.

With my leading men, no one took advantage.

During kissing scenes, even groping.

No one was allowed to watch.

Everyone will be shocked.

My mom was always on the set. You know?

For example, we're shooting a love scene,

only ten people can enter.

The monitor is inside the room. There's no stillman.

Only the director, my mommy, or AD. Anyone.

As long as there's only ten people inside. More than ten are not allowed.

Imagine in one angle, you won't do it right,

how many takes will that take?

Let's just do it for it to be over.

So that it won't take long.

It won't be repetitive.

Our sexy before and the sexy now is different.

My sexy is very simple. Wet look, my side is exposed,

love scene, wearing two piece, cleavage. That's already sexy.

"What matters is you love me.”

“I love you too.”

When they say I need to do more,

there's still something I need to show, it wasn't like that during our time.

The only requirement during our time was breast exposure only.

I somehow feel lucky that I started being sexy earlier.

It turns out I'm lucky. I still left something for myself.

"In the world of bold films, the spark of the artists are fading."

"There will always be a newcomer who is fresher than them."

The films now are getting bolder and bolder.

It's really a different kind.

It's really an advantage if you're daring,

the way I see it, you'll get more attention.

"Catch it with your mouth."

We're already in the digital,

unlike before in Cinema,

there's PG and then there's censored parts, right?

So it doesn't matter if you make it very daring. It will still be cut.

There's a huge difference from before to now.

Because with us before

Maybe you would only see the breast exposure twice and that's it.

Now, all throughout the movie, “wow it's all naked, naked, naked.”

"Everyone's fantasy."

Let's be open to this because everything we show you is real.

It's really happening in real life, right?

Sexy roles really helped my career big time,

and I know I can do something else aside from sexy roles.

It really helped my career

when I decided to take on sexy roles

because it seems that it gave justice to my name.

Maybe if I waited after being a child actress,

I waited for what's in store for me after that,

If I hadn't take on sexy roles,

maybe it will take longer.

Unlike when I did sexy roles, my rise to stardom happened quickly.

I have no regrets.

Five years from now, I hope and wish that I become very famous.

My dream role is to be an action star.

If there are movies I can do, it would finally be wholesome.

I want character roles.

The ones that would give me recognition like,

"Hey, she really crossed to the other side."

Hey, we're all actors.

It just so happened that we can do sexy roles,

we can go naked because the scene asks for it.

But an actress and a sexy actress have no difference.

There are still more admirers than people who think lowly of us.

Hey,

If I will be called sexy actor until I grow older,

until I reach a hundred years,

I will still be proud.

Imagine you're sexy despite being old.

We're still here, still keeping up with the newbies.

Just so you wait. Look at your face once you reach our age, right?

How many times do people pay too watch your boobs?

You need to be talented. You need to add depth.

If they are talented, they will last.

"Damn you. Don't stop.”

“If you stop, I'll kill you."

"In the past thirty years of being a director,”

“Celso Ad Castillo was able to make fifty-six films."

“We should also be thankful for bold movies”

“because they are also supporting the Filipino industry today.”

“If there are no bold movies today, the Philippine movie industry will be dead.”

You know, you shouldn't judge these 'pito-pito' films.

I was at Regal when these 'pito-pito' films started.

Remember, those 'pito-pito films' gave birth to Lav Diaz and Jeffrey Jeturian

and a number of great works of Mario O' Hara were of the 'pito-pito' kind.

The film's quality does not depend on the number of filming days

or the budget.

It depends on the quality of the content.

One of my best movies, which was an adult content, is "Phone Sex"

with Ara Mina and the late John Apacible.

Because of the economic situation,

we have to shoot our films in a very limited amount of time.

"Phone Sex" was shot in about 18 days.

"Live Show" was shot in 23 days, or 24.

All of my Vivamax movies were filmed in seven days.

“Dumbass! You’re so stupid!”

If you are doing lock-in [taping], you have to finish that

in ten calendar days, seven filming days.

When I was in Star Cinema, the usual budget is 12 to 16 million pesos.

That's reality.

They would say, "aren't you compromising?" I say, "No! It's called surviving."

“Action!”

A lot of people struggled because of the pandemic.

You will really grab every opportunity

as long as your work doesn't insult your dignity.

I am tearing up.

I saw my former editor who now delivers for Grab.

My crowd director died due to COVID-19.

There was no source of income because there was no job.

At first, I was not 100 percent into it.

I did it because it was the pandemic.

I had no money. I did it for the money.

Eventually, I started to love it. I embraced it.

"Damn it!"

This genre of film has an immense contribution to the industry.

First,

economics.

When the people were jobless due to the pandemic,

there were opportunities for people working in streaming cinema,

especially in erotica.

We were the ones providing jobs so the industry can thrive.

COVID-19 changed the geographical landscape of entertainment.

COVID-19 changed the system of filmmaking.

We can't just keep on complaining.

We have to adapt and adjust, and that is what we are doing.

A lot of people condemn Vivamax.

But do they know how many jobs it gave to the people?

A lot of people rely on this.

Yes, I wasn't able to make films like that of Marilou Diaz-Abaya's Rizal

or I won't be able to repeat a film like Oro, Plata, Mata.

But I think it's more important that the people are happy.

- That's how fast it is! - Really?

Yeah!

Stand in!

"If “Ligaya ang Itawag Mo sa Akin" is allowed to play at local theaters.”

“It will doubtlessly become a box office hit,"

"but the MTRCB pointed its scissors towards the film's direction."

"During the first review of the film,

a three-member committee of the MTRCB gave it an "X" rating,”

"deeming "Ligaya" unsuitable for public viewing."

"The problem with them is when they review films,

they only wait for the intimate scenes.”

They don't wait for the story before they discuss what is suitable and what isn't."

"Perhaps they were really waiting for the pumping scenes."

"Maybe they are trying to get techniques."

"We also believe that whatever you do in your own bedroom

is not for public viewing."

If you continuously ban it, it becomes more attractive.

The more you make it inaccessible, the more that people look for it.

In our country, based on the practices right now,

there is no such thing as censorship.

The responsibility is left up to you,

to render what you want to do.

It is because streaming platforms are outside MTRCB's scope.

Well, the internet in general.

"You mean, they will lick the photos?"

"Ness, leaked photos. Leaked photos!"

"You should've just said "spread photos”.”

It means that this is a good business. It's known to the masses.

Before, it was only for the elites,

for the middle class.

You'll only be able to watch if you have money.

With this one,

the art reaches the masses.

For whom is art? It is for the masses.

It gives the filmmaker greater freedom to tackle subject matters

which are not acceptable or unsuitable for commercial releases.

The disadvantage is it can be abused.

If you have materials on the streaming platform,

you can come up with the most ingenius stuff.

But you can also come up with

ridiculous, stupid, inane, and brain-damaging materials

which is also happening.

"There is only one thing hotter than the sexy starlets

and their steamy scenes in the new bold films—"

"the protests coming from the audiences.”

"You feel horny, too, don't you?”

“It's fun watching people doing it, right?"

"Do you want to be next?"

Of course, these are also exploitation movies.

There really is no agenda.

It is still men primarily directing or producing films using women

as a kind of object of attraction

to bring in the male audience to the cinema.

"I'm sorry. It's so hot.”

“Can you hang this so it can dry. Also, please close the door."

You know what, the exploitation.

It actually depends on the person if they'd allow to be exploited or abused.

It depends on the person if they will agree to be exploited.

It depends on you. It depends on how you carry yourself.

Others might say, "Oh you were exploited, you were abused".

The question is, do you know what is happening behind the scenes?

Do you know what was agreed upon?

People may see it their way,

we see it like this.

But that is the point. It depends on you if you'd consent to be abused.

Is it exploitative?

Well, if you are using minors, that is exploitative.

It depends on the state of mind of the woman.

Letter A, was she forced to do it?

If she was forced to do it, well that is exploitation.

Number two, are they also exploiting the situation?

It works both ways.

First, consent. Then after consent, there is mutual agreement

and then finally, long-term vision.

“‘They’re not gonna let you in anyway. Look at the time.”

“Let’s stop. Take me home.”

“Five minutes.”

- “Stop.” - “Five more minutes.”

“No. Let’s go.”

My assistant director is a woman.

My script continuity is also a woman.

My editor is also a woman.

I'm also looking for a female cinematographer.

So that my co-workers feel that we care for women.

My actors know that. They know that they're well taken care of on set,

and in the film, when they have the chance to watch it.

"Hey! Are you a policeman?"

You are very right in mentioning that Bomba films and this genre

were pushing the boundaries of morality in Philippine culture,

that in our country which has a lot many moral taboos,

divorce is not allowed, abortion is illegal for any reason,

the power of the Catholic church,

the power of many other churches,

[it] also reinforces the idea of conservatism

permeating in Philippine society.

“I have proclaimed Martial Law...”

My God, the Martial Law?

The Martial Law at that time, it was also the second golden age

because there was a common vision that the major film directors were fighting for.

Remember, during Martial Law, sex was used as a means for social commentary.

Lino Brocka's “White Slavery”— it was a sexy movie

but at the same time, it talked about the issues of the times.

Another example, Lino Brocka's "Kontrobersiyal,”

although these films may look sexy on the surface,

they also serve as social commentaries.

Ishmael Bernal's "Hinugot sa Langit,”

which might not be sexy, but was an indictment about the church.

It was the golden age because movies had a vision.

Movies had an aim. Movies had a purpose, which was beyond entertainment,

which was social commentary and even political analysis.

People are becoming more aware with the films being released

that it is not all about sex,

that when you watch the films, they also tell stories,

and it's not just about having sex.

“They’ll get hurt.”

“You’re right, Tiago.”

"They just need to accept that they are the least valued,”

“especially for us men."

The mentality of Filipinos

is when they watch American films with sexy scenes, they watch it.

They accept it.

But if it is from Filipino creators, there are a lot of criticisms.

We get to see the unsaid in Philippine culture

in the presentations in the Bomba films then and now.

That is what they say that you have to respect yourself

in order to be respected as well.

That is what I say to people, that this is only a role that I had to play.

This is my job.

I just play the role.

I don't have any regrets, up until now.

A lot of people ask me that and I look back,

I remember that it is my choice.

Why would I come to the point that I will regret it?

I was there already. I made that big leap. I made that decision alone.

That is my dream even before—

to change the system in our industry,

especially, regarding the mentality of the Filipinos towards sexy films.

Whether a lot of us take our clothes off or not

all of us are still actors that act on screen.

"Facial expressions are important.”

“When you moan, you do it with body language."

"At the same time, in order to feel it more,"

"while you are doing it, your eyes should show pleasure."

"Why do you watch bold films?"

"It's exciting."

"We just look at it and then when it's too obscene, I don't finish it."

"I just want to see the body of the actors that they are showing."

Haven't you noticed?

When did sexy films become popular?

When there is socio-political unrest,

sex becomes the national anesthesia.

The harder the times, the greater the love for sex is,

especially in the Philippines.

Okay?

Because even for a moment,

whether you are watching in the cinema,

or in your screens, or even on your cellphones, you forget.

And what replaces is the dopamine while watching simulated sex.

That is interesting. Would it have a tipping point?

Is it a stable diet, or is it just a trend?

Will it come to a point that they'll get fed up?

That they'll get fed up of the boobs?

"My body craves for you."

"What about your heart?"

Will it get to a point that they'll demand for something different?

That is a good question.

There are a lot of sexy films with substance and value.

It is a matter of giving it value,

giving more importance to the substance and the content.

They are looking at the story,

and not just the sex scenes.

I hope they realize that sex is such an organic part of our lives.

You wouldn't be here if no two people had sex

and we should see that as something that is natural

and something that should be respected.

"Harder!"