Thursday, November 23, 2006

Volver

Pedro and his womens
by Ryland Walker Knight

The voluptuous precision of Volver

For all the expansion to be enjoyed in Pedro Almodóvar’s recent string of excellent films, his newest, Volver, is his narrowest effort since 01995’s rare misfire, The Flower of My Secret. After laboring with, and firmly executing, Bad Education’s labyrinthine noir (its convolutions span three decades of lies and betrayals and trannies and heroin) it’s fitting Pedro would scale down to a story that, at bottom, only needs five principal sets and five principal characters. Even his broadened, widescreen palate is compressed within the frame: certain close-ups of his luminous cast are shot with such long lenses that a minor movement by the actress fuzzies up her ears or her perfectly mangled coif like a distant spotlight straining to keep a stage actor lit. This technique reflects the precision one has come to expect, and take for granted, in each new joy Almodóvar gifts us.

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02006: 121 minutes: written & directed by Pedro Almodóvar

3 comments:

  1. I love the movies that Penelope Cruz interprets, she is beautiful, sexy and talented.

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  2. I agree with the comment of Mr Online, Penelope Cruz is one of the best actresses there is, her roles are always very well choose, and yes she is also a sexy and beautiful woman.

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  3. I agree with the comment of Mr Online, Penelope Cruz is one of the best actresses there is, her roles are always very well choose, and yes she is also a sexy and beautiful woman.

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