Julio Cortázar on film

777   7.7   7.6 

Based on the short story "Las babas del diablo" (Blow-up), from the book Las armas secretas.

About the short story:
Unread by the moment. However this book is quite high in my wishlist.

About the movie:
A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day he accidentally captures on film the commission of a murder. The fact that he has photographed a murder does not occur to him until he studies and then blows up his negatives, uncovering details, blowing up smaller and smaller elements, and finally putting the puzzle together.

El Raulo's rating:

325   7.6   7.2 

Based on the short story "La autopista del sur", from the book Todos los fuegos el fuego.

About the short story:
In this short story we see some typically cortazarian elements, a ordinary event (a traffic jam) becomes extraordinary (people stuck in traffic for months), and the characters adapt to a new way of living.

About the movie:
Haven't seen it but it has a good rating, so I probably will

10   7.5   6.6 

Based on the short story "Manuscrito hallado en un bolsillo", from the book Octaedro

About the short story:
A man creates a game in the subway of Paris, choosing each day a different route and hoping to find a woman who shares the exact same route.

3   8   6.8 

Based on the short story "Cartas de mamá", from the book Las armas secretas.

About the short story: Unread by the moment

2   0   5.8 

Based on the short story "La salud de los enfermos", from the book Todos los fuegos el fuego

About the short story:
To avoid putting in risk the delicate health of the mother, the members of the family decide to hide from her the fact of the death of one son. The family members get eventually more and more involved in the lies to the point of not knowing how to live without them.

2   3   5.9 

Based on the short story "Circe", from the book Bestiario

About the short story:
A young man starts a romantic relationship with a misterious woman, who had a bad reputation among the neighbours, who gossip about the link of the woman with the sudden death of her two previous boyfriends.

9   4.7   6.5 

Another movie based on the short story "La autopista del sur", from the book Todos los fuegos el fuego.

About the short story:
Same as in Week end

5   1   6 

Based on the short story "Graffiti", from the book Queremos tanto a Glenda

About the short story: Unread by the moment