Pedro Almodovar
Pedro Almodovar is an award-winning Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer. He is the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation.
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VIVA PEDRO!
Pedro Almodovar is undoubtedly the ’bad boy’ but also the maestro of contemporary Spanish cinema. While his indigenous roots both ecompass cosmopolitan Madrid and the rural countryside, his films are universal in their appeal. Most of the masterpieces he wrote and directed got world-famous. The unconventional way in which he presents class, color, race and gender in all its rich diversity makes his contribution to Spanish culture almost political. He employs the codes of melodrama, and plays with pop culture, popular songs, irreverent humor, strong colors, glossy décor - I sometimes even use ’Almodovar’ as an adjective to indicate a certain style: That’s such an Almodovar interior! He’s renonwned to be a good director of actresses (with Penelope Cruz as his last muse) but I believe he’s at least as brilliant with actors (e.g. Gael Garcia Bernal). Apart from that his soundtracks go straight to the bone. I ’listened’ to ’Todo Sobre mi Madre’ - my personal favorite - several times already with the sound turned on and the TV display turned off. VIVA PEDRO!
Tim, Spain - 27 June 2007