Tuesday, August 03, 2004

On Sunday I watched Bad Education by Pedro Almodovar......my first Almodovar movie....but I reallly liked it.....the cinematography was amazing.....there were colours in abundance......and even though the subject of the movie was disturbing......just watching it and soaking in the colours gives one a happy feeling......it proves that colours can be classified in to 2 categories.....Happy and Depressing......so if u wanna feel happy .....just have the right colours around u....

The movie was about 2 friends who study in a catholic school......and touches upon hostel life .....abuse by a paedophile priest.....the blooming of a relationship between the 2 main protagonists of the film.......the movie keeps shuttling between the present and the past...Sometimes u are at school....and sometimes u are transported in to the adult lives of both these men.......its beautifully captured...and explores the beautiful Spanish countryside ina few scenes.....Its shocking and along the middle.....one gets a real shock.....its one of those movies which u keep pondering about even after 2 days of watching it which is what I liked....I was still trying to figure out some scenes and what they actually meant.... Now when I think of it....I realise that the whole film didnt have any female characters.....its a total male oriented film....where there are no mix of female-male characters......a very typical Almodovar theme.....eg....''Talk to her''(which I have not watched as yet)....is supposed to have 2 strong female characters.....also '' All about my mother'' is supposed to be very strong female character dominated.....


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