The last weeks were almost like a long depression - stress at work with overall impact for the life I try to enjoy while not being at work. More receptive than active and thus my miserable blog became orphaned again. In addition I almost forgot what I watched and what I wanted to write about.
This movie, Broken Embraces, as it happens to be called in English, was already in the backlog. But now I am getting into the mood for Madrid, so I watched a lot of movies by Almodóvar. His manuscripts often resemble a graphic novel, or what the Italians might call a giallo. Bu t now I learned that Almodóvar is the heir of Span ish baroque comedies in the style of Lope de Vega. Hm, that is only a name to me - nothing more. Need to look for more.
From his output, this film most reminds me of his master piece Bad Education - a game of deception on several layers, handled with the virtuosity of a wizard who never leaves the viewer on his own. And he blends different genres brilliantly, so at the end there is a spicy gazpacho.
TBC
This movie, Broken Embraces, as it happens to be called in English, was already in the backlog. But now I am getting into the mood for Madrid, so I watched a lot of movies by Almodóvar. His manuscripts often resemble a graphic novel, or what the Italians might call a giallo. Bu t now I learned that Almodóvar is the heir of Span ish baroque comedies in the style of Lope de Vega. Hm, that is only a name to me - nothing more. Need to look for more.
From his output, this film most reminds me of his master piece Bad Education - a game of deception on several layers, handled with the virtuosity of a wizard who never leaves the viewer on his own. And he blends different genres brilliantly, so at the end there is a spicy gazpacho.
TBC
