The Awl http://www.theawl.com/ Be Less Stupid Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:30:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 The New Almodóvar Is Almost Upon Us! http://www.theawl.com/2011/10/the-new-almodovar-is-almost-upon-us http://www.theawl.com/2011/10/the-new-almodovar-is-almost-upon-us#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:30:06 +0000 Choire Sicha http://www.theawl.com/2011/10/the-new-almodovar-is-almost-upon-us
It played festivals so long ago that I forgot about it and now it's opening in New York and Los Angeles on October 14! (Followed by an extremely annoying and slow rollout to the rest of the country.) Let's revisit the trailer! Says Almodóvar, of the feedback in Europe: "People like it more the second time." CAN DO!

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It played festivals so long ago that I forgot about it and now it's opening in New York and Los Angeles on October 14! (Followed by an extremely annoying and slow rollout to the rest of the country.) Let's revisit the trailer! Says Almodóvar, of the feedback in Europe: "People like it more the second time." CAN DO!

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2011/10/the-new-almodovar-is-almost-upon-us/feed 6 Flicked Off: 'Broken Embraces': "Desire Should Be Acknowledged as the Principal Means to a Better Society" http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/flicked-off-broken-embraces-desire-should-be-acknowledged-as-the-principal-means-to-a-better-society http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/flicked-off-broken-embraces-desire-should-be-acknowledged-as-the-principal-means-to-a-better-society#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:50:40 +0000 Choire Sicha http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/flicked-off-broken-embraces-desire-should-be-acknowledged-as-the-principal-means-to-a-better-society LA CRUZ
You know, I was writing a long thing today about the new Pedro Almodovar movie, trying to explain why you should go see it-and I was being fucking ponderous. So here is the short version. This is a gorgeous, wonderful movie, made by one of the few living masters of the form, starring unbelievably great actors. All of the reviews are talking about it as an homage to cinema, but that's boring. The important point is that there are at least six perfect Almodovar movies: Kika, The Flower of My Secret, All About my Mother, Talk to Her, Volver and now Broken Embraces. I am willing to hear arguments for there being more than six, but not fewer.

To prepare to see this movie, which you must-see it, I mean; no preparation necessary, really!-here is the only English-subtitled video online for the short film La concejala antropófaga that relates to the film-within-the-film, called Girls with Suitcases, in Broken Embraces. It was shot on the set-within-the-set of the film. The film-within-a-film stars Penelope Cruz, who stars in the film proper is a vain, petty woman who would like to be an actress; La concejala antropófaga, directed by Almodovar, was actually released under the name of the director character in Broken Embraces. (There is a better version, without subtitles.) COMPLICATED.

What else can I say? Almodovar's body of adult work is so good that I am finally working on properly learning Spanish so that I can watch it all without subtitles.

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You know, I was writing a long thing today about the new Pedro Almodovar movie, trying to explain why you should go see it-and I was being fucking ponderous. So here is the short version. This is a gorgeous, wonderful movie, made by one of the few living masters of the form, starring unbelievably great actors. All of the reviews are talking about it as an homage to cinema, but that's boring. The important point is that there are at least six perfect Almodovar movies: Kika, The Flower of My Secret, All About my Mother, Talk to Her, Volver and now Broken Embraces. I am willing to hear arguments for there being more than six, but not fewer.

To prepare to see this movie, which you must-see it, I mean; no preparation necessary, really!-here is the only English-subtitled video online for the short film La concejala antropófaga that relates to the film-within-the-film, called Girls with Suitcases, in Broken Embraces. It was shot on the set-within-the-set of the film. The film-within-a-film stars Penelope Cruz, who stars in the film proper is a vain, petty woman who would like to be an actress; La concejala antropófaga, directed by Almodovar, was actually released under the name of the director character in Broken Embraces. (There is a better version, without subtitles.) COMPLICATED.

What else can I say? Almodovar's body of adult work is so good that I am finally working on properly learning Spanish so that I can watch it all without subtitles.

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