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Posted by Temsonic on 03/13/06 16:41
May not be everyone's bag, but the Pedro Almodovar Collection 5 disc box set
is currently 17.99 delivered on HMV's website: http://tinyurl.com/k88mu - I
happily paid 30 for this set a few months ago and considered that to be a
bargain! (RRP is 50)
Films included are:
Bad Education (aka La Mala Educacion) (2004):
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0275491/
Acclaimed Spanish director Pedro Almodovar's serio-comic examination on the
effect of Franco-era religious schooling and sexual abuse on the lives of
two longtime friends.
Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down! (aka Atame!) (1990):
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101026/
A love story, with strings attached! Recently released from a mental
institution, Ricky (Banderas) sets in motion his grand plan. Hunting down
the porn star with whom he once had sex, Ricky tries to convince her to be
his wife. However, when she's somewhat reluctant to say the least to take up
his offer of marriage, he vows to tie her down to endear himself to her...
Live Flesh (aka Carne Trmula) (1997):
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118819/
Victor Plaza (Liberto Rabal) is a child of Franco's Spain, born on a bus
that was taking his mother, a prostitute, to the hospital. In spite of this,
Victor is young and life has not destroyed his trust in people, particularly
Elena (Francesca Neri) the daughter of a diplomat and the woman with whom he
shares his first sexual experience...
All About My Mother (aka Todo Sobre Mi Madre) (1999):
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0185125/
From acclaimed Spanish director Pedro Almodovar, a stunning valentine to
femininity in all its disguises motherhood in all its glory and to classic
Hollywood melodramas and their diva actresses.
Talk To Her (aka Hable Con Ella) (2002):
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0287467/
After a chance encounter at a theater, two men, Benigno and Marco, meet at a
private clinic where Benigno works. Lydia, Marco's girlfriend and a
bullfighter by profession, has been gored and is in a coma. It so happens
that Benigno is looking after another woman in a coma, Alicia, a young
ballet student... TALK TO HER is a film about the joy of narration and about
the word as a weapon against solitude, disease, death and madness. It is
also a film about madness, about a type of madness so close to tenderness
and common sense that it does not diverge from normality.
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