Another film you must see!
Saturday, 25. November 2006, 21:50:19
Salute to people with delicate taste for film, art and beauty!
Here is another great man with the magical powers to see and tell a perfect story!
For me, he is probably the best living director!
First movie I have ever seen by Almodovar was "Women of the edge of nervous breakdown", many years ago. And Almodovar does not lose his edge with years! He just gets better.
I cannot really pick single movie I like the most, however my favorites are 'All about my mother', 'High heels', 'Talk to her', 'Women on the edge...' and now 'Volver'.
Masterpiece.
So, for you out there with sophisticated taste, go ahead and treat yourself with this movie!
Actresses in 'Volver'
FILMS:
- Volver (2006)
- Bad education (2004)
- Talk to Her (2002)
- All about my Mother (1999)
- Live Flesh (1997)
- The Flower of My Secret (1995)
- Kika (1993)
- High Heels (1990)
- Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down! (1989)
- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breackdown (1987)
- The Law of Desire (1986)
- Matador (1985)
- What i´ve done to deserve this? (1984)
- Dark Habits (1983)
- Labyrinth of Passion (1982)
- Pepi, Luci y Bom (1980)
In 1987 "Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios" sets the stepping stone for Pedro's work. This white comedy goes worldwide and deserves the public's and critics' acclaim. It gets up to fifty national and international awards and an Oscar nomination, breaking ticket-box records both in Spain and outside.
"Atame" (1989) But scandal and controversy marked its U.S. release. The MPAA (Motion Pictures Association of America), the institution in charge of the films' rating, margined its distribution with the stigmata of an X. Backed by the film's distribution company (Miramax), Pedro and other victims of American Puritanism filed a stubborn legal battle. The result of it was the birth of a new rating, NC17, applicable to those films of explicit nature previously regarded unfairly as pornographic. The movie weakened with all this controversy.
Pedro takes another sudden turn in his career shooting one of his most unclassifiable movies: "Kika" (1993). It turns a choral film where each character belongs to a different film genre, thus generating a very free and heterodox movie. The public liked this, but the critics were lost /it couldn't have been any other way.
In silence and with a much more intimate melodrama inside, "La flor de mi secreto" (1995) is his humblest film regarding certain formal aspects, and also one in which the understanding with its protagonist (and with Pedro) reaches sky-high limits. Leaving Almodovar's usual choral exercises aside, this is the story of a woman torn off by love and has a magnificent text very much followed by the entire international public.
"Carne Tremula" (1997) is closer to the thriller. Again, it tells the story of several characters seeking one another in time. 1999 is an essential year in Pedro's career as well as the perfect epilogue for this chronology. "Todo sobre mi madre"(1999) becomes an unprecedented success in Spanish cinema, not only in theaters but also in festivals and awards -including the awaited Oscar.
2002 is the most incredible year for Pedro Almodóvar, and the reason is ‘Talk to her’. His movie that overcomes the levels of national and international success that seemed to have led to as high place as possible ‘All about my mother'. The whole press of the planet praises the movie and receives hundreds of important prizes, including the Oscar to The Best Original script, which wins in fight with companions as Martin Scorsese, beside being selected also for the Oscar to the Best Director - and without being the film selected by the Academy of Spanish Cinema for these prizes.
In 2004, After developing several projects, which include to Antonio Banderas y Penélope Cruz among other great Spanish actors and from other countries, he decides to roll ‘La mala educación'.
Here is another great man with the magical powers to see and tell a perfect story!
For me, he is probably the best living director!
First movie I have ever seen by Almodovar was "Women of the edge of nervous breakdown", many years ago. And Almodovar does not lose his edge with years! He just gets better.
I cannot really pick single movie I like the most, however my favorites are 'All about my mother', 'High heels', 'Talk to her', 'Women on the edge...' and now 'Volver'.
Masterpiece.
So, for you out there with sophisticated taste, go ahead and treat yourself with this movie!
Actresses in 'Volver'
FILMS:
- Volver (2006)
- Bad education (2004)
- Talk to Her (2002)
- All about my Mother (1999)
- Live Flesh (1997)
- The Flower of My Secret (1995)
- Kika (1993)
- High Heels (1990)
- Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down! (1989)
- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breackdown (1987)
- The Law of Desire (1986)
- Matador (1985)
- What i´ve done to deserve this? (1984)
- Dark Habits (1983)
- Labyrinth of Passion (1982)
- Pepi, Luci y Bom (1980)
In 1987 "Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios" sets the stepping stone for Pedro's work. This white comedy goes worldwide and deserves the public's and critics' acclaim. It gets up to fifty national and international awards and an Oscar nomination, breaking ticket-box records both in Spain and outside.
"Atame" (1989) But scandal and controversy marked its U.S. release. The MPAA (Motion Pictures Association of America), the institution in charge of the films' rating, margined its distribution with the stigmata of an X. Backed by the film's distribution company (Miramax), Pedro and other victims of American Puritanism filed a stubborn legal battle. The result of it was the birth of a new rating, NC17, applicable to those films of explicit nature previously regarded unfairly as pornographic. The movie weakened with all this controversy.
Pedro takes another sudden turn in his career shooting one of his most unclassifiable movies: "Kika" (1993). It turns a choral film where each character belongs to a different film genre, thus generating a very free and heterodox movie. The public liked this, but the critics were lost /it couldn't have been any other way.
In silence and with a much more intimate melodrama inside, "La flor de mi secreto" (1995) is his humblest film regarding certain formal aspects, and also one in which the understanding with its protagonist (and with Pedro) reaches sky-high limits. Leaving Almodovar's usual choral exercises aside, this is the story of a woman torn off by love and has a magnificent text very much followed by the entire international public.
"Carne Tremula" (1997) is closer to the thriller. Again, it tells the story of several characters seeking one another in time. 1999 is an essential year in Pedro's career as well as the perfect epilogue for this chronology. "Todo sobre mi madre"(1999) becomes an unprecedented success in Spanish cinema, not only in theaters but also in festivals and awards -including the awaited Oscar.
2002 is the most incredible year for Pedro Almodóvar, and the reason is ‘Talk to her’. His movie that overcomes the levels of national and international success that seemed to have led to as high place as possible ‘All about my mother'. The whole press of the planet praises the movie and receives hundreds of important prizes, including the Oscar to The Best Original script, which wins in fight with companions as Martin Scorsese, beside being selected also for the Oscar to the Best Director - and without being the film selected by the Academy of Spanish Cinema for these prizes.
In 2004, After developing several projects, which include to Antonio Banderas y Penélope Cruz among other great Spanish actors and from other countries, he decides to roll ‘La mala educación'.
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