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Florecita Rockera says:
Filmography:
1. Volver (2006/I)
... aka To Return (USA: literal English title)
2 Mala educacion, La (2004)
... aka Bad Education (International: English title)
3. Hable con ella (2002)
... aka Talk to Her (International: English title)
4. Todo sobre mi madre (1999)
... aka All About My Mother (Europe: English title) (USA)
... aka Tout sur ma mere (France)
5. Carne tremula (1997) (as Pedro Almodovar)
... aka En chair et en os (France)
... aka Live Flesh (USA)
6. Flor de mi secreto, La (1995)
... aka Fleur de mon secret, La (France)
... aka The Flower of My Secret
7. Kika (1993) (as Pedro Almodovar)
... aka Kika (France)
8. Tacones lejanos (1991)
... aka High Heels
... aka Talons aiguilles (France)
9. Atame! (1990)
... aka Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (USA)
10. Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988)
... aka Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (USA)
11. Ley del deseo, La (1987) (as Pedro Almodovar)
... aka Law of Desire (USA)
12. Matador (1986) (as Pedro Almodovar)
... aka Matador (USA)
... aka The Bullfighter (literal English title)
13. Trailer para amantes de lo prohibido (1985) (TV)
14. Que he hecho yo para merecer esto!! (1984) (as Pedro Almodovar)
... aka What Have I Done to Deserve This? (USA)
15. Entre tinieblas (1983)
... aka Dark Habits
... aka Dark Hideout
16. Laberinto de pasiones (1982)
... aka Labyrinth of Passion (USA)
17. Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del monton (1980)
... aka Pepi, Luci, Bom
... aka Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls Like Mom (International: English title)
... aka Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls on the Heap
... aka Pepi, Luci, Bom and the Other Girls
18. Folle... folle... folleme Tim! (1978)
19. Salome (1978)
20. Sexo va, sexo viene (1977)
21. Muerte en la carretera (1976)
posted Jun 30
Florecita Rockera says:
22. Sea caritativo (1976)
23. Trailer de 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' (1976)
24. Blancor (1975)
25. Caida de Sodoma, La (1975)
26. Homenaje (1975)
27. Suenio, o la estrella, El (1975)
28. Dos putas, o historia de amor que termina en boda (1974)
29. Film politico (1974)
posted Jun 30
Florecita Rockera says:
Trivia:
Mother Francisca Caballero and brother Agustin Almodovar often appear in cameo roles in his movies.
Lead singer of the infamous music duo "Almodovar & McNamara", a legendary bizarre project that personified the image of "la movida madrilenia" in the early 80's at Spain's capital. He appears in that role in his own film Laberinto de pasiones (1982) (a.k.a. "Labyrinth of Passion") wearing women's clothes and lots of black makeup.
Attended a Catholic boarding school in the 1960s where some of his fellow students were abused by priests. He asserts that he himself wasn't abused.
He spent 10 years writing the script for Mala educacion, La (2004) (a.k.a. Bad Education), during which time he made such acclaimed films such as Todo sobre mi madre (1999) (a.k.a. All About my Mother) and Hable con ella (2002) (a.k.a. Talk to Her). The script is based upon a short story he wrote as an adolescent which is based upon his experience at a boarding school.
posted Jun 30
Florecita Rockera says:
Mini-biography by Maximiliano Maza (imdb.com):
The most internationally acclaimed Spanish filmmaker since Luis Bunuel was born in a small town (Calzada de Calatrava) in the impoverished Spanish region of La Mancha. He arrived in Madrid in 1968, and survived by selling used items in the flea-market called El Rastro. Almodovar couldn't study filmmaking because he didn't have the money to afford it. Besides, the filmmaking schools were closed in early 70s by Franco's government. Instead, he found a job in the Spanish phone company and saved his salary to buy a Super 8 camera. From 1972 to 1978, he devoted himself to make short films with the help of of his friends. The "premieres" of those early films were famous in the rapidly growing world of the Spanish counter-culture. In few years, Almodovar became a star of "La Movida", the pop cultural movement of late 70s Madrid. His first feature film, Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del monton (1980), was made in 16 mm and blown-up to 35 mm for public release. In 1987, he and his brother Agustin Almodovar established their own production company: El Deseo, S. A. The "Almodovar phenomenon" has reached all over the world, making his films very popular in many countries.
posted Jun 30
thn says:
.... wait a minute. I never noticed until now... the accent is on the second 'o' ... I guess I've been saying his name wrong all this time...
posted Mar 5
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Florecita Rockera says:
lol, guess it doesn't matter how you pronounce it over there :^P
posted Mar 5
Florecita Rockera says:
Tell me which is your favorite Almodóvar movie...Mine has to be "Women On the Verge of A Nervous Breakdown" I have to admit that I didn't understand it that well 'cause I was very young when I first watched it, but it still cracked me up (the mambo taxi, the assassin's mother commercial, Candela's problem with the chiitas, the jehova witness...) My favorite line is the one used as a tagline, don't know if you remember about the dream at the beginning of the movie in which Pepa's lover tells all the women that he needs them, loves them, and one at the end tells him : "Pues mira qué bien..." :)
posted Mar 4
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thn says:
Hable con Ella for me. I think both that one, and Mala Educacion had very non-linear storylines - going back and forth in time, but also blurring the distinction between fantasy, life, film, etc. I really like that kind of stuff.
Have you already seen Volver? It is a pretty straightforward narrative, for the most part, but well done of course. I have seen Women on the Verge... but it's been a while. Maybe I'll have to pick it up again...
posted Mar 4
Florecita Rockera says:
I've seen Volver, I think both Carmen Maura and Penélope Cruz were great. And the story was so fantastic. I think that I still have to watch his earliest films like Matador, La Ley del Deseo and the one with the nuns. I was too young to watch them when they were in theaters, but not anymore ;^) I´ve been thinking about another reason why I like his movies and it has to be the colors he uses and the music and the incredible dialogue. Another line I like is also from Mujeres, in the scene in which Pepa takes her lover's suitcase from downstairs and asks the concierge (excellent actress, she passed away last year) to tell him that he should show his face and pick his bags in person. Anyway, the concierge tells her that she can't lie because she's a Jehova witness, that if she could that would be great for her or something like that. I also remember some lines from her friend Candela. I just love this movie, can't you tell? :^P
posted Mar 4
Florecita Rockera says:
Forgot to mention All About My Mother, I can't watch that movie without crying. I don't know why, but Almodóvar moves me so much with his movies, especially the ones that are "autobiographical". I really hope he keeps making great movies...
posted Mar 4
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Florecita Rockera says:
From sensesofcinema.com:
Select Bibliography
Mark Allinson, A Spanish Labyrinth: The Films of Pedro Almodovar, IB Tauris, London/New York, 2001.
Pedro Almodovar, Patty Difusa y otros textos,
Marvin d'Lugo, Pedro Almodovar, Contemporary Film Directors series, University of Illinois, Chicago, 2006
Frederic Strauss (ed.), Almodovar on Almodovar, Faber and Faber, London/Boston, c1996.
Paul Julian Smith, Desire Unlimited: The Cinema of Pedro Almodovar, Verso, New York, 1994.
Kathleen Vernon and Barbara Morris (eds.), Post Franco Postmodern: The Films of Pedro Almodovar, Greenwood, Westport, 1995.
posted Jun 30
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Florecita Rockera says:
Web Resources
Pedro Almodovar
Official site. In Spanish, French and English.
Film Directors-Articles on the Internet
Links to online articles can be found here
Almodovarlandia
An older fan page. In Spanish, English and German.
Guardian/NFT interview: Pedro Almodovar
Transcript of interview with Jose Arroyo at the NFT, following a screening of Talk to Her.
posted Jun 30