I know I know, we’re supposed to only cover movies with explosions/Jason Statham causing explosions/William Shatner blowing up giant spiders. And you’re right…you’re right. Unfortunately some of us know real live members of the opposite sex, who make us wash on a semi-regular basis, and eat green things (Skittles don’t count apparently). And they also inflict this on us – lucky for you we’re a bastion of balanced, representative journalism eh? Best treat it as a public service – if you ever do manage to set up an internet date that doesn’t have a beard and get out of your parent’s basement to go on it -this’ll give you something to talk about won’t it?
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Broken Embraces
0 CommentsAugust 18, 2009 – 12:08 pm
With it’s highly stylised aesthetic, Noir has always been ripe for pastiche and parody, so it’s no real surprise that Almodovar’s latest quickly veers into the meta – film references abound, as do some very considered performances, vying with a split-timeline narrative for attention, as the director makes a purposeful effort to distance himself from the maternal leanings that filled his previous effort Volver.
