{"id":1644,"date":"2011-11-22T11:34:21","date_gmt":"2011-11-22T17:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ragtagfilm.com\/blog\/?p=1644"},"modified":"2011-11-22T11:34:21","modified_gmt":"2011-11-22T17:34:21","slug":"almodovars-the-skin-i-live-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ragtagcinema.org\/almodovars-the-skin-i-live-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Almod\u00f3var's The Skin I Live In"},"content":{"rendered":"

I watched The Skin I live In<\/a> (La piel que habito) last night and it was great. I won't say too much about it 'cause there are some surprises, but it's about love, loss, promises and a mad scientist. I've been thinking of a way to compare it to Pedro Almod\u00f3var's other movies, and I think this works: it's about beautiful women in bizarre situations. He's a master at making crazy, almost ridiculous, stories look beautiful and convincing. Anyway, here's a list of\u00a0Almod\u00f3var movies that I've seen and what I remember of them:<\/p>\n

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown<\/a> (1988)\u00a0 I think this is my favorite. I've probably watched it about five times. You've got a handful of women with man problems. Mostly the same man. And a young Antonio Banderas. Hilarious.<\/p>\n

All About My Mother<\/a> (1999)\u00a0 I think this was an early Ragtag Bluenote-days film. I can't remember if I saw it there or not... Anyway, this is pretty sad. A mother loses her son and she sets off to find the son's father.<\/p>\n

Talk to Her<\/a> (2002)\u00a0 Bullfighting, women in comas and surprise awakenings.<\/p>\n

Bad Education<\/a> (2004)\u00a0 Ooo, I remember this one the least. It features the handsome Gael Garc\u00eda Bernal, I know. School, beautiful architecture and sexual abuse.<\/p>\n

Volver<\/a> (2006)\u00a0 I definitely remember seeing this at the 10th Street Ragtag. I'd say this is Pedro's most acclaimed film in recent years. This is a mysterious, surprising film--much like The Skin I live In. Pen\u00e9lope Cruz is a mother in a tight spot, who spends a night with a shovel in the woods and has conversations with a ghost...or so it would seem.<\/p>\n

Broken Embraces<\/a> (2009)\u00a0 A blind filmmaker remembers a lost love and is given a second chance at the film he'd sacrificed for that love. Featuring Pen\u00e9lope Cruz, stunning as ever. I recommend watching Women on the Verge before this, as that's the film referenced.<\/p>\n

And that's what I've seen from Mr Almod\u00f3var. A patron recently suggested Dark Habits<\/a> (1983). Here's the description from IMDb: \"A nightclub singer seeks refuge with gay nuns on dope in a Madrid convent.\"<\/p>\n

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\"Mmm, gazpacho.\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I watched The Skin I live In (La piel que habito) last night and it was great. I won't say too much about it 'cause there are some surprises, but it's about love, loss, promises and a mad scientist. I've been thinking of a way to compare it to Pedro Almod\u00f3var's other movies, and I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ragtagcinema.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ragtagcinema.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ragtagcinema.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ragtagcinema.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ragtagcinema.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ragtagcinema.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ragtagcinema.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ragtagcinema.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ragtagcinema.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ragtagcinema.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}