00:00and he told me Ishmael Bernal was the one who literally dragged me kicking and screaming
00:15to work for Mother Lily.
00:17Kasi takot-takot ako kay Mother dahil naririnig ko yung reputation dyan sa producer.
00:25Sabi ko, Ishma, ayaw ko pati maglalabaw kay Mother. Mataray siya.
00:29You know, she was very strict.
00:33Balita ko nga, ano siya sa pera.
00:36Hindi ko yata kaya yung ganang producer.
00:40But si Ishma was very adamant.
00:43Sabi niya, ko bahala.
00:44Ko bahala sa akin ka magsumbong if anything happens.
00:48So wala akong nagawa.
00:50Pinagminyan ko si Ishmael Bernal.
00:52Ang unang project namin was Galaw Gaw ni Maricel Soriano at ni William Martinez
01:01as a production designer.
01:05I was already writing, you know, I had already written with Mike DeLeon for Batch 81, Kakaba, mga ganyan.
01:12Pero as a writer, ngayon production designer ang papasokan ko sa Regal.
01:21So, of course, when I met Mother, mayroon nakaagad akong previous impression of her.
01:28So, very distant ako sa kanya kasi alam kong mataray siya, strict siya.
01:35Sabi ko, magkakasunduman kami nito.
01:38And, sure enough, first project ko pala, Galaw Gaw, ilang beses na kami nang away.
01:47Sabi ko, pareho kami matigas ang ulo.
01:51Mother was really iron fist to Mother sa mga panahon na yon.
01:57Syempre nag-mellow na siya through the years.
01:59But during the 80s, talagang sabi ko, wala akong magagawa dito to defend myself.
02:06Kundi aawayin ko na rin siya.
02:08Kasi ginaaway niya ako.
02:11I will not let myself be intimidated by her.
02:16Danyan, talay din ako.
02:19So, ang aming Galaw Gaw ni Ishmael right now, which was a crazy kind of comedy,
02:27napaka-daming requirements, even if it was just a little film.
02:35Si Mother sabi niya, gamitin niya nalang lahat ng mga kailangan niya dito sa Regal.
02:40Number one, pinahirap niya yung balay niya, which was, at the time,
02:46ano ba? Green Hills nga ba yon?
02:52Pero hindi pa ayos.
02:55Hindi pa niya pinahirap niya yung balay niya.
02:58Wala pa yung balay niya. Wala pa yung balay niya.
03:02Pinagamit niya yung living room.
03:04Pinagamit niya yung isang bedroom doon.
03:06Tinadala kami lahat ng mga gamit.
03:09Sabi niya, bahala na pa yung child.
03:11And then one day, I said,
03:13Mother, I have to go to the department store.
03:19Sabi niya, hanggit?
03:20Kasi pinabantayan niya yung mga gastus ko, di ba?
03:23Meron siya listan.
03:25Every day, I'm supposed to write the requirements of production design of the art department.
03:31Tapos, talaga ano yan?
03:33May kanya-kanya price.
03:35What is still cost like this?
03:37Itong payment po?
03:38Itong price?
03:39Titignan niyo ka lang.
03:40Slash? Biglang slash?
03:43Hindi, 500 ito, ano nalang, 200.
03:47O itong 1,500, hindi, 800 nalang.
03:51Mother!
03:52Sipa?
03:53Yung budget po for production design.
03:55Ang lingit-lingit, wala nang magawa.
03:57So parang, we had to beg, steal, and borrow everything that we needed.
04:03Hindi na kami pwede bumili.
04:05Okay, sabi niya, ano kailangan ko sa department store?
04:09Walang Mother of the Bride gown.
04:13Si Anita, ano?
04:15Si Alice?
04:16Si Alicia?
04:18Alicia?
04:23Alicia Alonzo, thank you.
04:25May wedding kami, a Mother of the Bride siya.
04:28Wala siyang susunod.
04:30Sabi ko, Mother, I have to go to the department store.
04:33Ay, hindi.
04:34Ano niya, gracias na naman yan.
04:36Punta ka doon sa kwarto ko, doon sa taas.
04:38Dami kong gowns.
04:40Dami kong gowns, to.
04:42Doon sa kumuha ng gowns.
04:44Kaya siya, yung tangan ni pareho nang kami ng katawan.
04:47Ayan, so umakit ako sa room niya.
04:49Oh my God.
04:50Sipa?
04:51Si Mother, ang mga, ano niya, mga fashionista clothes niya.
04:56So, I was able to choose a nice para-Filipiniana type gown for Alicia.
05:01Oh, ito, ikaw.
05:03Oh, ano, choker.
05:05Ano, pati yung ano, bag.
05:07Sige, kumpleto.
05:08Mother, sabi ko, shoes.
05:10Namumuna ko baka size sabi ni Alicia.
05:14I don't remember.
05:16Pati pa, sapatos na kailan yan.
05:19But anyway, so ganun si Mother, para magtipil.
05:23Sige, magtipil.
05:26Sige, magtipil.
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