I expected something not so great, like a marvel film, flashing back and forth between command centers and combat with a bellowing brass soundtrack. I was pleasantly surprised. A detailed political context on exactly why this theoretical war broke out is left vague. Which left me running through various possible scenarios in my head, and at first bothered me. But in the end it was not really in demand in order for the story to take off. Perhaps they left…
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El amor brujo 1986
Saura’s “flamenco trilogy” is a cinematic crash course in folkloric Andalusia that swells, film by film, in its scale and impact. Inspired by the work of the region’s greatest musicians and storytellers, it begins with the no-frills studio rehearsal captured in Bodas de Sangre, based on Federico García Lorca’s 1932 play. The second installment, a retelling of the legendary sevillana seductress Carmen, resourcefully blends Bizet’s iconic operatic score with the seductive duende that drives the film’s dance. Moving in a more supernatural direction, the trilogy…
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