Post by Capo on Jul 28, 2007 15:54:57 GMT
Todo sobre mi madre
All About My Mother
Pedro Almodóvar 1999 Spain / France
When her son is killed in a car accident, a single mother travels to Madrid to tell his father that they had a son.
Dedicated to Davis, Rowlands, actresses, women who play other women, women who want to be mothers, mothers themselves and finally the director's own mother, this is an absurd, solid effort full of strongly woven (and all female) characters, all of whom would provide sufficient enough material (because sufficient enough time is invested in each of them) for an after-film analysis class. It seems to lose its way after the opening reel or so, though that may just be a case of the director going down his own path rather than more conventional ones. Playing homage to Cassavetes's Opening Night several times, A Streetcar Named Desire, and of course All About Eve, it's a film full of actresses: a mother reliving her past in order to overcome the guilt she feels over her son's death; a sister who's been impregnated by an HIV-positive transvestite; the leading actress in a stageplay; and the transsexual prostitute who connects all of them. Original, unpredictable, well-acted; grotesque, sympathetic, complex; colourful, moving, great.
All About My Mother
Pedro Almodóvar 1999 Spain / France
When her son is killed in a car accident, a single mother travels to Madrid to tell his father that they had a son.
Dedicated to Davis, Rowlands, actresses, women who play other women, women who want to be mothers, mothers themselves and finally the director's own mother, this is an absurd, solid effort full of strongly woven (and all female) characters, all of whom would provide sufficient enough material (because sufficient enough time is invested in each of them) for an after-film analysis class. It seems to lose its way after the opening reel or so, though that may just be a case of the director going down his own path rather than more conventional ones. Playing homage to Cassavetes's Opening Night several times, A Streetcar Named Desire, and of course All About Eve, it's a film full of actresses: a mother reliving her past in order to overcome the guilt she feels over her son's death; a sister who's been impregnated by an HIV-positive transvestite; the leading actress in a stageplay; and the transsexual prostitute who connects all of them. Original, unpredictable, well-acted; grotesque, sympathetic, complex; colourful, moving, great.