Pedro Almodóvar

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welsh

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Saw Talk to Her last year and All about my Mother yesterday. Hmmmm...... interesting. Any fans out there?
 
I loved Talk to Her. Have not seen the others.
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You never will....

If there's anything good about Tucson, it's that you can find a lot of great movies playing at the Loft theater and UofA thater.
 
"Hable con ella " (Talk to her) was such a beautifully touching movie. "All about my mother" and "High heels" bored me terribly. One out of three's not bad, is it?
 
ConstinpatedCraprunner said:
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Y'know, that kind overreacting focus doesn't tend to be good for your taste in films.
 
I am going to try to see more of his films over this year. While I agree, that focusing on one genre isn't usually good for your taste in films, it's worthwhile to a lot of younger viewers to explore foreign films. There have been some really good ones and focusing only on american blockbusters tends to distort your sense of expectation.
 
welsh said:
it's worthwhile to a lot of younger viewers to explore foreign films. There have been some really good ones and focusing only on american blockbusters tends to distort your sense of expectation.
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Heh, the idea of "foreign films" as Americans understand it is foreign to me anyway. Cidade de Deus was a big flick here, 28 Days Later came to the cinemas real quick, all of Almodóvar's flicks have been in 2 or 3 of Rotterdam's biggest cinemas, not to mention that you can't walk into a DVD store without stumbling over them.

But that's just us crazy Euros. Lots still watch only American films, somehow, tho'
 
Better Than Chocolate is my favorite foreign film of all time.

Two attractive young lesbians, Maggie and Kim, meet in Vancouver, develop a passionate romance, and move in together. Meanwhile, Maggie's well-meaning but naive mother Lila gets divorced and decides to move to Vancouver and join the household. Soon after, Lila is befriended by Judy, a transsexual about to undergo a sex-change operation. Complications ensue as the conservative Lila learns the truth about Maggie, Judy, and their diverse group of friends.
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Sounds fun. I need more Lesbian Sex in my DVD collection......all I have is that one Bergman movie, Mulhulland Drive and Eyes Wide Shut.
 
ConstinpatedCraprunner said:
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Ambitious one, aren't you? :lol:

CC, I grew up in Europe, which means -- as others have pointed out -- that from an US point of view I grew up steeped in "foreign film". Ali: Fear Eats the Soul? Saw it on TV when I was 12. (Fassbinder died in '82 and they ran pretty much everything he ever did on TV over the next month.)

Of course, this has left me w/some oddities...like the fact that until 2002 I had only seen 12 Angry Men dubbed in German...and that's still true for Treasure of the Sierra Madre... :lol:

Dove said:
If there's anything good about Tucson, it's that you can find a lot of great movies playing at the Loft theater and UofA thater.
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Actually, I never go to either one. (Thanks for the link, though, could come in handy.) In fact, I haven't been to a theatre since...well, since The Exorcist was re-released.

Why? Because I am jinxed in theatres. Stop laughing! It's true! I always end up sitting by That Guy (tm). You know the one I'm talking about: the one bent on ruining everyone's viewing. He has many avatars. When I saw S(h)aving Private Ryan he sat just behind me hissing "YES!!!" or "Nazi bastard!" every time someone in a gray uniform was hit. When I saw The Thin Red Line he was the mild-mannered gentleman who moaned or groaned every time he saw blood. At The Exorcist he sent a pack of his avatars...teenage kids...who felt the need to reassure themselves w/phrases like "that's so fake!"

Ugh...theatres. Great places, except for the people. :lol:

welsh said:
While I agree, that focusing on one genre isn't usually good for your taste in films, it's worthwhile to a lot of younger viewers to explore foreign films. There have been some really good ones and focusing only on american blockbusters tends to distort your sense of expectation.
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I agree, but hasten to add: kids need more black and white!!! I also offer up anything scandinavian to help kids overcome their need for speed and thrills. Let them learn what the term "ponderous, scandinavian pacing" is really all about!!!

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I like Almodovar's movies, used to be a big fan about two years ago.
In the biggest movie theater complex in town, I went to a movie marathon with my girlfriend to watch Almodovar movies and smuggle alcohol into the theater (dunno if you call it a 'movie marathon' in english, whatever), which sums up to watching three movies from 10 PM to somewhere in the morning.

Once you see five or six of his movies, you start spotting that there are a lot of common themes/scenes in his movies, and noticing some colors that appear in the different phases of all of his films.
 
OnTheBounce said:
I agree, but hasten to add: kids need more black and white!!! I also offer up anything scandinavian to help kids overcome their need for speed and thrills. Let them learn what the term "ponderous, scandinavian pacing" is really all about!!!
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Yip, nobody beats the Scandinavians in this. They're bloody brilliant. Some French and Italian flicks come close, but there's not like the pace of a good Swedish movie.

I saw a great Swedish flick just a week back, but forgot the name...
 
Not really fair. Tarkovsky was a master of what I think you are describing, dispite the fact that arguably his best (and last film) was Swedish language....
 
ConstinpatedCraprunner said:
Not really fair. Tarkovsky was a master of what I think you are describing, dispite the fact that arguably his best (and last film) was Swedish language....
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Russians aside, of course, but have you seen enough Scandinavian flicks to judge?

And the thing is, while there may be exceptions, like Tarkovsky, the art of slow-paced cinema is really perfected in Scandinavia, Sweden especially, whereas I know of no other countries that make their trademark out of it.
 
ConstinpatedCraprunner said:
Not really fair. Tarkovsky was a master of what I think you are describing...
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Fairness had nothing to do w/my post, CC. I was simply describing the world as I know it. :lol:

If you're looking for an area in which you've "one-upped" me, it's in Russian/Soviet film. All I've seen over the years is bits and pieces of some Eisenstein films and I have a copy of Ballad of a Soldier.

So now you know, and knowing is half...er...nevermind. :lol:

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