La piel que habito (The Skin I Live In) (2011) by Pedro Almodóvar

Two years ago Broken Embraces reconciled me with Almodóvar’s cinema… The Skin I Live In is definitely putting an end to a decade-long Almodóvar fatigue.  

Sex, intrigue, melodrama, violence, death, passion, bondage & gagging, camp, style, all the usual and delightful tricks Almodóvar pulls out of his ass so brilliantly. [I miss the full-blown and outrageous slapstick of the old days though… In that regard, it’s too bad that the character of Zeta (Roberto Álamo) is given so little screen time..he was bringing up the funny and the grotesque… Ah well.]

I can’t explain why this one totally works for me while Volver and Bad Education for instance, didn’t (at all). It just does, so let’s leave it at that. 

#La piel que habito  #The Skin I Live In  #Pedro Almodóvar  #Antonio Banderas  #Elena Anaya  #Marisa Paredes  #Jan Cornet  #Roberto Álamo  #Blanca Suárez  #cinema  #films 2011  #Spain  
∞  January 05, 2012
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  1. karolgibbons reblogged this from kinodna
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    word an opinion on it.
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  5. jacobss reblogged this from kinodna and added:
    que película tan bizarra..
  6. kinodna reblogged this from kafka-on-the-shore and added:
    Esta madrugada vi...encantó la historia y la estética de la película, impecable como suele...
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    yesterday. brilliant
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    gusto la película
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