Safe and sound

Have you been reading about typhoons in Manila? Basyan it was called and it slammed into the windows of our hotel in Quezon City all night long, Tuesday into Wednesday. We lost power at the hotel for about 15 hours and internet for about twice that. We were lucky.
I would so not want to be the guys at the Gov't Weather Dep who so badly predicted the course of the typhoon.
Our Post production house Roadrunner is just up Tomas Morato Ave and they are our home away from home- especially when they have AC and internet and we don't. Starbucks is handy and like 200 other residents that post-typhoon morning, we were at Starbucks powering up all our electronics.
We start our music recording session today, at Hit Productions in Makati. They got power!

We're back!

Thanks for your patience, loyal Johnsaylesbaryoblogspot fans. John and I went back to the US for six whirlwind weeks and now we are back in the Phil to complete Post.

Through the kind agency of Miss Lee Meily, we are proud to be showing BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET, one of our earliest movies (1982?) at Cinemalaya, the Manila festival which celebrates Indy Film.

On 14 July/Wed at 9:00 PM CCP Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (Little Theatre).
Hope to see you there and around the Philippines where we'll be till the end of August.
Salamat! Maggie

AMIGO - Teaser Trailer

Here’s the teaser trailer Rezo created for Cannes. Doesn’t it make you want to see the whole movie?

AMIGO Teaser Poster

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AMIGO in the news - le Film Français

Another article from le Film Français about Rezo taking France and all international rights on John Sayles' AMIGO.
(Sorry I don't have the translation, it's in French, but you can click on photo to view article larger)

AMIGO in the news - Variety

AMIGO in the news: Variety May 12/13, 2010:


"Rezo buddies up with 'Amigo' - Gallic mini-major Rezo has taken France and all international rights on John Sayles' "Amigo," a slice-of-war movie set in the 1899-1902 Philippine-American War."

"...Rezo head of acquisitions and co-productions Laurent Danielou calls "Amigo" "powerful" and "visually eloquent."

(yes, the have the incorrect budget number - they must have confused pesos for dollars!)

(click on article photo to view larger size)

Read the rest online: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118019205.html?categoryid=1061&cs=1&query=sayles

AMIGO

Big news. Say goodbye to BARYO and hello again to AMIGO. Our movie has a new title, but it's actually the first title, the name under which John wrote the script.

We (I) went through a period when I worried that AMIGO was too Spanish and I listened to the skeptics who said everyone would think John Sayles was making another movie in Mexico.

So we changed the name to BARYO and under that name we had such a special time making the movie, that I am half-sorry to say goodbye to it.

We've been screening versions of the movie at least twice a week lately, for ourselves and for our friends here, and it is clear the movie is AMIGO. The word "amigo" is used many times in the script, usually referring to RAFAEL, the head of the barrio, and it resonates after you see the movie in a way that BARYO does not.

Plus, as someone said to me, "amigo" is an international word by now, known all around the world, and is, just on its own, a friendly word.

So cherish your BARYO T-shirts and shoulder bags. They are collectors' items.
And spread the word:AMIGO.