I cannot fathom the need of indie films to show nudity, sex, perversion and all that just to call their movie an art. I know that the stories are good, like Serbis starring Jaclyn Jose and Gina Pareño. The mere fact that veteran actresses like Jaclyn Jose and Gina Pareño star in these indie films is already an indicative that the movie is good.

Do they really have to show too much perversion in these films? What happened to suggestive acts and all that? Can’t we do a scene or two of these and just go on with the story? Do we really have to sell these indie films as vehicles of lust? Butas, Masahista, Ang Lihim ni Antonio, and others with suggestive titles. Most of these films have too much sex in it, homoerotic scenes, frontal nudity, and other kinds of perversion that they say are abound in society and that we are just too scared to admit.

Art? I don’t think so. Not entirely. Because whatever others say, some stupid people still get ideas watching movies with too much sex and perversion in it!

Why not sell a movie based on a great story? Like Munting Tinig. It is not commercially successful, yes, but it was acclaimed internationally. It is a great story with an equally great performance from Alessandra de Rossi. Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros. And others that escape me at the moment.

Do you watch indie films?