Alodovar's "Volver"

and there's a St Etienne song in the movie!

I objected to A.O. Scott's use of "luxuriant" in his review.

It's sort of essence of Amoldovar: there are basically no men in it

Uhhh, Bad Education was male-centric -- was it lacking his essence?

Yeah, the basic plot was like something out of a TV movie starring Bonnie Bedelia. I guess the point was the lavish sensuousness of the whole thing though (not an approach I'm particularly a fan of, Almovodar generally leaves me a bit cold).

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one of my favorite movies of all time.

Well, essence of one sort of Almodovar film - in any case throughout his career he's been way more interested in women and how women relate to each other than any other contemporary director I can think of.

― Revivalist (Revivalist), Friday, November 3, 2006 4:28 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
I'll just say that there are some aspects of them that I didn't find terribly convincing (although I guess you don't go to Amoldovar for realism).

Yeah, the basic plot was like something out of a TV movie starring Bonnie Bedelia. I guess the point was the lavish sensuousness of the whole thing though (not an approach I'm particularly a fan of, Almovodar generally leaves me a bit cold).

― chap who would dare to welcome our new stingray masters (chap), Friday, November 3, 2006 4:34 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark

wasn't one of the aims of the movie to emulate the TV soaps the characters were watching in it? i think this was very deliberate.

saw this last night - it's weird how after watching an Almodovar movie I have the distinct feeling that I just watched a movie where nothing happens, even though that is usually demonstrably untrue. there's just some kind of fundamental LACK of drama/tension in everything I've seen of his.

agreeing with several of the posts upthread - definitely connected to soap operas and melodrama of the Crawford era. I really liked this movie.

xp i think one of his biggest motivations as a director is the tension in people's relationships, no matter what is happening.

penny is unreal in this

xp i think one of his biggest motivations as a director is the tension in people's relationships, no matter what is happening.

― janice (surm), Friday, July 23, 2010 7:37 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark

or the tension in a moment, as well. some ppl won't have the patience for this, certainly.

wow

The soundtrack to this is sublime. The end music that just booms in as it fades to the credits always blows me away.

yes. the one qualm i have with this movie is the dubbing for ms. cruz's performance of the title track. just a little off. it really bugs me because otherwise i don't think almodovar missed a stroke.

Re-watched this for the first time since 2006 with my dad a few nights ago; he loved it. Mom walked away, repulsed by how closely it mirrored her mom's relationship with her own mother, I suspect.