watching a lot of almodovar's stuff i feel like i'm seeing a soap opera, a fabulous universe, that don't have a shred of anything real. the sets and the wardrobes and the feelings all have the same outrageous hue. atame! is a strange one to resonate, but it does. it's about a guy who kidnaps a woman to make her get to know him. it's confusing emotionally because he's played by antonio banderas who looks great in those jeans and is very nice, but also threatens to slit her throat if she tries to escape. it's the inverse of nick ray's In A Lonely Place, i think. In that movie, bogart plays this entrancing person suspected of murder, who one gradually realizes is such a terrible and abusive person that it doesn't matter whether he actually killed someone. such exquisite discordance here! and then it's got the sublime bitchiness and signature lechery. wonderful, wonderful, wonderful movie.
love,
frank
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